Cheltenham station (SEPTA)

Railway station in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania

Cheltenham

Cheltenham station in March 2012, after construction of the new high level platform.

General information
Location| Old Soldiers Road and Hasbrook Avenue
Cheltenham, Pennsylvania 19012
Coordinates| 40°03′26″N 75°05′34″W﻿ / ﻿40.057258°N 75.092722°W﻿ / 40.057258; -75.092722
Owned by| SEPTA
Line(s)| Fox Chase Branch
Platforms| 1 side platform
Tracks| 1
Construction
Parking| 17 spaces
Bicycle facilities| Yes
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Fare zone| 2
History
Opened| 1893
Rebuilt| 1993, 2007
Electrified| Yes
Previous names| Cheltenham Junction
Key dates
February 4, 1993| Station depot burned[1]
Passengers
2017| 293 boardings
251 alightings
(weekday average)[2]
Rank| 91 of 146
Services
| Preceding station  |  SEPTA | Following station

|
|

Lawndale

toward Penn Medicine Station

|  | Fox Chase Line |  | Ryers

toward Fox Chase

Former services

| Preceding station  | Reading Railroad | Following station

|
|

Lawndale

toward Philadelphia

|  | Newtown Branch |  | Fox Chase

toward Newtown

Location

Cheltenham station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. Located at Old Soldiers Road and Hasbrook Avenue, it serves the Fox Chase Line. The station has a 17-space parking lot.[3] In FY 2013, Cheltenham station had a weekday average of 267 boardings and 392 alightings.[4]

Until 2005, CSX's Trenton Subdivision freight line and the Fox Chase Line shared track from Newtown Junction to a point just south of Cheltenham station, where SEPTA trains utilized a crossover to travel to/from the freight track. These tracks are now segregated, with a siding having been installed between Cheltenham and Lawndale stations for SEPTA use during peak hours. Further north, the freight line eventually joins SEPTA's West Trenton Line between Neshaminy Falls and Langhorne although the tracks no longer connect, and outbound passengers must now cross the inbound track to exit the station.

Cheltenham station serves the Burholme neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia and the eastern part of Cheltenham Township.

## History

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The 1893 station depot at Cheltenham was under consideration for SEPTA to be demolished and replaced with a trailer for the ticket agent. However, on the morning of February 4, 1993, the station depot caught fire. Firefighters took 17 minutes to put the fire out, but the station depot was a total loss. Fire investigators stated that the depot was not an accident and ruled an arson.[1]

The station was replaced with a trailer serving as the ticket office. A new station and high-level platforms were opened in October 2007.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b Dilanian, Ken (February 5, 1993). "Fire Guts SEPTA Cheltenham Station". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. B1. Retrieved January 20, 2025 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
3. ^ SEPTA webpage Archived October 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine for Cheltenham
4. ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. (539 KB)
5. ^ SEPTA Capital Improvement Report for Philadelphia Archived 2008-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, July 2006, p. 22.

## External links

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* Media related to Cheltenham (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
*   * SEPTA – Cheltenham station
* Picture of the old station building
* Station House from Google Maps Street View

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* Wayne Junction
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* West Trenton
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Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Founded 1682

Communities|

* Arcadia University
* Ashmead Village
* Cedarbrook
* Cheltenham
* Edge Hill
* Elkins Park
* Glenside
* La Mott
* Laverock
* McKinley (part)
* Melrose Park
* Wyncote

Education|

* Ancillae Assumpta Academy
* Arcadia University
* Bishop McDevitt High School
* Cheltenham Township School District
* Cheltenham High School
* Delaware Valley Minority Student Achievement Consortium
* Gratz College
* Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
* Salus University
* Tyler School of Art
* Westminster Theological Seminary

National
Historic Sites|

* Beth Sholom Synagogue
* Camp William Penn
* Camptown Historic District
* Curtis Hall Arboretum
* Elkins Park station
* George K. Heller School
* Glenside Memorial Hall
* Grey Towers Castle
* Henry West Breyer Sr. House
* Milmoral
* Rowland House
* St. Paul's Episcopal Church
* Richard Wall house
* Wyncote Historic District

People|

* Reggie Jackson
* Lucretia Mott
* Benjamin Netanyahu
* Yonatan Netanyahu
* Ezra Pound
* Wallace Triplett

See also|

* Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district
* Elkins Estate
* Lynnewood Hall
* Greenleaf at Cheltenham
* Newgrounds
* Tookany Creek
* Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
* Cheltenham, England
* Curtis Publishing Company
* Einstein Medical Center
* Oak Lane Day School

Historical
railroads|

* SEPTA Route 6
* North Pennsylvania Railroad
* Reading Railroad
* Pennsylvania Railroad

Regional
rail lines|

* Main Line
* Airport Line
* Fox Chase
* Lansdale/Doylestown
* Warminster
* West Trenton

Regional
rail stations|

* Jenkintown–Wyncote
* Glenside
* Elkins Park
* Melrose Park
* Cheltenham

SEPTA
bus routes|

* 6
* 16
* 18
* 22
* 24
* 28
* 55
* 57
* 70
* 77
* 80
* H
* XH
* Former: C

Infrastructure|

* Cheltenham Township Police Department

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