- Olney (SEPTA Regional Rail station)
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This article is about the railroad station. For the Broad Street Line subway station, see Olney Transportation Center.
Olney
SEPTA regional rail
The parking lot and platform at Olney Station on the Fox Chase LineStation statistics Address Mascher Street & Tabor Road
Olney, Philadelphia, PALines Fox Chase LineConnections SEPTA City Bus: 8 Platforms 2 side platforms Tracks 2 Parking 61 spaces Other information Opened 1906 Electrified yes Owned by SEPTA Fare zone 1 Formerly Reading Railroad Services Preceding station SEPTA Following station toward 30th Street StationFox Chase Line toward Fox ChaseOlney is a station located along the SEPTA Fox Chase Line, and serves the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia. It is located at Mascher Street and Tabor Road and has a 61-space parking lot.
SEPTA demolished the station building in June 2008. It was originally built in 1906 by the Reading Railroad, and was boarded up for more than 20 years before being demolished.[1] Olney Station is the last stop inbound before Wayne Junction Station, where it merges with the Warminster, West Trenton, Lansdale/Doylestown, and Chestnut Hill East lines.
References
External links
- Current schedule for the SEPTA Fox Chase/Newtown line
- SEPTA station page for Olney
- Old Olney Reading RR Station images
- Mascher Street and Tabor Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
Coordinates: 40°01′59″N 75°07′24″W / 40.032954°N 75.123203°W
SEPTA City Transit Division Market–Frankford Line • Broad Street Line • Subway–Surface Trolley Lines (Routes 10, 11, 13, 34, and 36) • Route 15 • Trackless trolleys • City surface routesSuburban Division Regional Rail Main Line • Airport Line • Chestnut Hill East Line • Chestnut Hill West Line • Cynwyd Line • Fox Chase Line • Lansdale/Doylestown Line • Manayunk/Norristown Line • Media/Elwyn Line • Paoli/Thorndale Line • Trenton Line • Warminster Line • West Trenton Line • Wilmington/Newark LineMajor stations Frankford Transportation Center • Fern Rock Transportation Center • Market East Station • Norristown Transportation Center • Olney Transportation Center • Suburban Station • 30th Street Station • 69th Street Transportation CenterFormer services Route 23 trolley • Route 56 trolley • Route 60 trolley • Elwyn-West Chester service • Cynwyd-Ivy Ridge service • Fox Chase Rapid Transit LineMass transit in the Delaware Valley Transit buses SEPTA: Philadelphia • Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties
Reading: Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority
New Jersey Transit: Camden, Gloucester, and Salem County suburban service • Camden, Gloucester, and Salem County local service • Long-distance local routes from Philadelphia
DART First State: New Castle CountyCommuter rail SEPTA Regional Rail: Airport Line • Chestnut Hill East Line • Chestnut Hill West Line • Cynwyd Line • Fox Chase Line • Lansdale/Doylestown Line • Manayunk/Norristown Line • Media/Elwyn Line • Paoli/Thorndale Line • Trenton Line • Warminster Line • West Trenton Line • Wilmington/Newark Line
New Jersey Transit: Atlantic City Line • ACESRapid transit and light rail SEPTA: Broad Street Line • Market–Frankford Line • Norristown High Speed Line • Subway–Surface trolleys • Route 15 • Routes 101 and 102
Delaware River Port Authority: PATCO Speedline
New Jersey Transit: River Line
Other: Greenline (proposed)Related Organizations Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission • Pennsylvania Transit Expansion Coalition (PA-TEC) • National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) • Delaware Valley Association of Railroad Passengers (DVARP)Categories:- Pennsylvania railway station stubs
- SEPTA stubs
- SEPTA Regional Rail stations
- Stations along Reading Company lines
- Railway stations opened in 1906
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