49th Street station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia. It is located at 1104 South 49th Street in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia, and serves the Media/Wawa Line. In 2013, this station saw 62 boardings and 52 alightings on an average weekday.
The station is a sheltered shed that sits on one platform; the other platform has a ramp to the Chester Avenue bridge. The station is handicapped-accessible. Chester Avenue carries the T3 trolley, which is part of the SEPTA Metro system. A track on 49th St runs between the T2 trolley on Baltimore Avenue, with the remainder of the southern T network a few blocks southeast at Woodland Avnue. If there's construction happening somewhere along Woodland Avenue, T4 & T5 trolleys can operate via Chester Avenue and make a left at 49th Street, which will take them to 49th-Woodland. 49th Street station is also served by SEPTA bus route 64 which serves 50th and Parkside Avenue going north and Pier 70 Shopping Plaza going south.
The Media/Wawa line was originally the main line of the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, laid in 1852-53. There has been a station at this location since at least 1886, when the line was owned by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad.
49th Street has two low-level side platforms.