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{{Short description|Railway station in Pennsylvania, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Jenkintown–Wyncote
| style              = SEPTA
| style2             = SEPTA Regional Rail
| symbol_location    = septa
| symbol             = septa
| image              = Jtown station.jpg
| caption            = Station building located adjacent to inbound platform
| address            = 2 Greenwood Avenue<br/>[[Jenkintown, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| coordinates        = 
| owned              = [[SEPTA]]
| tracks             = 2
| parking            = 430-space parking lot
| bicycle            = Yes
| code               = 
| zone               = 3
| opened             = 1859 (NPRR)
| rebuilt            = March 24, 1932 (Reading)<ref>{{cite news |title=New Jenkintown-Wyncote Station Opens |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33499523/new_jenkintown_station_may_25_1932/ |access-date=July 3, 2019 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=March 25, 1932 |page=17|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
| electrified        = July&nbsp;26, 1931<ref>{{cite news |title=Reading Installs Electric Service |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57809734/reading-electric-july-26-1931/ |access-date=August 22, 2020 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=July 26, 1931 |page=8|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
| former             = Jenkintown
| passengers         = 1,246 boardings<br/>1,702 alightings<br/>(weekday average)<ref>{{cite web | title=Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update| publisher=[[SEPTA]] | date=June 2020 | url=https://planning.septa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FY-2021_Service_Plan_Update.docx | page=24 | access-date=March 11, 2022}}</ref>
| pass_year          = 2017
| pass_percent       = 
| pass_rank          = 9 of 146
| services           = {{Adjacent stations|system1=SEPTA
|line1=Airport|left1=Elkins Park|right1=Glenside
|line2=Lansdale/Doylestown|left2=Fern Rock|right2=Glenside
|line3=Warminster|left3=Elkins Park|right3=Glenside
|line4=West Trenton|left4=Elkins Park|right4=Noble
|line5=West Trenton|left5=Fern Rock|note-mid5=(weekends and major holidays)|right5=Noble
}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services     = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Reading Company
|line2=Bethlehem Branch|left2=Elkins Park|right2=Glenside
|line1=New York Branch|left1=Elkins Park|right1=Noble
|line3=New Hope Branch|left3=Wayne Junction|right3=Glenside
|system4=Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
|line4=Philadelphia-Jersey City|left4=Wayne Junction|right4=West Trenton|note-mid4=Local
}}
| nrhp               = {{Infobox NRHP
| name           = Jenkintown Wyncote Station
| nrhp_type      = cp | nocat = yes
| embed          = yes
| partof = [[Wyncote Historic District]]
| partof_refnum = 86002884
| designated_nrhp_type = October 16, 1986
| image          = 
| image_size     = 
| caption        = 
| location = [[Wyncote, Pennsylvania]], [[United States|USA]]
| coordinates    = {{coord|40|5|35.52|N|75|8|16.8|W|region:US-PA|display=inline,title}}
| mapframe       = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#000 |zoom=14 }}
| area           = 
| built          = 1872
| architect      = [[Horace Trumbauer]]
| architecture   = [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne]]
| added          = December 29, 2014
| refnum         = 14001103<ref>{{NRISref|2010a}}</ref>
| mpsub          =
}}
| line               = {{Plainlist|
* [[Neshaminy Line]]
* [[SEPTA Main Line]]
}}<!-- the physical "line" is not the same as "services" which are detailed below -->
| other              = {{bus icon|12px|City Bus}} '''[[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]''': {{SEPTA bus link|77}}
| platform           = 2 [[side platform]]s
| accessible         = No, planned
}}
'''Jenkintown–Wyncote station''' (originally '''Jenkintown station''') is a major [[SEPTA Regional Rail]] station along the [[SEPTA Main Line]] in [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery County]], [[Pennsylvania]]. It is located at the intersection of Greenwood Avenue and West Avenue on the border of [[Jenkintown, Pennsylvania|Jenkintown]] borough and the [[Wyncote, Pennsylvania|Wyncote]] neighborhood of [[Cheltenham Township]], with a mailing address in Jenkintown. It is the ninth-busiest station in the regional rail system, and the fourth busiest outside [[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City]]. Despite this, the station is not wheelchair accessible. SEPTA had plans to make the station wheelchair accessible by 2020, but these have not yet been completed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jenkintown-Wyncote Station {{!}} Station & Loop Improvements {{!}} Rebuilding For The Future {{!}} SEPTA.org|url=https://septa.org/rebuilding/ada/jenkintown-wyncote.html|access-date=2020-09-06|website=septa.org}}</ref>

