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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 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 Center City Commuter Connection was tied into the former Reading Ninth Street Branch on November 12, 1984, completing the SEPTA Main Line as it is defined today. SEPTA activated positive train control on the Main Line from Glenside to Fern Rock on December 12, 2016 and from Fern Rock to 30th Street on January 9, 2017.
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.
Fox Chase trains operated through the city center to the Chestnut Hill West Line. [7] Plans had called for the Fox Chase Line to be paired with a Bryn Mawr local and designated R4 , but this depended on a never-built connection from the Chestnut Hill West Line to the ex-Reading near Wayne Junction. [ 8 ]
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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 Warminster Line is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail system. It serves stations between its namesake town, Warminster, and Center City Philadelphia.Half of the route is shared by other lines, including the Lansdale/Doylestown Line, West Trenton Line, Fox Chase Line, Chestnut Hill East Line, and Manayunk/Norristown Line.