Miquon station
Miquon station is a suburban commuter railroad station on the SEPTA Manayunk/Norristown Line, located at River and Manor Roads in the Miquon section of Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the first station on the line outside Philadelphia.
![]() The Center City-bound platform and shelter at Miquon station | |||||||||||||
Location | River & Manor Roads Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Parking | 230 spaces | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Opened | 1910 | ||||||||||||
Electrified | 1931 | ||||||||||||
Previous names | Lafayette | ||||||||||||
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In FY 2013, Miquon station had a weekday average of 483 boardings and 452 alightings.[1]
The station is adjacent to a large office park (River Park I and II), which was redeveloped from a former paper mill in 1999.[2][3] As of April 2013, parking includes about 60 spaces adjacent to the tracks along River Road, and 170 spaces in the River Park II lot; the latter lot has been shrinking in size due to the expansion of a private school (AIM Academy) which leased most of the River Park II complex beginning in 2011.[4]
The station building on the outbound side is leased to an outside party and does not currently sell tickets. There is a shelter on the inbound side; connecting the two platforms is an official pedestrian crossing.
Miquon is expected to become a temporary turnback point for trains at times when the line is flooded by the Schuylkill River around Spring Mill and Conshohocken. A new remotely controlled interlocking has been built near the station for this purpose, as part of a project to install a modern cab signal system on the line.[5]
Station layout
P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Inbound | ← Manayunk/Norristown Line toward 30th Street or Penn Medicine (Ivy Ridge) | |
Outbound | Manayunk/Norristown Line toward Elm Street – Norristown (Spring Mill) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Street level | Exit/entrance and parking |
References
- "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
- "River Park I". The Buccini/Pollin Group. Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- "River Park II". The Buccini/Pollin Group. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- "State of the School Report: Winter 2013". AIM Academy. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- "Manayunk/Norristown Line Shuttle Busing: An Explanation". SEPTA. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
External links
- SEPTA – Miquon Station
- Station House from Google Maps Street View
- Miquon Station House 2000 image by Mark Lehman (Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)