{{Short description|Railway station in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = Willow Grove | style = SEPTA | style2 = SEPTA Regional Rail | symbol_location = septa | symbol = septa | image = Willow grove station.JPG | image_caption = Willow Grove station viewed from the southwest | address = [[Pennsylvania Route 611|York Road]] and Davisville Road<br />[[Willow Grove, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | coordinates = {{coord|40.1436|-75.1143|type:railwaystation_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}} | line = [[Warminster Branch]] | other = {{bus icon|12px|City Bus}} '''[[SEPTA City Transit Division bus routes|SEPTA City Bus]]''': {{SEPTA bus link|22|55}} | structure = | platform = 1 [[side platform]] | levels = | tracks = 1 | parking = 190 spaces | bicycle = Two racks | passengers = 388 boardings<br/>349 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 = 1886 | closed = | rebuilt = 1939 | 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 = | pass_rank = 68 of 146 | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=SEPTA |line1=Warminster|left1=Crestmont|right1=Hatboro |line2=Warminster|left2=Crestmont|right2=Fulmor|note-right2=Closed 1996 }} | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services_header = Former services | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Reading Company|line=New Hope Branch|left=Crestmont|right=Fulmor}} | mpassengers = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|SEPTA|Warminster}} | mapframe-marker = rail }} '''Willow Grove station''' is a [[SEPTA]] station on the [[Warminster Line]], located in [[Willow Grove, Pennsylvania]]. The station, located on York Road ([[Pennsylvania Route 611|PA 611]]) and Davisville Roads, features a 190-space parking lot. Willow Grove station was originally built in 1886 by the [[Reading Railroad]], and replaced by a stone structure built in 1939. The station house was closed in 1965, but continues to serve passengers.<ref>[http://www.west2k.com/pastations/montgomerypa.shtml Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]</ref>
==Description==
[[File:Willow Grove SEPTA Station.jpg|thumb|A Silverliner-IV and Silverliner-V arrive at the single side platform of Willow Grove station.]]
Willow Grove station consists of a side platform along the tracks. The station has a ticket office and waiting room that is open on weekday mornings. There are two bike racks available that can hold up to four bicycles. Willow Grove station has a daily parking lot with 116 spaces that charges $1 a day, a permit parking lot with 32 spaces that charges $20 a month, and a daily parking lot with 42 spaces that charges 50 cents a day.<ref name=septawg>{{cite web|title=Willow Grove Station|publisher=SEPTA|url=http://www.septa.org/stations/rail/willowgrove.html|accessdate=December 30, 2016}}</ref>
Train service at Willow Grove station is provided along the [[Warminster Line]] of [[SEPTA Regional Rail]], which runs south to [[Center City Philadelphia]] and north to its terminus at [[Warminster station (SEPTA)|Warminster]]. Willow Grove station is located in fare zone 3. Service is provided daily from early morning to late evening. Most Warminster Line trains continue through the [[Center City Commuter Connection]] tunnel and become [[Airport Line (SEPTA)|Airport Line]] trains, providing service to the [[Philadelphia International Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Warminster Line schedule|publisher=SEPTA|url=http://www.septa.org/schedules/rail/pdf/war.pdf|accessdate=December 30, 2016}}</ref> In [[Fiscal year|FY]] 2013, Willow Grove station had a weekday average of 472 boardings and 515 alightings.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf |title=SEPTA (May 2014). ''Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan.'' p. 61 }} {{small|(539 KB)}}</ref>
== Amenities == The Willow Grove station has a ticket office which is only open on weekdays from 5:15 AM to 11:15 AM. Several benches for sitting on while people wait for the train to come are also available, all of them under a canopy-type roof so that people do not get wet on rainy days.
== Schedules == Trains going to [[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City Philadelphia]] arrive at the Willow Grove station about every hour on weekdays (with more frequent service during the morning rush hour) and every two hours on weekends and major holidays, and trains headed towards [[Warminster station (SEPTA)|Warminster station]] arrive every hour on weekdays (with more frequent service during the evening rush hour) and every two hours on weekends and major holidays.
== Fares == On weekdays between 5:15 am and 11:45 am, commuters can buy and/or reload a SEPTA Key Card to ride the train inside the station's ticket office, but on weekends and weekday afternoons, tickets must be purchased from the train conductor or Key Card Fares must be loaded on the SEPTA Key Website [http://www.septakey.org] or at an Exit Fare Kiosk in Center City upon departure of [http://www.septa.org/stations/rail/willowgrove.html Willow Grove station]. Passengers buying their ticket on board the train may pay for their ticket with cash or credit card [https://iseptaphilly.com/blog/creditcards]. SEPTA Key Card fares purchased in advance also cost less than tickets purchased from the conductor on board the train.
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Willow Grove PA SEPTA station May 2016.jpg|A Center City-bound train stops at Willow Grove in May 2016 File:Willow Grove PA SEPTA station February 2017.jpg|A Center City-bound train stops at Willow Grove in February 2017 File:SEPTA train at Willow Grove station, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.jpg|SEPTA train at Willow Grove </gallery>
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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Willow Grove (SEPTA station)}} * {{SEPTA links}} *[http://www.west2k.com/papix/willowgrovepandr.jpg Original Willow Grove Reading Railroad Station] * [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=40.143084,-75.11462&spn=0.003888,0.010986&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.143084,-75.11462&panoid=wS-JmnwG49uqZB8UmM2ydA&cbp=12,14.41,,0,7.81 Station from York Road from Google Maps Street View] {{SEPTA Regional Rail stations}}
[[Category:SEPTA Regional Rail stations]] [[Category:Stations on the Warminster Line]] [[Category:Former Reading Company stations]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1886]] [[Category:Railway stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]]