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Exton
Amtrak and SEPTA station
Eastbound Keystone Service train arriving, September 2021
General information
Location	425 Walkertown Road Exton, Pennsylvania United States
Coordinates	40°01′10″N 75°37′18″W / 40.0195°N 75.6218°W / 40.0195; -75.6218
Owned by	Amtrak
Line(s)	Amtrak Keystone Corridor (Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	SEPTA Suburban Bus: 135 West Chester University shuttle
Construction
Parking	643 spaces (555 daily, 88 permit)
Bicycle facilities	4 racks (8 spaces)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: EXT
Fare zone	4 (SEPTA)
History
Rebuilt	1981
Previous names	Whiteland
Passengers
FY 2023	101,803 annually (Amtrak)
2017	627 boardings 522 alightings (weekday average) (SEPTA)
Rank	36 of 146 (SEPTA)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Downingtowntoward Harrisburg Keystone Service Paolitoward New York LancasterOne-way operation Pennsylvanian Preceding station SEPTA Following station Whitfordtoward Thorndale Paoli/​Thorndale Line Malverntoward Temple University
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Whitfordtoward Harrisburg Keystone ServiceBefore 1988 Malverntoward Philadelphia–Suburban Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Whitfordtoward Chicago Main Line Ship Roadtoward New York or Exchange Place
Location

Exton station is a train station in Exton, West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania, in the western suburbs of Philadelphia. It is served by most Amtrak Keystone Service trains and one daily eastbound Pennsylvanian trip, as well as SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line.

This station is wheelchair-accessible with high-level platforms on both sides of the tracks. This is 27.7 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total SEPTA weekday boardings at this station was 627, and the average total weekday SEPTA alightings was 522.

History

In late 2013, SEPTA developed renderings of a proposed station improvement plan. The plan calls for near-full-length high-level boarding platforms on the inbound and outbound side of the tracks, a station building to be used as a waiting area, an extended exterior waiting canopy, as well as open-air shelters with glass windscreens.

Station layout

There is no ticket office at the station. Unlike other stations served by SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line trains west of Philadelphia along the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line, the station is not located within the built-up portion of the community; it is merely a park-and-ride station along PA 100, near the highway's interchange with U.S. Route 30. There are 643 parking spaces at the station. Parking was last expanded in late 2009.

Exton has two high-level side platforms. A center track is occasionally used for Norfolk Southern freight trains passing through the station.

Gallery

• Philadelphia-bound SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line train stops at Exton station in November 2018
• New York City-bound Amtrak Keystone Service train stops at Exton station in November 2018
• Pittsburgh-bound Amtrak Pennsylvanian passes Exton station while a New York City-bound Amtrak Keystone Service train stops at the station in November 2018
• High platform being installed in 2018
• Exton station sign
• Newly installed waiting area
• Station facing west
• Old station prior to 2018 remodel

References

1. "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
2. "Exton Train Station Shuttle Bus".
3. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
4. "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
5. Google Maps
6. "Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. p. 43-46.
7. "Exton Station Improvements" (PDF). Retrieved 18 April 2014.

External links

• Media related to Exton station (Pennsylvania) at Wikimedia Commons

• Exton, PA – Amtrak
• Exton, PA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• SEPTA – Exton station
• Exton Amtrak-SEPTA Station (USA Rail Guide – Train Web)

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