Radnor station is a

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station in

Radnor, Pennsylvania Radnor is a community located approximately 13 miles west of Philadelphia, in the Main Line suburbs. It straddles Montgomery and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania. The community was named after Radnor, in Wales. Radnor is home to Cabrini Universi ...

. It is served by most

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trains. The Radnor station was originally built in 1872, according to the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings project. It was a replacement for the former Morgan's Corner Station built by the

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. The station was designed by Joseph M. Wilson and Frederick G. Thorn, both later of

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, architects. Radnor's design was a brick variant of Wynnewood station, with a two-story agent's residence addition. A nearly identical version of Radnor Station was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad at Hawkins, just east of Pittsburgh.Wilson Brothers & Co., "Catalogue of Work Executed," 1885. After electrification, in 1917 a synchronous compensator for delivering reactive power was installed (see

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). This device was later removed. Between 1999 and 2002, SEPTA restored and renovated the historic station building. The station building was restored, its historic eastbound shelter replaced with a modern structure, and new platforms, ramps, lighting, and signage were installed. The ticket office at this station is open weekdays 5:55 a.m. to 1:25 p.m. excluding holidays. There are 220 parking spaces at the station. This station is 13.0 track miles (21 km) from

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. In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 586, and the average total weekday alightings was 749.

Station layout

Radnor 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 platforms ...

s with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.

References

External links

SEPTA - Radnor StationStation from Google Maps Street View
SEPTA Regional Rail stations Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line Railway stations in the United States opened in 1872 Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania Railway stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania {{SEPTA-stub