Roberts Road station is a SEPTA Metro rapid transit station in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. It serves the M and is located at Roberts Road and David Drive in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania. All trains stop at Roberts Road. The station lies from 69th Street Transit Center.
History The Rosemont station of the Philadelphia and Western Railroad opened in 1907. On July 19 of that same year, railroad foreman John McNally was struck and killed by a train while he was crossing the tracks."Montgomery County Notes." Lansdale, Pennsylvania: Lansdale Reporter, July 25, 1907, p. 3 (subscription required).
During the 1920s, proximity to the Rosemont station was a selling point for area realtors."Rosemont," in "Wm. H. Wilson & Co." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 20, 1925, p. 77 (subscription required). On January 22, 1926, several people were injured when an electric train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad struck the rear of a westbound express train at the Rosemont station."Paoli Express and Train in Crash." Reading, Pennsylvania: Reading Times, January 22, 1926, p. 2 (subscription required).
The station was renamed from Rosemont to Roberts Road by SEPTA on September 5, 2010.
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Roberts Road entrance from Google Maps Street View