Cynwyd Line

Cynwyd Line
The Cynwyd Line at Wynnefield Avenue in July 2005
Overview
StatusOperating
OwnerSEPTA
Termini
Stations3
Websitesepta.org
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemSEPTA Regional Rail
Services1
Operator(s)SEPTA Regional Rail
Rolling stockElectric Multiple Units
Daily ridership112 (FY 2023)[1]
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line, 12 kV 25 Hz AC
Route map
Map
11.1 mi
17.9 km
former service text
11.1 mi
17.9 km
NOR
Ivy Ridge
NOR
Barmouth
closed
6.1 mi
9.8 km
Cynwyd
5.7 mi
9.2 km
Bala
Zone
 2 
1
4.9 mi
7.9 km
Wynnefield Avenue
52nd Street
closed
Zone
 1 
C
0.9 mi
1.4 km
30th Street
Atlantic City Line Amtrak
0 mi
0 km
Suburban
Train at Cynwyd station

The Cynwyd Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail line from Center City Philadelphia to Cynwyd in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Originally known as the Ivy Ridge Line, service was truncated on May 17, 1986,[2] at its current terminus at Cynwyd.

Track between Cynwyd and Ivy Ridge was dismantled between 2008 and 2010 for conversion as an interim rail trail, preventing service restoration for the foreseeable future. The Cynwyd Line is the shortest of the SEPTA regional rail lines, and is the second-shortest regional rail line in the United States after New Jersey Transit's Princeton Branch[citation needed]. It is by far the least ridden SEPTA Regional Rail Line. It is fully grade-separated.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ridership was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Ivy Ridge line closed, May 18, 1986 - Newspapers.com". Archived from the original on July 5, 2020.