Rydal station

{{short description|Pennsylvania SEPTA station}} {{for|the station in Australia|Rydal railway station}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | name=Rydal | style=SEPTA | style2=SEPTA Regional Rail | symbol_location=septa | symbol=septa | image=Rydal Railroad Station and Post Office.JPG | image_caption= | address=Susquehanna Road and Washington Lane<br>[[Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Abington Township]], [[Pennsylvania]] 19006 | coordinates={{coord|40.1075|-75.1107|type:railwaystation_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}} | line=[[Neshaminy Line]] | other= | structure= | platform=2 [[side platform]]s | depth= | levels= | tracks=2 | parking= 43 | bicycle= | passengers= | pass_year= | pass_percent= | pass_system= | opened=1888 | 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}} {{open access}}</ref> | accessible=No | code= | owned=[[SEPTA]] | zone=3 | former= | services= {{Adjacent stations|system=SEPTA|line=West Trenton|left=Noble|right=Meadowbrook}} | other_services_collapsible=yes | other_services_header=Former services | other_services= {{Adjacent stations|system=Reading Company|line=New York Branch|left=Noble|right=Meadowbrook}} | mpassengers= | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|SEPTA|West Trenton}} | mapframe-marker = rail }} '''Rydal station''' is a station along the [[SEPTA]] [[West Trenton Line (SEPTA)|West Trenton Line]] to [[Ewing, New Jersey]]. It is located at Susquehanna Road and Old Valley Road in the [[Rydal, Pennsylvania|Rydal]] neighborhood of [[Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Abington Township, Pennsylvania]]. In [[Fiscal year|FY]] 2013, Rydal station had a weekday average of 147 boardings and 138 alightings.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf |title= SEPTA (May 2014). ''Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan.'' p. 62 |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> The station has off-street parking and now houses a post office.

Rydal station was originally built in 1888 by the [[Reading Railroad]],<ref>[http://www.west2k.com/pastations/montgomerypa.shtml Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County]</ref> and is located on the north side of the tracks off of Susquehanna Road. An open sheltered shed can be found on Washington Lane, and the intersection of Washington Lane and Susquehanna Road can be found east of the shed beneath an 11'6" bridge under the tracks.

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

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==External links== * {{SEPTA links}} * [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=40.107139,-75.110757&spn=0.003684,0.010986&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.107139,-75.110757&panoid=y8-Ofv3fUF22BQs00oqqIw&cbp=12,314.28,,0,5.88 Station from Google Maps Street View] {{SEPTA Regional Rail stations}}{{Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania}}

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