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Downingtown station is a commuter and intercity passenger rail station located in the western suburbs of
The original Downingtown station was built in the 19th century by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and was destroyed by fire in the early morning of February 24, 1992. The foundation from the old station can still be seen today.
Downingtown_Station_Pennsylvania_2018.jpg, Station entrance sign
Downingtown_Station_Pennsylvania_2018c.jpg, Station platform
Downingtown_Station_Pennsylvania_2018b.jpg, Station with downtown in background
Downingtown_Station_Pennsylvania_2018d.jpg, Transfer tunnel
Downingtown_Station_Pennsylvania_2018e.jpg, Stairs to the tunnel
Downingtown SEPTA and Amtrak station from inbound platform November 2018.jpeg, Philadelphia-bound platform at Downingtown station
Downingtown station inbound SEPTA train November 2018.jpeg, Philadelphia-bound SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line train stops at Downingtown station in November 2018
SEPTA – Downingtown Station
* ttp://www.west2k.com/papix/downingtonprr.jpg Images of the Old Downingtown station, south side c.1900 SEPTA Regional Rail stations Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line Amtrak stations in Pennsylvania Railway stations in Chester County, Pennsylvania {{PRR Main Line stations
Philadelphia
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at West Lancaster Avenue & Stuart Avenue in Downingtown, Pennsylvania
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. It is served by most Amtrak
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'' Keystone Service'' and SEPTA
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Paoli/Thorndale Line
The Paoli/Thorndale Line, or R5 commonly known as the Main Line, is a SEPTA Regional Rail service running from Center City Philadelphia through Montgomery County and Delaware County to Thorndale in Chester County. It operates along the far eas ...
trains. Amtrak's Pennsylvanian does not stop here. In 2017, the average total SEPTA weekday boardings at this station was 291, and the average total SEPTA weekday alightings was 312.
History
The original Downingtown station was built in the 19th century by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and was destroyed by fire in the early morning of February 24, 1992. The foundation from the old station can still be seen today.
Replacement station
The Pennsylvania state department of transportation has proposed building a new train station for Downington "at about a quarter mile south of Lancaster Avenue on Brandywine Avenue/US 322" starting in 2025.Station layout
There is no ticket office at this station. There are 360 parking spaces for daily parking at the station–223 spaces are owned by SEPTA, and the remaining are part of an adjacent municipal lot. This is 32.8 track miles fromPhiladelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ...
's Suburban Station. Downingtown is the westernmost Amtrak station on the Keystone Corridor
The Keystone Corridor is a 349-mile (562 km) railroad corridor between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that consists of two rail lines: Amtrak and SEPTA's Philadelphia-to-Harrisburg main line, which hosts SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale ...
that is also served by SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale service. Additionally, the SEPTA Route 135
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority operates or contracts operations of these routes serving points in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties, with a few routes operating into the city of Philadelphia. The Suburba ...
bus serves the station.
Downingtown has two low-level side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...
s. A center track is not used for passenger service.
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External links
SEPTA – Downingtown Station
* ttp://www.west2k.com/papix/downingtonprr.jpg Images of the Old Downingtown station, south side c.1900 SEPTA Regional Rail stations Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line Amtrak stations in Pennsylvania Railway stations in Chester County, Pennsylvania {{PRR Main Line stations