North Hills station

North Hills station is a station along the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line. The station, located in SEPTA Fare Zone 3 at the intersection of Station and Mount Carmel Avenues, includes a 147-space parking lot. In FY 2013, North Hills station had a weekday average of 202 boardings and 219 alightings.^[3]

North Hills
General information
Location	Station & Mount Carmel Avenues North Hills, PA 19038
Coordinates	40°06′44″N 75°10′12″W / 40.1122°N 75.1699°W / 40.1122; -75.1699
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	SEPTA Main Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	147 spaces
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	July 2, 1855 (1855-07-02)
Electrified	July 26, 1931^[1]
Previous names	Edge Hill North Glenside
Key dates
1978	Station agent eliminated^[2]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Glenside toward 30th Street Station Lansdale/​Doylestown Line Oreland toward Doylestown
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Glenside toward Philadelphia Bethlehem Branch Oreland toward Bethlehem

The station was originally known as Edge Hill and was part of the original North Pennsylvania Railroad route between Philadelphia and Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania. Service began over this line on July 2, 1855.^[4]

Station layout

North Hills has two low-level side platforms.

References

1. "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.  
2. Barger, Theresa Sullivan (September 25, 1986). "New Life for the North Hills Station". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 16H. Retrieved October 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.  
3. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
4. Hare, Jay V. (1944). History of the North Pennsylvania Railroad. Philadelphia: Reading Company. p. 6. OCLC 11885870.

External links

• SEPTA – North Hills station