52nd Street station (SEPTA Regional Rail)

52nd Street
Westbound train at 52nd Street station in 1973
General information
LocationNorth 52nd Street & Merion Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°58′40″N 75°13′35″W / 39.9779°N 75.2263°W / 39.9779; -75.2263
Owned byPennsylvania Railroad
Line(s)Pennsylvania Main Line
Paoli Line
Schuylkill Branch
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels2
History
Opened1902
ClosedAugust 23, 1980[1]
Electrified1930
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Overbrook
toward Harrisburg
Silverliner Service
One westbound trip only
Philadelphia–30th Street
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Overbrook Paoli/​Thorndale Line 30th Street Station
Wynnefield Avenue
toward Ivy Ridge
Ivy Ridge Line
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Cynwyd
toward Pottsville
Schuylkill Branch Philadelphia
Wynnefield Avenue Norristown Line
Overbrook
toward Paoli
Paoli Line
40th Street
Location
Map

52nd Street is a closed train station that was located at the intersection of North 52nd Street & Merion Avenue (just north of Lancaster Avenue (US-30)) in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[2] It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) at the junction of its Main Line and its Schuylkill Branch. Today, these lines are the SEPTA Regional Rail Paoli/Thorndale Line and Cynwyd Line, respectively.

  1. ^ Baer, Christopher T. (April 2015). "A GENERAL CHRONOLOGY OF THE SUCCESSORS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY AND THEIR HISTORICAL CONTEXT: 1980-1989" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society.
  2. ^ Amtrak All-American Schedules. Amtrak. April 29, 1973. p. 7 – via The Museum of Railway Timetables.