St. Davids station
St. Davids station is a regional rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at
the intersection of Chamounix Road & Glynn Lane, Wayne, Pennsylvania. The station and community are named after the nearby historic St. David's [Episcopal Church (Radnor, Pennsylvania)|Episcopal church].
Service and facilities
St. Davids is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains. There is no ticket office at this station. There are 107 parking spaces at the station. There are also 5 bike racks available that can accommodate up to 20 bikes. It is in Radnor Township.St. Davids station is 13.7 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. A depot building was built in 1890 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, but was demolished by 1966 and replaced with a smaller structure. In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 242, and the average total weekday alightings was 278.
As of 2025, there is an ongoing effort to raise funding for a planned restoration of the station shelters to their original 19th-century condition. This restoration includes replacing later woodwork that utilized simple designs not matching original specifications, return of cast-iron Pennsylvania Railroad station signage, and repainting the station shelters to historically accurate colors.
Station layout
St. Davids has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.Incidents
- On April 5, 1920, eastbound freight train 267 of the Pennsylvania Railroad carrying a load of automobiles, toys, dental equipment, and felt derailed near the station due to a coupling failure on the first car. Over 20 boxcars were wrecked in the incident, though no injuries were reported.
- On January 25, 1973, two women were struck and killed by a single-car passenger train while crossing the tracks at the station. A third person was also struck by the train while trying to push one woman from the tracks and survived.