Prospect Park station (also known as Prospect Park–Moore station) is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak Northeast Corridor. Amtrak does not stop here; only SEPTA serves this station. The station, located at Lincoln and Maryland Avenues in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, includes a 44-space parking lot. Like the nearby Norwood Station, Prospect Park Station is located right next to the town's library, in this case the Prospect Park Public Library. It is also located near the Borough Hall.

Prospect Park
Prospect Park station in June 2014.
General information
Location	735 Maryland Avenue Prospect Park, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39.888114°N 75.309434°W / 39.888114; -75.309434
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Disabled access	No
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Electrified	September 30, 1928[1]
Previous names	Moore Station (????–April 1, 1932[2])
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Ridley Park toward Newark Wilmington/​Newark Line Norwood toward Temple University
Former services Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Ridley Park toward Washington, DC Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Glenolden toward Philadelphia Ridley Park toward Wilmington Wilmington Line Norwood toward Suburban Station

Prospect Park station was originally known as Moore station, and was built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. According to the Pennsylvania Railroad Stations, Past & Present website, a property owner named Moore donated the property for this station. He did so, with the "condition" that the station should carry his family name for as long as it exists. The station was renamed to Moore by the Pennsylvania Railroad on April 1, 1932.[2]

However, that same source indicates that the current station building is not the original PW&B structure. ("...the original PW&B station ... predated the station that still exists"). The current station building was constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad.^{[citation needed]}

Station layout

Prospect Park has two low-level side platforms with walkways connecting passengers to the inner tracks. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor lines bypass the station via the inner tracks.

References

External links

• Media related to Prospect Park (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
• SEPTA - Prospect Park Station
• Original Moore's PRR Station Photos
• Lincoln Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station House from Google Maps Street View

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