Jenkintown-Wyncote Station is one of the historic stations providing additional beauty and enjoyment for passengers travelling on SEPTA Regional Rail, writes Melissa Romero for Curbed Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia commuter rail network stops at over 100 stations throughout the region and serves around 132,000 people every day.

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“Regional Rail is my favorite mode of transport,” said Ayanna Matlock, SEPTA’s corporate initiatives manager. “It’s quick, convenient, and so comfortable.”

The ride is also quite charming at times, as it provides commuters and other travelers with views of quaint and sometimes surprisingly small historic stations. A number of them were built as part of the original Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), and still continue even though the company no longer exists.

Jenkintown-Wyncote Station was designed by architect Horace Trumbauer, best known for designing the lavish mansions of the Gilded Age, after he was hired by the Reading Rail Company in 1923.

The rare stone station, built in the Queen Anne-style, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places three years ago. At the time it was noted that the “station is one of the last traditional passenger stations constructed in the region before World War II.”

Read more about SEPTA’s historic regional stations at Curbed Philadelphia by clicking here.

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