49th Street station (SEPTA Regional Rail)

49th Street
SEPTA regional rail train at 49th Street station on the Media/Wawa line.
General information
Location49th Street & Chester Avenue
Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°56′37″N 75°12′59″W / 39.94363°N 75.21651°W / 39.94363; -75.21651
Owned bySEPTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections at 49th/Chester
City Bus SEPTA City Bus: 64
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone1
History
ElectrifiedDecember 2, 1928[1]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Angora
toward Wawa
Media/Wawa Line Penn Medicine
Mount Moriah Route 13
major stops
40th Street Portal
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Angora West Chester Line Philadelphia
Future services (2024)
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Angora
toward Wawa
Media/Wawa Line Penn Medicine
Preceding station SEPTA Metro Following station
Mount Moriah
toward Yeadon or Darby
major stops
40th Street Portal
Location
Map

49th Street station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia. It is located at 1104 South 49th Street in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia, and serves the Media/Wawa Line. In 2013, this station saw 62 boardings and 52 alightings on an average weekday.[2]

The station is a sheltered shed that sits on one platform; the other platform has a ramp to the Chester Avenue bridge. The station is handicapped-accessible. Chester Avenue carries the SEPTA Route 13 trolley, which is part of the Subway-Surface Trolley system. The trolleys use an alternate track embedded in 49th Street when the tunnels are closed. 49th Street station is also served by SEPTA bus route 64 which serves 50th and Parkside Avenue going north and Pier 70 Shopping Plaza going south.

Entrance to the 49th Street station

The Media/Wawa line was originally the main line of the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, laid in 1852-53. There has been a station at this location since at least 1886, when the line was owned by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad.[3]

  1. ^ "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12.
  3. ^ Peniston, Bradley (February 14, 2013). "Short History of a Short Street". Navybook.com. Retrieved February 20, 2013.