Eddystone station

Eddystone
SEPTA regional rail

Eddystone station in June 2014.
Location Industrial Highway (PA 291) & Saville Avenue
Eddystone, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°51′26″N 75°20′30″W / 39.8573°N 75.3416°W / 39.8573; -75.3416Coordinates: 39°51′26″N 75°20′30″W / 39.8573°N 75.3416°W / 39.8573; -75.3416
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Connections SEPTA City Bus: 37 (on Industrial Highway)
Construction
Parking 12 spaces
Other information
Fare zone 3
Electrified 1928
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
toward Newark
Wilmington/Newark Line
  Former services  
Pennsylvania Railroad
toward Wilmington
Wilmington Line
Baldwin

Eddystone is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak Northeast Corridor. Amtrak does not stop here, only SEPTA serves this station. Eddystone is a borough in Delaware County.

The area of Eddystone is rather historic, home to the Baldwin Locomotive Works, which built 100,000+ steam, diesel, and electric locomotives until the mid-1950s. The station, located at Industrial Highway (PA 291) & Saville Avenue, includes a 12-space parking lot. A second platform exists along Seventh Street west of Saville Avenue.


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