==Station==
Jenkintown–Wyncote station was built in 1872 by the [[North Pennsylvania Railroad]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.west2k.com/papix/jenkintownold.jpg |title=1892 photos of old Jenkintown NPAA Station by William Henry Jackson|website=Pennsylvania Railroad Stations Past and Present}}</ref> and replaced in 1932 by the [[Reading Railroad]]. Designed by well-known [[Gilded Age]] architect [[Horace Trumbauer]], the station remains in use to this day,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |url=https://www.west2k.com/pastations/montgomerypa.shtml |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Pennsylvania Railroad Stations Past and Present}}</ref> and was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2014. It is a Regional Rail junction, served by three SEPTA lines (Lansdale/Doylestown, Warminster, and West Trenton) along with service to and from [[Philadelphia International Airport]]. There is a 450-space parking lot.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://iseptaphilly.com/destination/jenkintown?center=40.094990829373586,-75.1253375&zoom=14 |title=SEPTA. "Jenkintown Station." |access-date=2024-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328123502/https://iseptaphilly.com/destination/jenkintown?center=40.094990829373586,-75.1253375&zoom=14 |archive-date=2024-03-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>  The West Trenton Line branches off of the SEPTA Main Line at this station. In 2024, plans for upgrades to the station were announced.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jenkintown-Wyncote Rail Station To Get Upgrades |url=https://patch.com/pennsylvania/abington/jenkintown-wyncote-rail-station-get-upgrades |access-date=2024-04-22|first1=Dino |last1=Ciliberti |date=2024-04-19|newspaper=Abington, PA Patch |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rtands.com/passenger/septas-jenkintown-wyncote-station-to-receive-upgrades/|title=SEPTA's Jenkintown-Wyncote Station To Receive Upgrades |first1=Jennifer |last1=McLawhorn|magazine=Railway Track & Structures|date=2024-04-22 |access-date=2024-04-22 }}</ref>

==Service==
This station is served by the [[Lansdale/Doylestown Line]], [[Warminster Line]], and [[West Trenton Line (SEPTA)|West Trenton Line]].<ref>
{{cite web |url= http://www.septa.org/service/sched/pdfs/Glenside.pdf |title= SEPTA (Mar. 28, 2007). "Combined Timetable." |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060519040438/http://www.septa.org/service/sched/pdfs/Glenside.pdf |archive-date= 2006-05-19 }}&nbsp;{{small|(321&nbsp;KB)}}</ref>  These three rail lines make Jenkintown-Wyncote the ninth-busiest station in SEPTA's Regional Rail system, and the third-busiest outside the City of Philadelphia, with 1,246 average weekday boardings and 1,702 average weekday alightings in [[Fiscal year|FY]] 2017.

==Station layout==
Jenkintown–Wyncote has two low-level [[side platform]]s connected by a tunnel underneath the tracks. The ticket office and a small waiting area with heating and air conditioning are on the inbound side, and an unheated indoor waiting area is on the outbound side. Jenkintown's West Avenue runs along the outbound side, and the inbound side of the station borders parking, [[Ralph Morgan Park]], and Glenside Avenue in Wyncote.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Jenkintown Station view.JPG|The station building on the inbound side houses a ticket office and small waiting area. A larger space, formerly a passenger lounge, was most recently a restaurant and is now unoccupied.
File:SEPTA 290 at Jenkintown, November 2013.jpg|Train at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2013
File:Jenkintown-Wyncote PA SEPTA station from outbound platform November 2017.jpg|View of Jenkintown–Wyncote station from outbound platform
File:Jenkintown-Wyncote SEPTA station inbound Doylestown train November 2017.jpg|A Center City-bound train on the Lansdale/Doylestown Line stops at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2017
File:Jenkintown-Wyncote SEPTA station outbound Warminster train November 2017.jpg|A Warminster-bound train on the Warminster Line stops at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2017
File:Jenkintown-Wyncote SEPTA station inbound West Trenton train November 2017.jpg|A Center City-bound train on the West Trenton Line stops at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2017
File:Greenwood Avenue Bridge, Jenkintown-Wyncote, PA 01.jpg|Honorable Lawrence H. Curry Bridge, spanning the rail lines at Greenwood Avenue and connecting Jenkintown and Wyncote
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{SEPTA links}}

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{{Jenkintown, Pennsylvania}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania}}
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[[Category:Former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stations]]
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[[Category:Railway stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Historic district contributing properties in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Stations on the SEPTA Main Line]]