# Strafford station

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SEPTA commuter rail station

Strafford General information Location 97 Old Eagle School Road Wayne, Pennsylvania United States Owned by Amtrak[1] Operated by SEPTA Line Amtrak Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line (Keystone Corridor) Platforms 2 side platforms Tracks 4 Construction Parking 289 spaces (115 daily, 103 permit, 71 remote permit) Cycle facilities 4 racks (8 spaces) Accessible yes Other information Fare zone 3 History Electrified September 11, 1915[2] Passengers 2017 780 boardings 621 alightings (weekday average)[3] Rank 25 of 146 Services Preceding station SEPTA Following station Devon toward Thorndale Paoli/​Thorndale Line Wayne toward Temple University Former services Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Devon toward Paoli Paoli Line Wayne toward Suburban Station Preceding station Philadelphia and Western Railroad Following station Terminus Strafford Branch Until 1956 Wayne toward 69th Street Strafford Railroad Station U.S. National Register of Historic Places Interactive map of Strafford Railroad Station Location Strafford, Pennsylvania Coordinates 40°02′59″N 75°24′14″W / 40.0496°N 75.4038°W / 40.0496; -75.4038 Architect Joseph M. Wilson and Frederick G. Thorn Architectural style Stick/Eastlake NRHP reference No. 84003226 Added to NRHP 1984[4] Location

**Strafford station** is a [commuter rail](/source/Commuter_rail) station located in the western suburbs of [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia) at Old Eagle School Road and Crestline Road,[5] in [Tredyffrin Township](/source/Tredyffrin_Township),[6] and it is served by most [Paoli/Thorndale Line](/source/Paoli%2FThorndale_Line) trains.

The ticket office at this station is open weekdays from 5:50 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., excluding holidays. There are 289 parking spaces at the station, including SEPTA permit parking in nearby lots.

This station is 15.4 track miles from [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia)'s [Suburban Station](/source/Suburban_Station). In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 780, and the average total weekday alightings was 621.[7]

## History

From 1873 to 1883, the building served as the railway station for [Wayne, Pennsylvania](/source/Wayne%2C_Pennsylvania). In 1883, the building was moved to its current location in Strafford, which was then called Eagle. The name was changed to Strafford in 1887. The landmark building was constructed in the "[Eastlake](/source/Queen_Anne_Style_architecture_(United_States)#Stick_Style)" or "Stick" architectural style popular from 1855 to 1877.[8] In 1911 the [Philadelphia and Western Railroad](/source/Philadelphia_and_Western_Railroad) extended their Strafford Branch to the station;[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] this line lasted until 1956.[9] The train station was added to the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/List_of_Registered_Historic_Places_in_Chester_County%2C_Pennsylvania) in 1984.[10]

Beginning in the mid-20th century, multiple sources stated, without providing evidence, that Strafford Station was built for the 1876 [Centennial Exposition](/source/Centennial_Exposition), variously saying that it was used as the Catalogue Building or Japanese Pavilion.[11] No primary sources have been found to corroborate these claims, and in fact significant documentary and physical evidence suggests otherwise, including the station's architecture being similar in form to other Pennsylvania Railroad passenger stations of the 1870s including [Wynnewood Station](/source/Wynnewood_Station) on the same line.[12]

[The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority](/source/SEPTA) (SEPTA) restored the station between 1999 and 2002 after damage from a June, 1999 fire. Work included restoring the historic station building as well as the outbound shelter. The station was made accessible-compliant with ramps to the platforms. Mini-high-level platforms will be installed after the Amtrak Keystone Corridor project is complete.

## Station layout

Strafford has two low-level [side platforms](/source/Side_platform) with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110521112835/http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/RRDev/key_vol_1.pdf) (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Electric Service Begins on the P.R.R."](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57807526/paoli-electric-september-12-1915/) *The Philadelphia Inquirer*. September 12, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["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-4)** [Chester County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places](http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/pa/Chester/state6.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Google map](https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Old+Eagle+School+Rd+%26+Crestline+Rd,+Strafford,+PA+19087&hl=en)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Community Facilities"](https://www.tredyffrin.org/home/showdocument?id=7060). [Tredyffrin Township](/source/Tredyffrin_Township). Retrieved September 1, 2019. - Also see [Land use map](https://www.tredyffrin.org/home/showdocument?id=7066)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-passenger_7-0)** ["Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan"](https://septa.org/strategic-plan/reports/FY%202020%20Annual%20Service%20Plan-update.WEB.pdf) (PDF). SEPTA. p. 43-46.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** John Milnes Baker, A.I.A. (1994) *American House Styles* p.86.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Mocarski, Monica (March 1, 2006). ["Tracking the history of Radnor's trolleys"](https://www.mainlinemedianews.com/2006/03/01/tracking-the-history-of-radnors-trolleys/). *Main Line Times & Suburban*. Retrieved August 5, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-nrhpdoc_10-0)** Robert M. Goshen and Anne Haon Cook (n.d.). [National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Strafford Railroad Station](https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998293). National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 13, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Weller, Cordelia (April 1966). ["The Strafford Railroad Station"](https://www.tehistory.org/hqda/html/v14/v14n1p002.html). *Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society History Quarterly*. **14** (1). Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society: 2–4.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Prichard, Greg (April 2014), "Strafford Station at the Centennial: Fact or Fiction?", *Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society History Quarterly*, **51** (1), Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society

## External links

Media related to [Strafford (SEPTA station)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Strafford_(SEPTA_station)) at Wikimedia Commons

- [SEPTA – Strafford station](https://www.septa.org/stations/strafford-station)

- [Station House from Google Maps Street View](https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.04925,-75.40373&spn=0.003909,0.013679&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.049268,-75.403841&panoid=75TB-QMjAnc1uR-WkomwEA&cbp=12,355.94,,0,-1.49)

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