The Paoli Station is located at Lancaster Avenue and North Valley Road in the Tredyffrin Township, Chester County.  This station is currently a stop on Amtrak’s Keystone Corridor Service route and a station stop of the SEPTA R-5, making it the most heavily used regional rail station in the western Philadelphia suburbs.   The existing building is a one-story tan brick rectangle with a small waiting area that has wooden benches, a coffee shop, a ticket office, and a wooden outdoor awning with a metal roof over part of the platform.  This station is in SEPTA fare zone 5, and is 19 track miles from 30th Street Station and 85 track miles from Harrisburg, PA.  According to Amtrak, the number of passengers using Paoli Station has grown by nearly 93% over the past four years. 

Much of the community in the immediate area is built out commercial and office activities transitioning to residential uses further away from the station.  Tredyffrin and Willistown townships along with Amtrak and SEPTA have partnered with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to propose a new intermodal transit facility known as the Paoli Transportation Center.  The development would also contain commercial and potential residential redevelopment of the site.  Other partners in the development include Chester County and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission.

2008 Ridership - 130,744

Station Area

• 500-foot long high-level platform with a lighted canopy
• Ticket office/waiting room facility with restrooms
• Security systems (cameras, call box)
• Passenger amenities (ticket kiosk, vending machines, newsstand/news racks, pay telephones)
• Passenger information (information displays, public address system)
• Designation of passenger car and taxi pick-up/drop-off areas

Pedestrian Access and Area Considerations

• Widening of sidewalks within the parking areas and along Lancaster Avenue and Greenwood Avenue
• Trailblazer and standard Amtrak signage along Lancaster Avenue, North Valley Road, Paoli Pike and Greenwood Avenue