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Olney station (SEPTA)

Coordinates: 40°01′59″N 75°07′24″W / 40.032954°N 75.123203°W / 40.032954; -75.123203
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Olney
The parking lot and platform at Olney station on the Fox Chase Line
General information
LocationMascher Street and Tabor Road
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owned bySEPTA
Line(s)Fox Chase Branch
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsCity Bus SEPTA City Bus: 8
Construction
Parking61 spaces
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened1906 (RDG)
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Wayne Junction Fox Chase Line Lawndale
toward Fox Chase
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Wayne Junction Newtown Branch Lawndale
toward Newtown
Frankford Branch Crescentville
toward Frankford
Location
Map

Olney station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Mascher Street and Tabor Road in the Olney neighborhood, it serves the Fox Chase Line. The station has a 61-space parking lot. In FY 2013, it had a weekday average of 158 boardings and 156 alightings.[1]

The original station building was constructed in 1906 by the Reading Railroad. It was boarded up in the 1980s, and was demolished in 2008.[2] Olney is the last stop inbound before Wayne Junction, where it merges with the Warminster, West Trenton, Lansdale/Doylestown, and Chestnut Hill East lines.

References

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  1. ^ SEPTA (May 2014). "Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania". West2K.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2008.
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40°01′59″N 75°07′24″W / 40.032954°N 75.123203°W / 40.032954; -75.123203