Glenside station

For the former station in Scotland, see Glenside railway station.

Glenside station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station along the SEPTA Main Line, located at the intersection of Easton Road and Glenside Avenue in Glenside, Pennsylvania. It is served by the Warminster Line and the Lansdale/Doylestown Line, both of which split at Carmel Junction immediately west of Glenside station. The station is not wheelchair-accessible, but has a ticket office. The first train from the station departs at 4:29 A.M, while the last train arrives at the station at 1:03 A.M. The station is relatively busy with a train arriving at least every 30 minutes, even at non-peak hours.

Glenside
Glenside station in Glenside, Pennsylvania
General information
Location	5 West Glenside Avenue (Easton Road & Glenside Avenue) Glenside, Pennsylvania, 19038
Coordinates	40°06′04″N 075°09′15″W
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	SEPTA Main Line Warminster Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 22, 77
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	167 space parking lot
Bicycle facilities	8 racks, 16 spaces
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Electrified	July 26, 1931
Passengers
2017	1,213 boardings 942 alightings (weekday average)
Rank	12 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Jenkintown–Wyncote toward Airport Airport Line Terminus Jenkintown–Wyncote toward 30th Street Station Lansdale/​Doylestown Line North Hills toward Doylestown Jenkintown–Wyncote toward Penn Medicine Warminster Line Ardsley toward Warminster
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Jenkintown toward Philadelphia Bethlehem Branch North Hills toward Bethlehem New Hope Branch Ardsley toward New Hope
Location

The outbound platform at Glenside station

Glenside is also well-served by the Airport Line, as the majority of Warminster Line trains run through to and from Philadelphia International Airport. A few Airport Line trains originate or terminate at Glenside, often using the siding at the west end of the inbound platform.

In 2013, the station had 1064 average weekday boardings and 1,197 average weekday alightings.

There is a ticket office and waiting room at Glenside, which is open on weekdays and sells tickets until early afternoon. An espresso bar named Elcy's Cafe has been operating in the station since 2000.

Station layout

Glenside has two low-level side platforms.

External links

• SEPTA – Glenside station
• Glenside RDG Station (The Blue Comet.com)
• Easton Road entrance from Google Maps Street View Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine