Moylan–Rose Valley station

Moylan–Rose Valley

General information

Location

4 Manchester Road
Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania

Coordinates

39°54′21″N 75°23′18″W / 39.9058°N 75.3882°W

Owned by

SEPTA

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Construction

Parking

149 spaces

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

1870

Electrified

December 2, 1928^[1]

Previous names

Manchester
Moylan

Passengers

486 (average weekday)^[2]

Services

Preceding station	SEPTA			Following station
Media toward Wawa		Media/Wawa Line		Wallingford toward Temple University

Former services

Preceding station	Pennsylvania Railroad			Following station
Media toward West Chester		West Chester Line		Wallingford toward Suburban Station

Location

Moylan–Rose Valley station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania.^[3]^[4] Located at 4 Manchester Road, it serves the Media/Wawa Line. The station has a 149-space parking lot and a post office at the station. The Pennsylvania Institute of Technology is about 100 yards north of the station.

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History

It is located near the communities of Media, Moylan, and Rose Valley. Originally known as Manchester, and later Moylan, the current name reflects its geographical location near those areas.

Station layout

Moylan–Rose Valley has two low-level side platforms with a connecting pathway across the tracks.

Gallery

Eastbound (inbound) platform
Westbound (outbound) shelter
Train arriving from Philadelphia

References

^ "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "SEPTA Planning" (PDF).
^ "Zoning Map" (PDF). Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2020-04-23. - Compare to the location of the station.
^ "Moylan-Rose Valley". SEPTA. Retrieved 2020-04-23. 491 Osage Lane & Manchester Avenue Media, PA 19063

External links

Media related to Moylan – Rose Valley (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

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