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Cheltenham
Cheltenham station in March 2012, after construction of the new high level platform.
General information
Location	Old Soldiers Road and Hasbrook Avenue Cheltenham, Pennsylvania 19012
Coordinates	40°03′26″N 75°05′34″W / 40.057258°N 75.092722°W / 40.057258; -75.092722
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Fox Chase Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	17 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1893
Rebuilt	1993, 2007
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Cheltenham Junction
Key dates
February 4, 1993	Station depot burned
Passengers
2017	293 boardings 251 alightings (weekday average)
Rank	91 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Lawndaletoward 30th Street Station Fox Chase Line Ryerstoward Fox Chase
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Lawndaletoward Philadelphia Newtown Branch Fox Chasetoward Newtown
Location

Cheltenham station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. Located at Old Soldiers Road and Hasbrook Avenue, it serves the Fox Chase Line. The station has a 17-space parking lot. In FY 2013, Cheltenham station had a weekday average of 267 boardings and 392 alightings.

Until 2005, CSX's Trenton Subdivision freight line and the Fox Chase Line shared track from Newtown Junction to a point just south of Cheltenham station, where SEPTA trains utilized a crossover to travel to/from the freight track. These tracks are now segregated, with a siding having been installed between Cheltenham and Lawndale stations for SEPTA use during peak hours. Further north, the freight line eventually joins SEPTA's West Trenton Line between Neshaminy Falls and Langhorne although the tracks no longer connect, and outbound passengers must now cross the inbound track to exit the station.

Cheltenham station serves the Burholme neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia and the eastern part of Cheltenham Township.

History

The 1893 station depot at Cheltenham was under consideration for SEPTA to be demolished and replaced with a trailer for the ticket agent. However, on the morning of February 4, 1993, the station depot caught fire. Firefighters took 17 minutes to put the fire out, but the station depot was a total loss. Fire investigators stated that the depot was not an accident and ruled an arson.

The station was replaced with a trailer serving as the ticket office. A new station and high-level platforms were opened in October 2007.

References

1. ^ Dilanian, Ken (February 5, 1993). "Fire Guts SEPTA Cheltenham Station". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. B1. Retrieved January 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
3. SEPTA webpage Archived October 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine for Cheltenham
4. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
5. SEPTA Capital Improvement Report for Philadelphia Archived 2008-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, July 2006, p. 22.

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Cheltenham (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
• SEPTA – Cheltenham station
• Picture of the old station building
• Station House from Google Maps Street View

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v t e Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Founded 1682
Communities	Arcadia University Ashmead Village Cedarbrook Cheltenham Edge Hill Elkins Park Glenside La Mott Laverock McKinley (part) Melrose Park Wyncote
Education	Ancillae Assumpta Academy Arcadia University Bishop McDevitt High School Cheltenham Township School District Cheltenham High School Delaware Valley Minority Student Achievement Consortium Gratz College Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Salus University Tyler School of Art Westminster Theological Seminary
National Historic Sites	Beth Sholom Synagogue Camp William Penn Camptown Historic District Curtis Hall Arboretum Elkins Park station George K. Heller School Glenside Memorial Hall Grey Towers Castle Henry West Breyer Sr. House Milmoral Rowland House St. Paul's Episcopal Church Richard Wall house Wyncote Historic District
People	Reggie Jackson Lucretia Mott Benjamin Netanyahu Yonatan Netanyahu Ezra Pound Wallace Triplett
See also	Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district Elkins Estate Lynnewood Hall Greenleaf at Cheltenham Newgrounds Tookany Creek Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Cheltenham, England Curtis Publishing Company Einstein Medical Center Oak Lane Day School
Historical railroads	SEPTA Route 6 North Pennsylvania Railroad Reading Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad
Regional rail lines	Main Line Airport Line Fox Chase Lansdale/Doylestown Warminster West Trenton
Regional rail stations	Jenkintown–Wyncote Glenside Elkins Park Melrose Park Cheltenham
SEPTA bus routes	6 16 18 22 24 28 55 57 70 77 80 H XH Former: C
Infrastructure	Cheltenham Township Police Department
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