Millbourne station

Millbourne station is a rapid transit station on SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line, located adjacent east of an intersection between Millbourne Avenue and Wister Drive in Millbourne, Pennsylvania. It is one of two ground-level stops on the Market–Frankford Line, as well as one of two SEPTA rapid transit stations located outside the Philadelphia city limits. The station lies two blocks north of the line's namesake street.

Millbourne
SEPTA rapid transit station
Station house as seen from Wister Drive
LocationWister Drive & Millbourne Avenue, Millbourne, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39.9644°N 75.2523°W / 39.9644; -75.2523
Owned bySoutheastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedMarch 4, 1907[1][2]
RebuiltJune 16, 2008[3]
Electrified700 volts DC third rail
Previous names66th Street
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
69th Street
Terminus
 Market–Frankford Line 63rd Street
toward Frankford
Former services
Preceding station Philadelphia Transportation Company Following station
69th Street
Terminus
 Market Elevated 63rd Street
toward Frankford
Location
Millbourne
Location within Philadelphia

History

Millbourne station is one of the original Market Street Elevated stations built by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company; the line opened for service on March 4, 1907 between 69th Street and 15th Street stations.[1][2]

The station's westbound platform

The station was closed on April 23, 2007 for rehabilitation as part of a multi-phase reconstruction of the entire western Market Street Elevated.[4] The renovated station included new elevators, lighting, and other infrastructure, as well as a new brick station house.[3] Narrow wooden platforms[5] were replaced by concrete platforms complete with ADA-accessible tactile warning strips. The station reopened on June 16, 2008.[3]

During the Market–Frankford's rush-hour skip-stop service pattern, Millbourne was served by "B" trains, with "A" trains bypassing the station. Following a successful pilot program where all trains made all stops, the skip-stop practice was discontinued on February 24, 2020.[6][7]

Station layout

The station has two side platforms connected via an elevated walkway over the tracks to the station house at Wister Drive and Sellers Avenue. There is an additional exit-only gate at the east end of the eastbound platform which leads to a staircase to North Millbourne Avenue, a dead-end residential street one block to the east.

G Street level Station house, fare control, connection between platforms
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Westbound ←      Market–Frankford Line toward 69th Street (Terminus)
Eastbound →      Market–Frankford Line toward Frankford (63rd Street) →
Side platform

References
  1. Cox, Harold E. (1967). May, Jack (ed.). The Road from Upper Darby. The Story of the Market Street Subway-Elevated. New York, NY: Electric Railroaders' Association. p. 16. OCLC 54770701.
  2. Hepp, John (2013). "Subways and Elevated Lines". The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
  3. "Market Street Elevated (MSE) Reconstruction Project". SEPTA. Archived from the original on November 15, 2008.
  4. "SEPTA 'Elebrates' End Of Project". September 11, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  5. Millbourne station on April 20, 2007, NYCSubway.org
  6. Ralph, Pat (February 24, 2020). "SEPTA service changes mark end of skip-stop service on Market-Frankford Line". PhillyVoice. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  7. "SEPTA to Improve Market-Frankford Line Service Levels" (Press release). SEPTA. February 13, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
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