{{Short description|Railway station in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = Swarthmore | style = SEPTA | style2 = SEPTA Regional Rail | symbol_location = septa | symbol = septa | image = Swarthmore Station.JPG | image_caption = | address = 2 South Chester Road ([[Pennsylvania Route 320|PA&nbsp;320]]) | borough = [[Swarthmore, Pennsylvania]] | coordinates = {{coord|39.902221|N|75.350985|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}} | connections = {{bus icon|12px|Suburban Bus}} [[SEPTA Suburban Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|109}} | platform = 2 [[side platform]]s | levels = | tracks = 2 | parking = | bicycle = | passengers = 790 boardings<br/>825 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 = October&nbsp;19, 1854<ref name="1854opening">{{cite news |last1=Jeffries |first1=E. |title=West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93939514/media-october-21-1854/ |access-date=February 3, 2022 |work=The Public Ledger |date=October 21, 1854 |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|page=4|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Henderson |first1=Robert |title=Public Sale of Very Desirable Real Estate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94111389/westdale-station-february-8-1856/ |access-date=February 3, 2022 |work=The Public Ledger |date=February 8, 1856 |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |page=3|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> | closed = | rebuilt = | electrified = December&nbsp;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 = 3 | former = Westdale | pass_rank = 23 of 146 | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=SEPTA|line=Media/Wawa|left=Wallingford|right=Morton}} | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services_header = Former services | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Pennsylvania Railroad|line=West Chester Line|left=Wallingford|right=Morton}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|SEPTA|Media/Wawa}} | mapframe-marker = rail }}

'''Swarthmore station''' is a [[SEPTA Regional Rail]] station in [[Swarthmore, Pennsylvania]]. Located on Chester Road between downtown Swarthmore and [[Swarthmore College]], it serves the [[Media/Wawa Line]].

In 2013, this station saw 765 boardings and 699 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 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140812142611/http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf |archive-date= 2014-08-12 }}</ref> Dollar-a-day parking and permit parking are available. It is the first outward-bound Zone 3 station from the central Philadelphia stations. It is the busiest station on the Media/Wawa Line outside of Center City. The adult fare to and from Central Philadelphia is currently $5 during off-peak hours, with an additional $2 surcharge assessed for those who buy a ticket on the train, regardless of whether the ticket window is open.

The ticket office is located on the inbound side of the tracks in a building used otherwise by [[Swarthmore College]] and the Chester Children's Chorus. The building was originally built in 1880 by the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]<ref>[http://www.west2k.com/pastations/delawarepa.htm Existing Railroad 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> and formerly held the Jumping Cow [[café|cafe]]. Swarthmore's main street, Chester Road, has passed under the station since 1931. Before Swarthmore College was opened, the station was known as Westdale.{{sfn|Westcott|1875|p=176}}

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

==Bibliography == *{{cite book |last1=Westcott |first1=Thompson |title=The Official Guide Book to Philadelphia. A New Handbook for Strangers and Citizens |date=1875|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TfBHAQAAMAAJ |publisher=Porter and Coates |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |access-date=February 3, 2022}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons-inline}} * {{SEPTA links}} * [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.902313,-75.350547&spn=0.003918,0.013679&z=17&layer=c&cbll=39.902151,-75.350842&panoid=4QUYdOz2LaDOX72b15BPCQ&cbp=12,15.03,,0,2.74 Station from Google Maps Street View]

{{SEPTA Regional Rail stations}}

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