Fox Chase station

Fox Chase station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located near the intersection of Rhawn Street and Rockwell Avenue in the Fox Chase neighborhood, it is the current terminus of the Fox Chase Line. Fox Chase station, which has the largest number of parking spaces of any on the line (342), is the closest regional rail stop Philadelphia's Fox Chase, Bustleton, and Pine Valley areas, and to Rockledge and Huntingdon Valley in Montgomery County.

Fox Chase
Fox Chase Station, December 2012
Location442 Rhawn Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111
Coordinates40.076643°N 75.082487°W / 40.076643; -75.082487
Owned bySEPTA
PlatformsSpanish solution (2 side platforms, 1 island platform)
Tracks2
Connections SEPTA City Bus: 18, 24, 28
Construction
Parking342 spaces
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone2
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Ryers
toward 30th Street Station
 Fox Chase Line Terminus
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Ryers
toward Reading Terminal
 Newtown Line Walnut Hill
(closed 1983)
toward Newtown
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Ryers
toward Cheltenham
 Newtown Branch Walnut Hill
toward Newtown

The station has two tracks and passengers board and exit at ground level. South of the station, the 2 tracks merge into 1 and shortly after, it crosses Oxford Avenue (PA 232) on the line's only grade crossing.

Just north of the station, the now closed portion of the line crosses Rhawn Street at grade and continues into the woods although both tracks are now blocked off with bumper blocks before the road crossing.

SEPTA rebuilt the station area and ticket office in Summer 2010, using funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.[1] In FY 2013, Fox Chase station was the ninth busiest station in the SEPTA Regional Rail system, with a weekday average of 1378 boardings and 1327 alightings.[2]

Station layout
P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
All trains ←      Fox Chase Line toward 30th Street (Ryers)
←      Fox Chase Line alighting passengers only →
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
All trains ←      Fox Chase Line toward 30th Street (Ryers)
←      Fox Chase Line alighting passengers only →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Street level Exit/entrance, parking, buses

References
  1. Fox Chase is onboard with Plans for Train Station
  2. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
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