Wilmington/Newark Line

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The Wilmington/Newark Line is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail system in the Philadelphia area. The line serves southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware, with stations in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, Wilmington, Delaware, and Newark, Delaware. It is the longest of the 13 SEPTA Regional Rail lines.

Route

The Wilmington/Newark Line runs on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, making local stops along the way.

Only weekday peak trains run to Newark. All trains on weekends terminate at Wilmington. Service in Delaware is funded in part by the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT).

Template:As of, most weekday Wilmington/Newark trains operate through the Center City tunnel to and from Lansdale/Doylestown Line points. All weekend Wilmington trains run through to and from Elm Street in Norristown on the Manayunk/Norristown Line.[1]

History

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Silverliner V SEPTA Regional Rail train at Wilmington station

The line north of Wilmington was originally built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. The original alignment was opened January 17, 1838, and on November 18, 1872, a realignment opened north of Chester (part of the old route is now used for the Airport Line). South of Wilmington the line was built by the Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad and opened July 31, 1837. The Pennsylvania Railroad obtained control in the early 1880s. Electrified service was opened between Philadelphia and Wilmington on September 30, 1928. Electrified operation was extended to Newark and beyond to Washington, D.C., on February 10, 1935. In 1968, the Pennsylvania Railroad merged into Penn Central. In 1976 Conrail took over, and SEPTA took over on January 1, 1983. When SEPTA took over service, commuter rail service in Delaware was eliminated, with the Claymont and Edgemoor stations closed.[2]

Under SEPTA, commuter service from Philadelphia originally terminated in Marcus Hook. On January 16, 1989, service was extended south into Delaware to end at Wilmington. A stop was added in Claymont in 1991.[3] In the mid-1990s, a transportation study took place for extending SEPTA service from Wilmington to Newark. The proposal called for stations at Newport (near the former Newport Railroad Station), Metroform (now Churchmans Crossing), Newark, and West Newark (at Otts Chapel Road). A review by DelDOT challenged the locations of the stations in Newport, Newark, and West Newark.[4] SEPTA service was extended south from Wilmington to Newark September 2, 1997. The Churchmans Crossing station between Wilmington and Newark opened in 2000.[3]

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On July 25, 2010, SEPTA renamed the service from the R2 Newark to the Wilmington/Newark Line as part of system-wide service change that drops the R-number naming and makes the Center City stations the terminus for all lines. This also ended the combined R2 Newark/R2 Warminster service.

SEPTA activated positive train control on the Wilmington/Newark Line on May 1, 2017.[5]

On April 9, 2020, service on the line was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[6] though Penn Medicine Station was still being served by other rail services.[7] Service between 30th Street Station and Wilmington resumed May 10, 2020 on a modified schedule as part of the Southwest Connection Improvement Program.[8] Service to Newark resumed on January 25, 2021, in order to offer public transit options during a construction project along Interstate 95 in Wilmington.[9] Previously, Amtrak announced the completion of the Delaware Third Rail Project in December 2020. The project installed the third track between Wilmington and Newark that would increase the capacity.[10]

Station list

The Wilmington/Newark Line trains make the following station stops, after leaving the Center City Commuter Connection:

State Zone[1] Location Station Miles (km)
from
Center City 		Date opened Connections / notes
PA CC University City,
Philadelphia 		Template:Stl Template:NJT acc Template:Convert Template:Ric SEPTA Regional Rail: Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric
Template:Bus icon SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
2 Darby Darby Template:Convert
Sharon Hill Template:Stl Template:Convert March 7, 1949[11] Template:Rint SEPTA Suburban Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
Academy Closed March 7, 1949[11]
Template:Stl Template:Convert Template:Rint SEPTA Suburban Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
Folcroft Template:Stl Template:Convert Template:Rint SEPTA Suburban Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
Glenolden Template:Stl Template:Convert
Norwood Template:Stl Template:Convert
Prospect Park Template:Stl Template:Convert Known as Moore until April 1, 1932[12]
3 Ridley Park Template:Stl Template:Convert 1871[13]
Template:Stl Template:Convert Template:Rint SEPTA Suburban Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
Eddystone
Baldwin Closed October 4, 1981[14]
Template:Stl Template:Convert Template:Bus icon SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
Chester Chester T.C. Template:NJT acc Template:Convert Template:Bus icon SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
Template:Rint SEPTA Suburban Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
Template:Stl Closed July 1, 2003[15]
Template:Stl Template:Convert Template:Rint SEPTA Suburban Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
Trainer Trainer Closed March 26, 1978[16]
Marcus Hook Template:Stl Template:Convert Template:Rint SEPTA Suburban Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
DE 4 Claymont Naaman Closed March 26, 1978[16][17]
Template:Stl Template:NJT acc Template:Convert 1991[2][18] Template:Bus icon DART First State: 13, 61
Template:Rint SEPTA Suburban Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
Edgemoor Edge Moor Closed January 1, 1983[2]
Wilmington Template:Stl Template:NJT acc Template:Convert 1989 Template:Rint Amtrak: Acela, Cardinal, Carolinian, Crescent, Northeast Regional, Silver Meteor, Vermonter
Template:Rint Greyhound Lines
Template:Bus icon DART First State: 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 28, 33, 35, 37, 40, 52, 301, 305 (seasonal)
Newark Template:Stl Template:NJT acc Template:Convert 2000 Template:Bus icon DART First State: 54, 62
Template:Stl Template:NJT acc Template:Convert 1997 Template:Rint Amtrak: Northeast Regional
Template:Bus icon DART First State: 10, 33, 46, DART Connect
Template:Bus icon Cecil Transit: 4

Ridership

Between FY 2013-FY 2019 annual ridership on the Wilmington/Newark Line ranged between 2.5 and 2.8 million before collapsing during the COVID-19 pandemic.Template:Refn[19]

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See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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