Shawmont station

Shawmont
Former train station
The former Shawmont Reading station in 2010
General information
Location	7700 Nixon Street Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Norristown Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Platform levels	1
History
Opened	1834 (PG&N)
Closed	1996
Electrified	February 5, 1933[1]
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Miquon toward Norristown–Elm Street Manayunk/​Norristown Line Ivy Ridge toward Penn Medicine Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Miquon toward Elm Street Norristown Branch Glen Willow toward Philadelphia
Shawmont Train Station, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Coordinates	40°2′38″N 75°15′0″W / 40.04389°N 75.25000°W / 40.04389; -75.25000
Part of	Upper Roxborough Historic District (ID01000463[2])
Added to NRHP	July 21, 1995

Shawmont is a former train station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located on Nixon Street in the Roxborough section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia. Built by the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad, it later became part of the Reading Railroad and ultimately SEPTA Regional Rail's R6 Norristown Line. SEPTA made the station a whistle stop and closed its waiting room in 1991.^[3] SEPTA later closed the station in 1996.^[4] In 2018, $1 million was set aside for repairs and rehabilitation.