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Wayne Junction Substation Replacement

Wayne Junction Station, Germantown

Replace the 1930s-era substation feeding the Regional Rail catenary system. Critical to system reliability on every electrified RR line.

Council district
District 8
Neighborhood
Germantown
Funding source
Federal FRA + State
Funding amount
$215,000,000
Start date
Jun 1, 2021
Completion
Dec 31, 2026
First seen in feed
5/16/2026
Your council representative
Cindy Bass
District 8 · D
215-686-3424
City Hall Room 410
524 projects in this district
1745 housing units approved
Registered Community Organization
Nicetown CDC
The RCO that gets formal notice of zoning changes here. Going to them first is how most organizing on a project starts.
Contact: Majeedah Rashid
2153291824
Meets: 4300 Germantown Avenue, Phila PA 19140-(NTCDC/NAC Office) Nicetown Court- 4340 Germantown Avenue Phila PA 19140-(Community Room)
Neighborhood context (census tract 028000)
Median income
$34,143
Renter occupied
37.18%
Rent burdened
74.38%
(of renters, 30%+ of income)
Population
4,212
ACS 5-year 2022

Nearby projects

within 400m walk

Displacement signal

L&I demolition permits, last 3 yrs, within 400m

Philly doesn't publish eviction filings, so this uses demolition permits as the closest proxy for housing stock loss in the immediate area. 2 permits found.

4452 N CLEVELAND STFeb 20, 2025
4537 GREENE STFeb 5, 2025

Recent transfers within 200m

Block-level acquisition pattern. 2 transactions in the immediate area.

4541 N 20TH ST
DENNISON SABRINA;DENNISON DOLORES ESTATE OFDENNSION SABRINA;YOUNG VINCENT;YOUNG JOHNNIE;YOUNG ANTHONY
Dec 10, 2025
$10
4549 N 19TH ST
MCCLAIN JAMESMARSH SOLUTIONS LLC
Dec 5, 2025
$47,000
Data source · last refreshed 5/16/2026, 5:36:43 PM
SEPTA Capital Budget Projects
SEPTA

Manually curated, not a live feed. Refreshed each budget cycle (annual). Locations are approximate for line-wide projects (we plot the project at the line midpoint). Funding amounts are total project cost, not annual spend.