St. Davids station
The Saint Davids station, facing east, including the tracks and the inbound and outbound platforms | ||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 53 Chamounix Road, Wayne, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°02′38″N 75°22′25″W / 40.0439°N 75.3735°W | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Amtrak[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | SEPTA | |||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Amtrak Keystone Corridor (Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line) | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Connections | SEPTA Suburban Bus: 106 | |||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 107 spaces (57 daily, 50 public daily) | |||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 4 racks (14 spaces) | |||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | |||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1890[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | September 11, 1915[3] | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | 242[4] (weekday boardings) | |||||||||||||||||
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St. Davids station is a regional rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at the intersection of Chamounix Road & Glynn Lane, Wayne, Pennsylvania.[5] The station and community are named after the nearby historic Episcopal church.
Service and facilities
St. Davids is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains. There is no ticket office at this station. There are 107 parking spaces at the station (57 SEPTA spaces, 50 non-SEPTA spaces). There are also 5 bike racks available that can accommodate up to 20 bikes.[6] It is in Radnor Township.[7]
St. Davids station is 13.7 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. A depot building was built in 1890 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, but was demolished by 1966 and replaced with a smaller structure.[8] In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 242, and the average total weekday alightings was 278.[4]
As of 2025, there is an ongoing effort to raise funding for a planned restoration of the station shelters to their original 19th-century condition. This restoration includes replacing later woodwork that utilized simple designs not matching original specifications, return of cast-iron Pennsylvania Railroad station signage, and repainting the station shelters to historically accurate colors.[9]
Station layout
St. Davids has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.
Incidents
- On April 5, 1920, eastbound freight train 267 of the Pennsylvania Railroad carrying a load of automobiles, toys, dental equipment, and felt derailed near the station due to a coupling failure on the first car. Over 20 boxcars were wrecked in the incident, though no injuries were reported.[10][11]
- On January 25, 1973, two women were struck and killed by a single-car passenger train while crossing the tracks at the station. A third person was also struck by the train while trying to push one woman from the tracks and survived.[12]
Notable places nearby
References
- ^ "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ Existing Railroad Stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- ^ "Electric Service Begins on the P.R.R." The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 12, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. pp. 43–46.
- ^ Google Map of Saint Davids Station location
- ^ "St. Davids Station". Septa. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ "Township Map". Radnor Township. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ Yanosey, Robert (2009). Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities In Color. Vol. 3: Philadelphia Division. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books, Inc. p. 96. ISBN 978-1582482552.
- ^ "What We're Doing". Friends of St. Davids Station. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
- ^ "More Than a Score". Evening Public Ledger. No. April 5, 1920.
- ^ "Self-Wrecked Freight Ties up the Main Line". Intelligencer Journal. April 5, 1920. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
- ^ "Train Kills 2 Women at St. Davids Station". Philadelphia Daily News. January 26, 1973.
- ^ "Eastern College". Philadelphia Daily News. No. November 5, 1996. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
External links
Media related to St. Davids (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons