93586 | Downingtown Train Station Rehabilitation (Downingtown Borough, PennDOT County)

A new Downingtown Station will be constructed at a location that is less than half a mile east of the existing station on State Route 322/Brandywine Avenue. The existing station is an enclosed shelter with a low-level platform, about 360 parking spaces, and is not ADA accessible. The new station location is along a section of tangent track in Downingtown Borough, selected as a result of the alternatives analysis conducted in 2013 by PennDOT with Amtrak, SEPTA, and local communities. PennDOT has acquired property and completed preliminary design.
The new station will continue to serve Amtrak and SEPTA train service and provide full ADA accessibility with two 550-foot-long high-level platforms for inbound and outbound trains. The platforms will have canopies and will be accessed via elevator/stair towers from the ground level parking areas, which combined will have over 500 parking spaces. The existing railroad bridge over Brandywine Avenue will be replaced as part of the project to provide more vertical clearance and to enable addition of a turning lane for vehicular station-related movements. Additional features of the site include retaining walls, bike racks, sidewalks, visual screening (as required for mitigations), stormwater management, site lighting, and security. The railroad right-of-way through the new bridge and station will require modifications, including removal of the DOWNS Interlocking.
Downingtown Station is a component of the Keystone Corridor between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, a 104-mile line owned and operated by Amtrak. The line shares some of the operating characteristics of the Northeast Corridor (NEC) main line, including multiple tracks, full electrification, and full grade separation from the highway grid. Amtrak operates up to 14 Keystone Service intercity round trips per day between Harrisburg and Philadelphia (and extending to New York City) with up to 22 stops at Downingtown Station. SEPTA operates Paoli/Thorndale Line commuter trains on the eastern portion of the line, with up to 42 stops per day at Downingtown Station. Amtrak ridership numbers for the station are 81,326 (FFY 2019).
This Keystone Corridor project, totaling approximately $113,575,000 million, is funded with federal Keystone Corridor funds provided by FTA which will be reflected in TIPs of three different UZA areas: DVRPC (FY23: $11,508,000), Harrisburg Area Transportation Study (FY23: $3,834,000), and Lancaster MPO (FY23: $10,656,000).

No milestones are available for this project.