Chestnut Hill East Branch

Chestnut Hill East Branch
Overview
Owner	SEPTA
Service
Services	Chestnut Hill East Line
History
Opened	6 June 1832 (1832-06-06)
Technical
Line length	5.8 mi (9.3 km)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	12kv 25hz overhead catenary
Route map Legend mi 10.9 Chestnut Hill East 10.3 Gravers 10.0 Wyndmoor Fort Washington Branch 9.3 Mount Airy 8.9 Sedgwick 8.6 Stenton 7.8 Washington Lane 6.9 Germantown 6.1 Wister 5.7 Fishers SEPTA Main Line Wayne Junction Yard 5.2 Wayne Junction 5.1 Wayne Roberts Yard Blue Line Branch SEPTA Main Line This diagram: view talk edit

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 oldest part of it was built in 1832 by the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad. It was part of the Reading Company system from 1870 until 1976. Today it is owned by SEPTA and hosts the Chestnut Hill East Line commuter rail service. The line runs roughly parallel to the Chestnut Hill West Branch, formerly of the Pennsylvania Railroad.