It is served by its own stop on the SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line regional rail train.

[1] The SEPTA station at Strafford is one of the few buildings that survives from the 1876 Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia.

[3] The portion of the abandoned P&W line in Radnor Township, ending in Strafford, is now a "rail trail" multi-use path.

Architectural Record said that this "allows direct access to the reading room from the public entrance.

According to the publication, the shared concepts were "unusual sensitivity in using natural light to best advantage while warding off the sun," a "quickly apparent organization of functions," and being "responsive to the varying situations in which it is built.