Morton station

{{Short description|Railway station in Morton, Pennsylvania}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{coord|39.907904|N|75.328356|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-PA|display=title}} {{Infobox station | name = Morton | style = SEPTA | style2 = SEPTA Regional Rail | symbol_location = septa | symbol = septa | image = MortonR3.jpg | image_caption = Passenger shelter across from Morton station | address = 2 South Morton Avenue | borough = [[Morton, Pennsylvania]] | coordinates = | connections = {{bus icon|12px|Suburban Bus}} [[SEPTA Suburban Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|107}} | platform = 2 [[side platform]]s | levels = | tracks = 2 | parking = 252 free/30 with permits | bicycle = Yes (2 racks) | baggage_check = | passengers = 612 boardings<br/>693 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 = 1867 | closed = | rebuilt = 1880 | electrified = December 2, 1928<ref>{{cite news |title=Electric Trains to Start Sunday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57805563/wc-electric-november-30-1928/ |accessdate=August 21, 2020 |work=The Chester Times |date=November 30, 1928 |page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> | accessible = Yes | code = | owned = [[SEPTA]] | zone = 2 | former = Morton–Rutledge | pass_rank = 38 of 146 | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=SEPTA|line=Media/Wawa|left=Swarthmore|right=Secane}} | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services_header = Former services | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Pennsylvania Railroad|line=West Chester Line|left=Swarthmore|right=Secane}} | mpassengers = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|SEPTA|Media/Wawa}} | mapframe-marker = rail }} '''Morton station''', also known as '''Morton–Rutledge station''', is a [[SEPTA Regional Rail]] station in [[Morton, Pennsylvania]]. Located at Yale and Morton Avenues, it serves the [[Media/Wawa Line]]. While the south, inbound platform of the station is in [[Morton, Pennsylvania|Morton Borough]], the north, outbound side is in [[Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Springfield Township]].<ref>[https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.907904,-75.328356&spn=0.01,0.01&t=h&q=39.907904,-75.328356 Google Map of Morton Station & Vicinity]</ref> Both dollar-a-day and permit parking are available. In 2013, this station saw 720 boardings and 657 alightings on an average weekday.<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 }}</ref>

==History== Morton Station was originally built in 1867 for the [[West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad]]. It was rebuilt in 1880 by architect Joseph Wilson of the [[Wilson Brothers & Company|Wilson Brothers architectural firm]] (although some have mistakenly credited the building to [[Frank Furness]]) for the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]].<ref>[http://www.mortonstation.org/history.html Morton Station Complex History (Preservation Committee Website)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809185825/http://www.mortonstation.org/history.html |date=2009-08-09 }}</ref> The second station is believed to have been designed in a manner similar to that of [[Glen Mills (PRR station)|Glen Mills]], which is now owned by the [[West Chester Railroad]]. In 1892, PRR added a westbound passenger shelter. A former freight house built in 1879 exists 50 feet west of the station house, both of which are maintained by the Morton Station Preservation Committee.<ref>[http://www.mortonstation.org/ Morton Station Preservation Committee] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809190004/http://www.mortonstation.org/ |date=2009-08-09 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.west2k.com/pastations/delawarepa.htm Existing Stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009013205/http://www.west2k.com/pastations/delawarepa.htm |date=2008-10-09 }}</ref>

On May 28, 2009, SEPTA approved a $2.6 million rehabilitation effort for Morton station.<ref>[http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20090529_Many_SEPTA_stations_to_get_makeovers.html Many Septa stations to get makeovers]</ref>

==Station layout== Morton has two low-level [[side platform]]s.

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==External links== {{Commons-inline}} * {{SEPTA links}} *[https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9082507,-75.3275403,3a,75y,247.28h,77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1suKt1RCLp3CrxI9zE7l-sOg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Station from Woodland Avenue/Morton Avenue from Google Maps Street View]

[[Category:SEPTA Regional Rail stations]] [[Category:Stations on the West Chester Line]] [[Category:Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations]] [[Category:1867 establishments in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1867]]