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Coordinates: 39°53′48″N 75°26′11″W / 39.8967°N 75.4363°W / 39.8967; -75.4363
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Revision as of 00:20, 5 February 2020

Glen Riddle
Former SEPTA Regional Rail station
Former Glen Riddle station site in March 2017.
General information
LocationSouth Pennell Road
Media, Pennsylvania.
Coordinates39°53′48″N 75°26′11″W / 39.8967°N 75.4363°W / 39.8967; -75.4363
Owned bySEPTA
Line(s)West Chester Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1 (formerly 2)
Construction
Structure typedemolished
History
Closed1986
Electrified1928
Former services
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Glen Riddle station was a commuter rail station on the SEPTA Regional Rail R3 West Chester Line, located underneath the South Pennell Road (PA-452) overpass in Middletown Twp, Pennsylvania. Originally built by the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, it later served the Pennsylvania Railroad's West Chester Branch, which finally became SEPTA's R3 line.

SEPTA lollipop sign for the former Glen Riddle station in 2017

The station, and all of those west of Elwyn, was closed in September 1986, due to deteriorating track conditions and Chester County's desire to expand facilities at Exton Station on SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line. Service was "temporarily suspended" at that time, with substitute bus service provided. Glen Riddle station still appears in publicly posted tariffs.

The station was demolished in the 1990s; the asphalt platform and access road survives. Resumption of SEPTA service to Wawa Station does not include an intermediate stop at Glen Riddle, although the service restoration project provides for construction of a new station if demand warrants.

Media related to Glen Riddle (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons