Merion station
Merion station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station on the Paoli/Thorndale Line, located in Merion, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia.
Merion station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station on the Paoli/Thorndale Line, located in Merion, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia. Merion has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.
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Worth seeing in and around Merion station
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Saint Joseph's University
Saint Joseph's University is a private Jesuit university in Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States.
1.1 km · private, coeducational Roman Catholic Jesuit university in Philadelphia and Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, USA · Wikipedia - 02Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
Pennsylvania's second congressional district includes all of Northeast Philadelphia and parts of North Philadelphia east of Broad Street, as well as Center City and portions of Philadelphia's River Wards. It has been represented by Democrat Brendan Boyle since 2019.
3.2 km · U.S. House district for Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 03Japanese House and Garden
Shofuso, also known as Japanese House and Garden, is a 17th century-style Japanese house and garden in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was originally exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1954, designed by the famed modernist Japanese architect Junzō Yoshimura.
3.7 km · traditional garden in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia · Wikipedia - 04African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas
The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas was founded in 1792 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the first black Episcopal Church in the United States.
1.1 km · church in United States · Wikipedia - 05West Laurel Hill Cemetery
West Laurel Hill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1869, is 200 acres in size, and contains the burials of many notable people.
3.1 km · cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 06Mosque of Shaikh M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
The Mosque of Shaikh M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the grounds of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship. The building of the mosque took 6 months and was done by the members of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship under the direction of M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen.
1 km · mosque in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US · Wikipedia - 07City Line Avenue Bridge
City Line Avenue Bridge is a historic concrete barrel arch bridge spanning the East Branch of Indian Creek and located in the Overbrook Farms neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1913, and is a single-span bridge.
1.5 km · bridge in United States of America · Wikipedia - 08City of Conquerors, Philadelphia
City of Conquerors was a church started by We Are More Than Conquerors Deliverance Ministries. Prior to its demolition, the building was formerly the West Philadelphia Jewish Community Center, as evidenced by the Jewish symbols on the exterior of the building at 11 South 63rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
3.9 km · church in Philadelphia, PA · Wikipedia - 09George L. Brooks School
The George L. Brooks School is a historic former school building in the Haddington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
3.6 km · school building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 10Merion Botanical Park
The Merion Botanical Park is a city park and botanical garden located at 100 Merion Road, Merion, Pennsylvania, United States. It is open daily without charge.
300 m · park in Pennsylvania, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Merion station
- Airports
- Philadelphia (PHL), 14 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 120 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 144 km
- Stations
- 69th Street Transportation Center, 3.9 km · Parkview, 3.7 km
- New York → Merion station132 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · $13–18
- Newark → Merion station123 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · $12–16
- Baltimore → Merion station141 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · $13–17
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Merion station
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Merion station. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAir charter companies such as Monarch Air Group and Mercury Jets fly a variety of private charter aircraft and jets, from charter luxury Gulfstream's down to economical piston twins for small groups and individuals.
- Get inThe RiverLink and Freedom Ferry services provide travel from Philadelphia to neighboring Camden, New Jersey, between April and September.
- Get inAccess to the other waterfront attractions, including an aquarium, is also provided by the ferry service.
- Get aroundThose rates are as follows: Lindenwold, Ashland & Woodcrest Stations and Philadelphia: $3.00 Haddonfield, Westmont & Collingswood Stations and Philadelphia: $2.60 Ferry Avenue (Camden) Station and Philadelphia: $2.25 Travel within Pennsylvania, between Broadway and City Hall (Camden), and between PA and those two stations: $1.40 Any other trip within New Jersey: $1.60 Note that PATCO is not operated by SEPTA and uses its own fare system.
From Wikivoyage: Philadelphia, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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Merion station is 9 km from Philadelphia, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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