{"id":10433,"date":"2026-06-07T21:24:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T02:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=10433"},"modified":"2026-06-07T21:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T02:24:53","slug":"fox-chase-septa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/fox-chase-septa\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox Chase (SEPTA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fox Chase is a station in northeastern Philadelphia in the namesake neighborhood of, well, Fox Chase. This station is in a rather residential neighborhood, though it’s at the bumper blocks that end at Rhawn Street. There’s also a Wawa here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Station signage!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fox Chase station has a relatively unusual layout, with 2 sides and<\/em> an island platform. At the outer end of the platforms by the bumper blocks lie mini-highs for accessibility. However, trains don’t board here! There’s grade crossings for changing sides, and a sheltered waiting area. There’s also ticketing machines, but as is standard with SEPTA, they don’t dispense tickets. So, screw you if you need to buy a ticket before boarding. (although, to my knowledge, SEPTA doesn’t really charge a surcharge to the same extreme as the LIRR or Metro-North). There’s also departure boards, a decent amount of parking, and even bus connections to the route 18, 24, and 28 buses. Neat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A tad bit narrow…..with GE JUNK!!!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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SEPTAvision?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A departure board and a TVM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Towards dow- er, Center City Philadelphia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Parking galore!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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THE TRAINS DON’T EVEN PLATFORM AT THE MINI-HIGH WTF SEPTA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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BIG MEAN MOTHER BUMPERS!!! …and a former grade crossing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The old Newtown extension (hi, Honaj!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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JUNK!!!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rare “head on with a Silverliner IV” without being in danger of struck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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BENDY BOI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DA HOLY LAND!!! (as a Cumby’s enjoyer, I give Wawa the seal of approval)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Oxford Avenue bus loop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It exists! It’s also technically accessible and, surprisingly, has a departure board! Also, the area around it is walkable to an extent. AND THERE’S A WAWA?! :O

The bad: Why the mini-highs? No full-level platforms? Furthermore, the bus connection locations are a mild mess, but whatever, not the end of the world. But seriously though, SEPTA, y’all got mini-highs, STOP AT THEM!<\/strong><\/em>

Nearby points of interest: Wawa! There’s some schools nearby, a lot of housing, green space at the Oxford Avenue loop, and a trail following the old Newtown Extension. Also, as an aside, the Oxford Avenue railroad crossing is NOT<\/em> a quiet zone, so if you’re around here, and you want to railfan with horns, go there! (it is also an “OH LAWD!!!”-sized crossing).

Transit connections:
Regional Rail (Fox Chase)
SEPTA bus (18, 24, 28)

Overall, it’s not a bad station, it’s about average. It could be far worse, considering this is<\/em> SEPTA. And there’s also Wawa here! Neat!

Rating: 6\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fox Chase is a station in northeastern Philadelphia in the namesake neighborhood of, well, Fox Chase. This station is in a rather residential neighborhood, though it’s at the bumper blocks that end at Rhawn Street. There’s also a Wawa here! Fox Chase station has a relatively unusual layout, with 2 sides and an island platform. … Continue reading “Fox Chase (SEPTA)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12,8,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irl","category-extra","category-othertransit","category-public-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10449,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10433\/revisions\/10449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}