{{Short description|Railway station in Doylestown, Pennsylvania}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = Doylestown | style = SEPTA | style2 = SEPTA Regional Rail | symbol_location = septa | symbol = septa | image = Doylestown PA SEPTA station October 2017.jpg | image_caption = Doylestown station in October 2017 | address = 100 South Clinton Avenue (Bridge Street & Clinton Avenue)<br />[[Doylestown, Pennsylvania]] 18901 | coordinates = {{coord|40.3062|-75.1304|type:railwaystation_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}} | other = {{bus icon|12px|City Bus}} '''[[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]''': {{SEPTA bus link|55}}<br />{{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} '''[[Bucks County Transport|BCT]]''': [[Doylestown DART]]<br />{{rint|bus}} '''[[Trans-Bridge Lines]]'''<br />{{rint|bus}} {{rint|us|greyhound}} '''[[Greyhound Lines]]''' | structure = | platform = 1 [[side platform]] | depth = | levels = | tracks = 4 | parking = 169 spaces | bicycle = | passengers = 317 boardings<br/>241 alightings<br/>(weekday average)<ref>{{cite web | title=Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update| publisher=[[SEPTA]] | date=June 2020 | url=https://planning.septa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FY-2021_Service_Plan_Update.docx | page=24 | access-date=March 11, 2022}}</ref> | pass_year = 2017 | pass_percent = | pass_system = | opened = 1871 | closed = | rebuilt = | electrified = July 26, 1931<ref>{{cite news |title=Reading Installs Electric Service |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57809734/reading-electric-july-26-1931/ |accessdate=August 22, 2020 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=July 26, 1931 |page=8|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} </ref> | accessible = Yes | code = | owned = [[SEPTA]] | zone = 4 | former = | pass_rank = 86 of 146 | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=SEPTA|line=Lansdale/Doylestown|left=Delaware Valley University}} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Reading Company|line=Doylestown Branch|left=Farm School}} | mpassengers = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|SEPTA|Lansdale/Doylestown}} | mapframe-marker = rail }} '''Doylestown station''' is a [[SEPTA Regional Rail]] station in [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania]]. It is the last station along [[SEPTA]]'s [[Lansdale/Doylestown Line]]. Located at the intersection of Bridge Street and Clinton Avenue, the station has a 169-space parking lot. It was originally built in 1871 by the [[Reading Railroad]], as a much more elaborate Victorian structure than the present station. It had a decorative cupola over the ticket window and served as a Reading Railroad office at one point. The former freight house survives to this day. This station is wheelchair accessible.
==Description== Doylestown station consists of a side platform along the tracks. There are five tracks at the station which allow for storage of trains. The station has a [[Train ticket|ticket office]] which is open on weekday mornings, as well as an [[Automated teller machine|ATM]]. In the past there was a [[pizza]] shop inside the station building. There is also a canopy-type roof over the [[Railway platform|platform]] where people board the trains to keep people dry on rainy days. There are 2 bike racks available that can hold up to 15 bicycles. Doylestown has a parking lot with 169 spaces that charges $1 a day.<ref name=septadoylestown>{{cite web|title=Doylestown Station|publisher=SEPTA|url=http://septa.org/stations/rail/doylestown.html|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref>
Train service at Doylestown is provided along the [[Lansdale/Doylestown Line]] of [[SEPTA Regional Rail]], which begins at the station and runs south to [[Center City Philadelphia]]. Doylestown station is located in fare zone 4. Service is provided daily from early morning to late evening. Most Lansdale/Doylestown Line trains continue through the [[Center City Commuter Connection]] tunnel and become [[Wilmington/Newark Line]] trains on weekdays, providing service to [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]] and [[Newark, Delaware|Newark]], and [[Paoli/Thorndale Line]] trains on weekends, providing service to [[Malvern, Pennsylvania|Malvern]] and [[Thorndale, Pennsylvania|Thorndale]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lansdale/Doylestown Line schedule|publisher=SEPTA|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/schedules.septa.org/current/LAN.pdf|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref> In [[Fiscal year|FY]] 2013, it had a weekday average of 383 boardings and 334 alightings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf |title=SEPTA (May 2014). ''Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan.'' p. 61 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812142611/http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf |archivedate=2014-08-12 }} {{small|(539 KB)}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Commonscat-inline|Doylestown (SEPTA station)}} * {{SEPTA links}} * [http://www.west2k.com/papix/doylestownpandr.jpg Original Doyleston Station] * [http://www.west2k.com/papix/doylestown.jpg Existing station (2000 Don Dorflinger Photo)]
{{SEPTA Regional Rail stations}}
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