Carpenter Station is a stop on SEPTA's R8 Regional Rail train, which terminates at Chestnut Hill West Station. Its fare zone is regional rail zone 2.

Trains to Center City generally stop at the station during the week every half-hour from 6:17am to 9:14am before arriving about every hour throughout the day until 5:27pm, when trains arrive about every half-hour until 8:57pm. Trains then arrive about every hour until 10:55pm.

Trains to Chestnut Hill West generally stop at the station during the week every half-hour from 6:19am to 9:16am before making stops approximately every hour until 4:03pm. Trains then start stopping more frequently—about every half-hour—until 8:06pm, when they arrive about every hour until 12:16am.

On Saturdays, trains going to Center City generally stop at the station on the 28s from 7:28am until just before 11pm. Trains going to Chestnut Hill West on Saturdays generally stop on the 43s from 7:43am until just past 10:30pm.

On Sundays and holidays, trains going to Center City stop about every 1 1/2 hours from 7:50am until 10:59pm. Trains going to Chestnut Hill West on Sundays generally stop every 1 1/2 hours from 7:14am until 10:13pm.