Marcus Hook station
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Marcus Hook station (formerly known as Linwood) is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. Amtrak does not stop here; the station is only served by SEPTA. Many locals continue on to Wilmington and Newark. However, some trains terminate at this station. Located at 12th & Washington Streets, the station has a 147-space parking lot. The line offers southbound service to Wilmington and Newark, Delaware and northbound service to Philadelphia.
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Location | 20 West 12th Street Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°49′17″N 75°25′11″W | |||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | |||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Amtrak Northeast Corridor | |||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Connections | SEPTA Suburban Bus: 119 | |||||||||||||||||
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Parking | 202 spaces[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 2 rack spaces[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Accessible | No[2] | |||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 3[2] | |||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1877 (1877) | |||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1893[3] | |||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 1928[4] | |||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Linwood | |||||||||||||||||
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1964 | 1893 station depot razed[5][6] | |||||||||||||||||
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2017 | 548 boardings, 573 alightings (weekday average)[7] | |||||||||||||||||
Rank | 44 of 146 | |||||||||||||||||
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Marcus Hook station was originally built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1875, replaced in 1893. That station depot was razed in February 1963. Two other Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stations also used to exist in the Borough.[8]