Bethayres station

Bethayres station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Bethayres, Pennsylvania. It is located at Station Avenue and Old Welsh Road and serves the West Trenton Line to Ewing, New Jersey. Bethayres station was originally built in 1876 by the Reading Railroad.^[3] The station has off-street parking and a ticket office. There is also a handicapped-accessible platform. In FY 2013, Bethyares station had a weekday average of 578 boardings and 553 alightings.^[4] Bethayres is the last boarding stop for AM peak service express trains to Philadelphia and the first discharge stop for PM peak service express trains from Philadelphia.

Bethayres
General information
Location	2213 Huntingdon Pike Bethayres, Pennsylvania 19006
Coordinates	40.1166°N 75.0687°W / 40.1166; -75.0687
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Neshaminy Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 24, 88
Construction
Parking	333 spaces (93 with Permit)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Electrified	July 26, 1931[1]
Passengers
2017	636 boardings 630 alightings (weekday average)[2]
Rank	35 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Meadowbrook toward Penn Medicine West Trenton Line Philmont toward West Trenton
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Meadowbrook toward Philadelphia New York Branch Philmont toward Bound Brook
Location

Station layout

Bethayres has two low-level side platforms with a mini high-level platform.

References

1. "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
3. Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
4. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014.  (539 KB)

External links

Media related to Bethayres (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA – Bethayres station
• Station from Huntingdon Pike from Google Maps Street View