Bala
Bala station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Located near the intersection of Bala Avenue and City Avenue, it serves the Cynwyd Line.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Coemgenus, Public domain.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: station along the SEPTA Cynwyd Line
- Also known as: “Bala station” and “Merionville”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wynnestay and Sweeney Field.
Wynnestay
Historic building
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
Wynnestay or Wynnstay is an historic, American residence that is one of the oldest extant houses located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008 and is available for touring by appointment only.
Sweeney Field
Pitch
Sweeney Field is a multi-use sports facility on the Saint Joseph's University campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which opened in 1929 and was originally planned to be the centerpiece to a 70,000 seat football stadium in the natural bowl of the campus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bala-Cynwyd and Wynnefield.
Bala-Cynwyd
Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Bala Cynwyd is a community and census-designated place in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on the Philadelphia Main Line in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, and borders the western edge of Philadelphia at U.S. Route 1.
Wynnefield
Neighborhood
Wynnefield is a diverse middle-class neighborhood in West Philadelphia. Its borders are 53rd Street at Jefferson to the south, Philadelphia's Fairmount Park to the east, City Avenue to the north and the Amtrak Philadelphia Main Line tracks to the west.
Wynnefield Heights
Neighborhood
Wynnefield Heights is a middle class neighborhood that is located in the greater West Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood is bounded by City Avenue to the north, Belmont Avenue to the west, Fairmount Park to the south and east, and the Schuylkill Expressway to the east.
Bala
- Categories: railway station and locality
- Location: Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.99929° or 39° 59′ 57″ northLongitude
-75.23293° or 75° 13′ 59″ westElevation
253 feet (77 metres)Open location code
87F6XQX8+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 158291553OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Bala” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “巴拉站”
- French: “Bala”
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