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The Chestnut Hill East Line is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail (commuter rail) system. The route serves the northwestern section of Philadelphia with service to Germantown, Mount Airy, and Chestnut Hill. It is one of two lines that serve Chestnut Hill, the other one being the Chestnut Hill West Line. The line is fully grade-separated.
The Chestnut Hill East Branch is a railway line in Pennsylvania. It runs 5.5 miles (8.9 km) from a junction with the SEPTA Main Line in Nicetown–Tioga, a neighborhood in Philadelphia, to Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. The oldest part of it was built in 1832 by the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad.
Notes References Lines SEPTA Regional Rail lines Line Weekday ridership (FY 2023) Route length Inbound terminus [b] Outbound terminus Airport Line 5,268 12.10 mi (19.47 km) Temple University Airport Terminals E & F Chestnut Hill East Line 2,318 12.20 mi (19.63 km) 30th Street Station Chestnut Hill East Chestnut Hill West Line 2,768 14.59 mi (23.48 km) Temple University Chestnut Hill West ...
Chestnut Hill East station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at 102–04 Bethlehem Pike at Chestnut Hill Avenue, it serves the Chestnut Hill East Line . The current station building was built in 1931 by the Reading Railroad , [ 3 ] as a replacement for an earlier station that existed between 1872 and 1930.
This is a route-map template for the Chestnut Hill East Line, an SEPTA Regional Rail line.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The Germantown railway station has existed since at least 1884 when it could be found in the same place it is today on the Chestnut Hill East line. [2] It was on SEPTA's R7 line until the regional-rail renaming. On May 28, 2009, SEPTA approved a $1.9 million rehabilitation effort which included the Germantown station. [3]
Trenton Line trains operated through the city center to the Chestnut Hill East Line on the ex-Reading side of the system. [2] The R-number naming system was dropped on July 25, 2010. [ 3 ] As of 2022 [update] , most Trenton Line trains continue through Center City to the Chestnut Hill East Line, while some trains terminate at Temple University ...
The station is located in zone two on the Chestnut Hill East Line, along former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 10.3 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2013, this station saw 124 boardings and 125 departures on an average weekday. [5]