Noble station

Noble station is a station along the SEPTA West Trenton Line to Ewing, New Jersey. It is located at Old York Road and Rodman Avenue in the community of Noble in Abington Township, Pennsylvania. The station has off-street parking. In FY 2013, Noble station had a weekday average of 222 boardings and 252 alightings.^[4]

Noble
Noble station from its parking lot.
General information
Location	Old York Road and Rodman Avenue Abington Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40.1045°N 75.1247°W / 40.1045; -75.1247
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Neshaminy Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 55
Construction
Parking	61
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1889 (NPRR)
Rebuilt	June–October 1901 (Reading)[1][2]
Electrified	July 26, 1931[3]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Jenkintown–Wyncote toward Penn Medicine West Trenton Line Rydal toward West Trenton
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Jenkintown toward Philadelphia New York Branch Rydal toward Bound Brook
Location

History

Noble station was originally built in 1901 by the Reading Railroad, as a replacement for a former North Pennsylvania Railroad built in 1889 and dedicated by President Benjamin Harrison.^[5] It is the last stop inbound before Jenkintown-Wyncote station in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, where it merges with the Warminster and Lansdale/Doylestown lines.

Station layout

Noble has two low-level side platforms.

Gallery

• 
  View of Noble station from outbound platform
• 
  A Center City-bound train stops at Noble station in November 2017

References

1. "Railroad Notes". The Philadelphia Times. June 7, 1901. p. 9. Retrieved July 3, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Railroad Notes". The Philadelphia Times. October 22, 1901. p. 11. Retrieved July 3, 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. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014.  (539 KB)
5. Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

External links

Media related to Noble (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

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