Shawmont station
Shawmont | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Former train station | |||||||||||||||||||||
The former Shawmont Reading station in 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 7700 Nixon Street Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Norristown Branch | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1834 (PG&N) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | February 5, 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Shawmont Train Station, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°2′38″N 75°15′0″W / 40.04389°N 75.25000°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Part of | Upper Roxborough Historic District (ID01000463) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | July 21, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Shawmont is a former train station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located on Nixon Street in the Roxborough section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia. Built by the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad, it later became part of the Reading Railroad and ultimately SEPTA Regional Rail's R6 Norristown Line. SEPTA made the station a whistle stop and closed its waiting room in 1991. SEPTA later closed the station in 1996. In 2018, $1 million was set aside for repairs and rehabilitation.