Olney station (SEPTA)

Not to be confused with Olney Transportation Center.

Olney station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Mascher Street and Tabor Road in the Olney neighborhood, it serves the Fox Chase Line. The station has a 61-space parking lot. In FY 2013, it had a weekday average of 158 boardings and 156 alightings.^[1]

Olney
The parking lot and platform at Olney station on the Fox Chase Line
General information
Location	Mascher Street and Tabor Road Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Fox Chase Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 8
Construction
Parking	61 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1906 (RDG)
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Wayne Junction toward 30th Street Station Fox Chase Line Lawndale toward Fox Chase
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Wayne Junction toward Philadelphia Newtown Branch Lawndale toward Newtown Frankford Branch Crescentville toward Frankford
Location

The original station building was constructed in 1906 by the Reading Railroad. It was boarded up in the 1980s, and was demolished in 2008.^[2] Olney is the last stop inbound before Wayne Junction, where it merges with the Warminster, West Trenton, Lansdale/Doylestown, and Chestnut Hill East lines.

References

1. SEPTA (May 2014). "Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014.
2. "Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania". West2K.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2008.

External links

• SEPTA – Olney station
• Old Olney Reading RR Station images
• Mascher Street and Tabor Road entrance from Google Maps Street View

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