49th Street station (SEPTA Regional Rail)
SEPTA regional rail train at 49th Street station on the Media/Wawa line. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 49th Street & Chester Avenue Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°56′37″N 75°12′59″W / 39.94363°N 75.21651°W | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | SEPTA Metro: at 49th–Chester SEPTA City Bus: 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Electrified | December 2, 1928 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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49th Street station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia. It is located at 1104 South 49th Street in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia, and serves the Media/Wawa Line. In 2013, this station saw 62 boardings and 52 alightings on an average weekday.
The station is a sheltered shed that sits on one platform; the other platform has a ramp to the Chester Avenue bridge. The station is handicapped-accessible. Chester Avenue carries the T3 trolley, which is part of the SEPTA Metro system. A track on 49th St runs between the T2 trolley on Baltimore Avenue, with the remainder of the southern T network a few blocks southeast at Woodland Avnue. If there's construction happening somewhere along Woodland Avenue, T4 & T5 trolleys can operate via Chester Avenue and make a left at 49th Street, which will take them to 49th-Woodland. 49th Street station is also served by SEPTA bus route 64 which serves 50th and Parkside Avenue going north and Pier 70 Shopping Plaza going south.
The Media/Wawa line was originally the main line of the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, laid in 1852-53. There has been a station at this location since at least 1886, when the line was owned by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad.