Overbrook station

Overbrook
Overbrook station in July 2005
General information
Location2193 North 63rd Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°59′23.5″N 75°14′59.5″W / 39.989861°N 75.249861°W / 39.989861; -75.249861
Owned byAmtrak[1]
Operated bySEPTA
Line(s)Amtrak Keystone Corridor
(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Connections Bus transport SEPTA City Bus: 65, G
Construction
Parking162 spaces (112 daily, 50 permit)
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone2
History
Opened1860
Rebuilt1999–2003
ElectrifiedSeptember 11, 1915[2]
Passengers
2017774 boardings
717 alightings
(weekday average)[3]
Rank26 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Merion
toward Thorndale
Paoli/​Thorndale Line 30th Street Station
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Narberth
toward Harrisburg
Keystone Service
Before 1988
Philadelphia–30th Street
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Merion
toward Paoli
Paoli Line 52nd Street
Location
Map

Overbrook station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station on the Paoli/Thorndale Line, located near 63rd Street and City Line Avenue (US 1) in the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It serves many of the residents of Overbrook Farms and the suburban neighborhoods across City Avenue in neighboring Montgomery County, as well as Saint Joseph's University and Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia. Overbrook has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.

  1. ^ "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Electric Service Begins on the P.R.R." The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 12, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.