# Willow Grove station

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Railway station in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania

Willow Grove Willow Grove station viewed from the southwest General information Location York Road and Davisville Road Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, U.S. Coordinates 40°08′37″N 75°06′51″W / 40.1436°N 75.1143°W / 40.1436; -75.1143 Owned by SEPTA Line Warminster Branch Platforms 1 side platform Tracks 1 Connections SEPTA City Bus: 22, 55 Construction Parking 190 spaces Cycle facilities Two racks Accessible No Other information Fare zone 3 History Opened 1886 Rebuilt 1939 Electrified July 26, 1931[1] Passengers 2017 388 boardings 349 alightings (weekday average)[2] Rank 68 of 146 Services Preceding station SEPTA Following station Crestmont toward Penn Medicine Station Warminster Line Hatboro toward Warminster Fulmor Closed 1996 toward Warminster Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Crestmont toward Philadelphia New Hope Branch Fulmor toward New Hope Location

**Willow Grove station** is a [SEPTA](/source/SEPTA) station on the [Warminster Line](/source/Warminster_Line), located in [Willow Grove, Pennsylvania](/source/Willow_Grove%2C_Pennsylvania). The station, located on York Road ([PA 611](/source/Pennsylvania_Route_611)) and Davisville Roads, features a 190-space parking lot. Willow Grove station was originally built in 1886 by the [Reading Railroad](/source/Reading_Railroad), and replaced by a stone structure built in 1939. The station house was closed in 1965, but continues to serve passengers.[3]

## Description

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.[4]

Train service at Willow Grove station is provided along the [Warminster Line](/source/Warminster_Line) of [SEPTA Regional Rail](/source/SEPTA_Regional_Rail), which runs south to [Center City Philadelphia](/source/Center_City_Philadelphia) and north to its terminus at [Warminster](/source/Warminster_station_(SEPTA)). 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](/source/Center_City_Commuter_Connection) tunnel and become [Airport Line](/source/Airport_Line_(SEPTA)) trains, providing service to the [Philadelphia International Airport](/source/Philadelphia_International_Airport).[5] In [FY](/source/Fiscal_year) 2013, Willow Grove station had a weekday average of 472 boardings and 515 alightings.[6]

## 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](/source/Center_City%2C_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](/source/Warminster_station_(SEPTA)) 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 [\[1\]](http://www.septakey.org) or at an Exit Fare Kiosk in Center City upon departure of [Willow Grove station](http://www.septa.org/stations/rail/willowgrove.html). Passengers buying their ticket on board the train may pay for their ticket with cash or credit card [\[2\]](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

		- A Center City-bound train stops at Willow Grove in May 2016

		- A Center City-bound train stops at Willow Grove in February 2017

		- SEPTA train at Willow Grove

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Reading Installs Electric Service"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57809734/reading-electric-july-26-1931/). *The Philadelphia Inquirer*. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["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-3)** [Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania](http://www.west2k.com/pastations/montgomerypa.shtml)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-septawg_4-0)** ["Willow Grove Station"](http://www.septa.org/stations/rail/willowgrove.html). SEPTA. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Warminster Line schedule"](http://www.septa.org/schedules/rail/pdf/war.pdf) (PDF). SEPTA. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["SEPTA (May 2014). *Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan.* p. 61"](http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf) (PDF). (539 KB)

## External links

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

- [SEPTA – Willow Grove station](https://www.septa.org/stations/willow-grove-station)

- [Original Willow Grove Reading Railroad Station](http://www.west2k.com/papix/willowgrovepandr.jpg)

- [Station from York Road from Google Maps Street View](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)

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