East Falls station is a station located along the Manayunk/Norristown Line in the East Falls section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at Midvale Avenue & Cresson Street and includes a 51 space parking lot. In FY 2017, East Falls station had a weekday average of 835 boardings and 752 alightings.[4]

East Falls
East Falls station in December 2012.
General information
Location	3600 Midvale Avenue East Falls, Pennsylvania 19129
Coordinates	40.0114°N 75.1920°W / 40.0114; -75.1920
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Norristown Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: K
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1856[1]
Rebuilt	November 18, 1912[1]
Electrified	February 5, 1933[2]
Passengers
2017	835 boardings 752 alightings (weekday average)[3]
Rank	21 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Wissahickon toward Norristown–Elm Street Manayunk/​Norristown Line Allegheny toward Penn Medicine
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Wissahickon toward Pottsville Main Line 22nd Street toward Philadelphia Wissahickon toward Elm Street Norristown Branch

Though little more than a pair of platforms with open shelters and a trailer, it serves as a replacement for a former Reading Railroad station[5] which was opened in 1912, and burnt down approximately in 1982.[6] It contains a staircase leading to Cresson Street and the station on the north side of the viaduct over Midvale Avenue, and a pedestrian crosswalk with a traffic signal exclusively for that crosswalk on the south side.

Station layout

References

External links

• SEPTA – East Falls Station
• Midvale Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station from Google Maps Street View