Downingtown (SEPTA station)

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Downingtown

One of Downingtown Station's two platforms. On this side of the tracks, the trains travel East towards Whitford Station.

Station statistics

Address

W. Lancaster Ave. & Stuart Ave.
Downingtown, PA 19335

Lines

Keystone Service

Pennsylvanian

Connections

Krapf Transit Route "A" Bus
TMACC Beeline Bus

Platforms

Tracks

Parking

213 spaces

Other information

Code

DOW

Owned by

Amtrak

Traffic

Passengers (2007)

37,941 ▲ 19.8%

Services

Preceding station	SEPTA	Following station
Thorndale Terminus	R5	Whitford toward Doylestown
Preceding station	Amtrak	Following station
Coatesville toward Harrisburg	Keystone Service	Exton toward New York
Lancaster toward Pittsburgh	Pennsylvanian	Exton toward New York

Downingtown Station is a commuter rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at W Lancaster Ave & Stuart Ave, Downingtown, Pennsylvania 19335. It is served by all Amtrak Keystone Service and SEPTA R5 Thorndale trains. It also offers limited service to Amtrak Pennsylvanian trains.

There is no ticket office at this station, so passengers buy their tickets on board. There are 213 parking spaces at the station.

This station is in SEPTA fare zone 5, and is 32.8 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2003, the average total SEPTA R5 weekday boardings at this station was 299. Downingtown is the western-most Amtrak station on the Keystone Corridor that is also serviced by SEPTA's R5 Thorndale service. Additionally, the Krapf Transit Route "A" and TMACC Beeline buses serve the station.