# Fort Washington station

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Railway station in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

Fort Washington The current high-level platform station at Fort Washington, August 2022 General information Location 7250 Summit Avenue (Bethlehem Pike & Station Avenue) Fort Washington, Pennsylvania 19034 Coordinates 40°08′07″N 75°12′41″W / 40.1354°N 75.2115°W / 40.1354; -75.2115 Owned by SEPTA Line SEPTA Main Line Platforms 2 side platforms Tracks 2 Connections SEPTA Suburban Bus: 94, 95, 201 h.o.p.s. OurBus Construction Structure type elevated Platform levels 1 Parking Yes Cycle facilities Yes Accessible Yes Other information Fare zone 3 History Opened 1903 Electrified July 26, 1931[1] Passengers 2017 1,125 boardings 875 alightings (weekday average)[2] Rank 14 of 146 Services Preceding station SEPTA Following station Oreland toward Penn Medicine Station Lansdale/​Doylestown Line Ambler toward Doylestown Fellwick Closed 1996 toward Penn Medicine Station Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Fellwick toward Philadelphia Bethlehem Branch Ambler toward Bethlehem Location

**Fort Washington station** is a station along the [SEPTA](/source/SEPTA) [Lansdale/Doylestown Line](/source/Lansdale%2FDoylestown_Line). The station is located at the intersection of Bethlehem Pike and Station Avenue in the [Fort Washington](/source/Fort_Washington%2C_Pennsylvania) section of [Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania](/source/Whitemarsh_Township%2C_Pennsylvania). It is also served by [SEPTA Bus Routes 94, 95, and 201](/source/SEPTA_Suburban_Division_bus_routes), as well as [OurBus](/source/OurBus) intercity buses to [New York City](/source/New_York_City). The station includes a 585-space parking lot.

Originally built in 1903 by the [Reading Company](/source/Reading_Railroad),[3] 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.[4][5] The expansion was completed in 2008.

In [FY](/source/Fiscal_year) 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](/source/Lansdale%2FDoylestown_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](/source/Philadelphia) to [North Wales](/source/North_Wales%2C_Pennsylvania) skips this station. During the morning and afternoon [peak hour](/source/Peak_hour), many trains operate to Center City as expresses, proceeding direct from Fort Washington station to [Temple University station](/source/Temple_University_station). Throughout midday, and the later hours of the night, most trains are locals.[6]

## Station layout

Fort Washington has two high-level [side platforms](/source/Side_platform).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Reading Installs Electric Service"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57809734/reading-electric-july-26-1931/). *[The Philadelphia Inquirer](/source/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer)*. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update"](https://planning.septa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FY-2021_Service_Plan_Update.docx). [SEPTA](/source/SEPTA). June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania](http://www.west2k.com/pastations/montgomerypa.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080512015255/http://www.west2k.com/pastations/montgomerypa.htm) May 12, 2008, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Fort Washington and Cheltenham Station Reconstruction Projects (SEPTA)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081116012958/http://www.septa.org/news/construction/ftWash_Cheltenham.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.septa.org/news/construction/ftWash_Cheltenham.html) on November 16, 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Campisi, Jon (September 28, 2005). ["Partnership works to revive Ft. Washington train station"](https://www.thereporteronline.com/2005/09/28/partnership-works-to-revive-ft-washington-train-station/). *thereporteronline*. Retrieved February 23, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["SEPTA (May 2014). *Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan.* p. 61"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140812142611/http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf) (PDF) on August 12, 2014. (539 KB)

## External links

- Media related to [Fort Washington (SEPTA station)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fort_Washington_(SEPTA_station)) at Wikimedia Commons

- [SEPTA – Fort Washington station](https://www.septa.org/stations/fort-washington-station)

- [2001 & 2005 Bob Vogel Photos(NYC Subways.org)](http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/showpix?nsta=5391528)

- [Older and more recent Fort Washington Reading RR Station images](http://www.west2k.com/papix/fortwashington.jpg)

- [Bethlehem Pike entrance from Google Maps Street View](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)

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