{{Short description|Railway station in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = Fort Washington | style = SEPTA | style2 = SEPTA Regional Rail | symbol_location = septa | symbol = septa | image = Fort Washington station.jpg | image_caption = The current high-level platform station at Fort Washington, August 2022 | address = 7250 Summit Avenue<br>(Bethlehem Pike & Station Avenue)<br>[[Fort Washington, Pennsylvania]] 19034 | coordinates = {{coord|40.1354|-75.2115|type:railwaystation_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}} | line = [[SEPTA Main Line]]<!-- the physical "line" is not the same as "services" which are detailed below --> | other = {{bus icon|12px}} '''[[SEPTA Suburban Division bus routes|SEPTA Suburban Bus]]''': {{SEPTA bus link|94|95|201}}<br>{{bus icon|12px}} '''h.o.p.s.'''<br>{{bus icon|12px}} '''[[OurBus]]''' | structure = elevated | platform = 2 [[side platform]]s | depth = | levels = 1 | tracks = 2 | parking = Yes | bicycle = Yes | passengers = 1,125 boardings<br/>875 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 = 1903 | closed = | rebuilt = | electrified = July&nbsp;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 = 3 | former = | pass_rank = 14 of 146 | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=SEPTA |line1=Lansdale/Doylestown|left1=Oreland|right1=Ambler |line2=Lansdale/Doylestown|left2=Fellwick|right2=Ambler|note-left2=Closed 1996 }} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Reading Company|line=Bethlehem Branch|left=Fellwick|right=Ambler}} | mpassengers = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|SEPTA|Lansdale/Doylestown}} | mapframe-marker = rail }} '''Fort Washington station''' is a station along the [[SEPTA]] [[Lansdale/Doylestown Line]]. The station is located at the intersection of Bethlehem Pike and Station Avenue in the [[Fort Washington, Pennsylvania|Fort Washington]] section of [[Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania]]. It is also served by [[SEPTA Suburban Division bus routes|SEPTA Bus Routes 94, 95, and 201]], as well as [[OurBus]] intercity buses to [[New York City]]. The station includes a 585-space parking lot.

Originally built in 1903 by the [[Reading Railroad|Reading Company]],<ref>[http://www.west2k.com/pastations/montgomerypa.htm Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512015255/http://www.west2k.com/pastations/montgomerypa.htm |date= May 12, 2008 }}</ref> the current station was built 300 feet to the south with high-level platforms, a new ticket office, a larger waiting room, and a bathroom as well as a massive parking lot.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.septa.org/news/construction/ftWash_Cheltenham.html |title=Fort Washington and Cheltenham Station Reconstruction Projects (SEPTA) |access-date=2008-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116012958/http://www.septa.org/news/construction/ftWash_Cheltenham.html |archive-date=2008-11-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Campisi |first=Jon |date=2005-09-28 |title=Partnership works to revive Ft. Washington train station |url=https://www.thereporteronline.com/2005/09/28/partnership-works-to-revive-ft-washington-train-station/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=thereporteronline |language=en-US}}</ref> The expansion was completed in 2008.

<!-- [[File:Fort Washington Station.JPG|left|thumb|Old Fort Washington station in 2007]] [[File:SEPTA Fort Washington Regional Rail Station.jpg|center|thumb|250x250px|New Fort Washington station in 2011]] --> In [[Fiscal year|FY]] 2017, Fort Washington station had a weekday average of 1,125 boardings and 875 alightings. The first train from the station leaves at 5:32 A.M, while the last train arrives at the station at 1:10 A.M. The station is considered a major station on the [[Lansdale/Doylestown Line]] because most of the express trains stop at this station, before skipping many other intermediate stations on the line. Only one train, an express from Center City [[Philadelphia]] to [[North Wales, Pennsylvania|North Wales]] skips this station. During the morning and afternoon [[peak hour]], many trains operate to Center City as expresses, proceeding direct from Fort Washington station to [[Temple University station]]. Throughout midday, and the later hours of the night, most trains are locals.<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 }}&nbsp;{{small|(539&nbsp;KB)}}</ref>

==Station layout== Fort Washington has two high-level [[side platform]]s.

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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Fort Washington (SEPTA station)}} *{{SEPTA links}} *[http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/showpix?nsta=5391528 2001 & 2005 Bob Vogel Photos(NYC Subways.org)] *[http://www.west2k.com/papix/fortwashington.jpg Older and more recent Fort Washington Reading RR Station images] * [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=40.136161,-75.21325&spn=0.003855,0.010986&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.136255,-75.213219&panoid=V8c9TW15GfBeoNiQ9VMQQA&cbp=12,150.37,,0,6.58 Bethlehem Pike entrance from Google Maps Street View] {{SEPTA Regional Rail stations}}

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