Jenkintown–Wyncote station

Jenkintown–Wyncote station (originally Jenkintown station) is a major SEPTA Regional Rail station along the SEPTA Main Line in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is located at the intersection of Greenwood Avenue and West Avenue on the border of Jenkintown and the Wyncote neighborhood of Cheltenham Township, with a mailing address in Jenkintown. It is the ninth-busiest station in the regional rail system, and the fourth busiest outside Center City. Despite this, the station is not wheelchair accessible. SEPTA had plans to make the station wheelchair accessible by 2020, but these have not yet been completed.

Jenkintown–Wyncote
Station building located adjacent to inbound platform
General information
Location2 Greenwood Avenue
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Owned bySEPTA
Line(s)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections SEPTA City Bus: 77
Construction
Parking430-space parking lot
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleNo, planned
Other information
Fare zone3
History
Opened1859 (NPRR)
RebuiltMarch 24, 1932 (Reading)
ElectrifiedJuly 26, 1931
Previous namesJenkintown
Passengers
20171,246 boardings
1,702 alightings
(weekday average)
Rank9 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Elkins Park
toward Airport
 Airport Line Glenside
Terminus
Elkins Park
toward 30th Street Station
 Lansdale/​Doylestown Line Glenside
toward Doylestown
Elkins Park
toward Penn Medicine
 Warminster Line Glenside
toward Warminster
West Trenton Line Noble
toward West Trenton
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Elkins Park
toward Philadelphia
 New York Branch Noble
toward Bound Brook
Bethlehem Branch Glenside
toward Bethlehem
Wayne Junction
toward Philadelphia
 New Hope Branch Glenside
toward New Hope
Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station
Wayne Junction
toward Philadelphia
 Philadelphia – Jersey City
Local
 West Trenton
toward Jersey City
Jenkintown Wyncote Station
LocationWyncote, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates 40°5′35.52″N 75°8′16.8″W
Built1872
ArchitectHorace Trumbauer
Architectural styleQueen Anne
Part ofWyncote Historic District (ID86002884)
NRHP reference No.14001103
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 29, 2014
Designated CPOctober 16, 1986
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