Folcroft
Folcroft station platform in June 2014.
General information
Location1555 Baltimore Avenue
Folcroft, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°54′02″N 75°16′46″W / 39.900667°N 75.279543°W / 39.900667; -75.279543
Owned bySoutheastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s)Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsBus transport SEPTA Suburban Bus: 115
Construction
Parking42 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities2 rack spaces[1]
AccessibleNo[2]
Other information
Fare zone2[2]
History
Electrified1928[3]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Glenolden
toward Newark
 Wilmington/​Newark Line Sharon Hill
toward Temple University
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Glenolden
toward Wilmington
 Wilmington Line Sharon Hill
toward Suburban Station

Folcroft station is a SEPTA train station on the Wilmington/Newark Line in Pennsylvania. The line offers southbound service to Wilmington and Newark, Delaware and northbound service to Philadelphia. Located at Primos and Elmwood Avenues in Folcroft, the station has a 43-space parking lot.

On May 28, 2009, SEPTA approved a $2.6 million rehabilitation effort which will include Folcroft station.[4]

Station layout

Folcroft has two low-level side platforms with walkways connecting passengers to the inner tracks. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor lines bypass the station via the inner tracks.

P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 1 ←      Wilmington/​Newark Line toward Temple University (Sharon Hill)
Track 2 ←      Amtrak services do not stop
Track 3      Amtrak services do not stop →
Track 4      Wilmington/​Newark Line toward Newark (Glenolden) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
G Street level Entrance/exit, buses, park and ride

References

  1. 1 2 "Folcroft Station". Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Wilmington/Newark Line Timetable" (PDF). Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Electric Trains in Service on Pennsy". The Every Evening. Wilmington, Delaware. October 1, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. ↑ "Many SEPTA stations to get makeovers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 29, 2009.
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