Wister station

Wister station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at Ashmead and Rubicam Streets in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is named after the nearby Wister Street.

Wister
Wister station in September 2013. A mural depicting "Wister Station" is visible on the right-side wall,
General information
Location	Ashmead & Rubicam Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	40.0362°N 75.1615°W / 40.0362; -75.1615
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Chestnut Hill East Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: J
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1932
Electrified	February 5, 1933[1]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Germantown toward Chestnut Hill East Chestnut Hill East Line Wayne Junction toward 30th Street Station Fishers Closed 1992 toward 30th Street Station
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Wingohocking toward Chestnut Hill Chestnut Hill Branch Fishers toward Philadelphia
Location

The station is in zone 1 on the Chestnut Hill East Line, on former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 6.1 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2013, this station saw 55 boardings and 70 alightings on an average weekday.^[2]

Reading Railroad built Wister station in 1932, and it is the last stop inbound on the Chestnut Hill East Line (toward Central Philadelphia) before Wayne Junction Station, where that line merges with the Warminster, West Trenton, Lansdale/Doylestown, and Fox Chase Lines.

References

1. "New Electric Schedule". The Scranton Times. February 4, 1933. p. 12. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). (539 KB)

External links

• SEPTA – Wister station
• Station from Google Maps Street View