Media/Wawa Line

Media/Wawa Line
SEPTA Regional Rail train at 49th Street station on what was then the Media/Elwyn Line in 2011
Overview
Service typeSEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail service
Current operator(s)SEPTA
Former operator(s)
Ridership3,244 (FY 2022 daily)[1]
Route
TerminiTemple University
Wawa
Stops19
Line(s) used
Technical
Rolling stockElectric multiple units, push-pull trains
ElectrificationOverhead line, 12 kV 25 Hz AC
Route map
Map
18.1 mi
29.1 km
West Chester RR
to Frazer
18.1 mi
29.1 km
West Chester RR
to Frazer
West Chester Railroad
West Chester
West Chester University
Oakbourne
West Chester Railroad
Westtown
West Chester Railroad
Cheyney
West Chester Railroad
Locksley
West Chester Railroad
Glen Mills
Darlington
18.1 mi
29.1 km
Wawa
18.1 mi
29.1 km
discontinued
service
18.1 mi
29.1 km
Lenni
Glen Riddle
Williamson School
15.1 mi
24.3 km
Elwyn
14.0 mi
22.5 km
Media
13.3 mi
21.4 km
Moylan–Rose Valley
12.4 mi
20 km
Wallingford
11.4 mi
18.3 km
Swarthmore
Zone
 3 
2
10.0 mi
16.1 km
Morton
8.9 mi
14.3 km
Secane
8.2 mi
13.2 km
Primos
7.6 mi
12.2 km
Clifton–Aldan
7.0 mi
11.3 km
Gladstone
6.3 mi
10.1 km
Lansdowne
5.5 mi
8.9 km
Fernwood–Yeadon
Zone
 2 
1
4.5 mi
7.2 km
Angora
3.3 mi
5.3 km
49th Street
Zone
 1 
C
Arsenal Interlocking
1.8 mi
2.9 km
Penn Medicine
0.9 mi
1.4 km
30th Street
ACL Amtrak
0 mi
0 km
Suburban
0.5 mi
0.8 km
Jefferson
2.1 mi
3.4 km
Temple University

The Media/Wawa Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail service that runs from Center City Philadelphia west to Wawa in Delaware County. It uses the West Chester Branch, which connects with the SEPTA Main Line at 30th Street Station. Under the Pennsylvania Railroad, service continued to West Chester, Pennsylvania. On September 19, 1986, however, service was truncated to Elwyn.[2]

On August 21, 2022, service was restored to Wawa Station, 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the Elwyn station.[3] As of 2022, most inbound Media/Wawa Line trains continue onto the Manayunk/Norristown and Fox Chase lines.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ridership was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Rates, Rules and Regulations Governing the Provision of Parking Facilities," SEPTA, 2007
  3. ^ Conde, Ximena. "Introducing Wawa Station: New SEPTA stop will extend a Regional Rail line". www.inquirer.com. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
  4. ^ "Media/Wawa Line schedule" (PDF). SEPTA. January 7, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.