Hatboro station

Hatboro station is a rail station on SEPTA Regional Rail's Warminster Line, formerly the Reading Railroad's New Hope Branch, in Hatboro, Pennsylvania and once terminus for electrified MUs.^{[clarification needed]} Electrification was extended to Warminster in 1974. Current trains stopping at Hatboro station are the SEPTA Silverliner IV and the SEPTA Silverliner V. The station is located at the intersection of Byberry Road and Penn Street. The station features a passing siding for handling multiple trains as well as a 100-space parking lot. The current brick construction station stands at 20' x 55' and was built in 1935. An original wood construction freight station was completed in 1871 but no longer stands at the site.

Hatboro
General information
Location	21 South Penn Street Hatboro, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40.1756°N 75.1030°W / 40.1756; -75.1030
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Warminster Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	175 spaces
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1871
Rebuilt	December 1934–June 1, 1935[1][2]
Electrified	July 26, 1931[3]
Passengers
2017	500 boardings 530 alightings (weekday average)[4]
Rank	51 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Willow Grove toward Penn Medicine Warminster Line Warminster Terminus Fulmor Closed 1996 toward Penn Medicine
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Fulmor toward Philadelphia New Hope Branch Warminster toward New Hope
Location

Description

A Center City-bound train stops at the Hatboro station

Hatboro station consists of a side platform along the tracks. The station has a waiting room that is open on weekday mornings; the ticket office closed on September 20, 2024. Hatboro station has a parking lot with 100 spaces, with a remote parking area across Byberry Road that contains 75 spaces. Both parking lots charge $1 a day.^[5] Parking is also provided at the Hatboro Municipal Parking Lot across Moreland Avenue, which has 93 spaces and charges $1 a day.^[5][6]

Train service at Hatboro station is provided along the Warminster Line of SEPTA Regional Rail, which runs south to Center City Philadelphia and north one stop to its terminus at Warminster. Hatboro 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 trains, providing service to the Philadelphia International Airport.^[7] In FY 2013, Hatboro station had a weekday average of 457 boardings and 430 alightings.^[8]

References

• Reading Railroad History site

1. "Station for Hatboro". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 23, 1934. p. 60. Retrieved July 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Local Flashes". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. June 3, 1935. p. 5. Retrieved July 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
5. "Hatboro Station". SEPTA. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
6. "Non-SEPTA parking for Hatboro Station". SEPTA. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
7. "Warminster Line schedule" (PDF). SEPTA. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
8. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)

External links

Media related to Hatboro (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA – Hatboro station
• Station from Moreland Avenue from Google Maps Street View