Wyndmoor station is a

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station at 256 East Willow Grove Avenue at Wyndmoor Street in the Chestnut Hill region of

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. The station can be traced as far back as 1863, with a relocation in 1877. The present station building was built by the Reading Company in 1930, when the line was elevated, and began taking in travelers from the recently closed Mermaid Avenue Reading Station. The station is in zone 2 on the

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, on former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 10.0 track miles from

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. In 2013, this station saw 471 boardings and 509 alightings on an average weekday. Most regular commuters from Wyndmoor station are from Chestnut Hill and the adjacent Wyndmoor neighborhood, with some also from Erdenheim and Laverock.

Station layout

References

External links

SEPTA - Wyndmoor Station

PhillyHistory.org photo taken during line elevation project, October 1930

Willow Grove Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

Wyndmoor Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
SEPTA Regional Rail stations Former Reading Company stations Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia Railway stations in the United States opened in 1863 {{SEPTA-stub