Wissahickon station

40°00′59″N 75°12′37″W / 40.0165°N 75.2103°W / 40.0165; -75.2103Owned bySEPTALine(s)Norristown BranchPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Connections

SEPTA City Bus: 1, 9, 27, 35, 38, 61, 62, 65, R

SEPTA Suburban Bus: 124, 125ConstructionParking95 spacesOther informationFare zone2HistoryElectrifiedFebruary 5, 1933^[1]Passengers2017520 boardings
557 alightings
(weekday average)^[2]Rank47 of 146 Services

Preceding station	SEPTA			Following station
Manayunk toward Norristown–Elm Street		Manayunk/Norristown Line		East Falls toward Penn Medicine

Former services

Preceding station	Reading Railroad			Following station
Manayunk toward Pottsville		Main Line		East Falls toward Philadelphia
Manayunk toward Elm Street		Norristown Branch		East Falls toward Philadelphia

Wissahickon station is a passenger rail station on SEPTA's Manayunk/Norristown Line in Northwest Philadelphia.^[3] In FY 2013, Wissahickon station had a weekday average of 410 boardings and 452 alightings.^[4]

The station was recently upgraded as part of a major reconstruction project that involved the integration of a former trackless trolley electrical substation and short-turn loop known as the Wissahickon Transfer Center, located across Ridge Avenue and downhill from the rail station.^[5] On a typical weekday, the transfer center sees around 7,000 riders.^[6]

Gallery

Entrance to Wissahickon station platform (stairwell leading up to tunnel)

References

^ "New Electric Schedule". The Scranton Times. February 4, 1933. p. 12. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
^ "Official station webpage".
^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). (539 KB)
^ Wissahickon Transportation Center Reconstruction Project (SEPTA)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2020-07-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)