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Station Review #131: Vineland Transportation Center (NJT)

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Vineland Transportation Center is a bus station located near Landis Avenue in Vineland, New Jersey. The bus station is served by NJT, and is the primary station for CATS, the transit system for Cumberland County, New Jersey.  Services CATS bus There are a lot of services that run to Vineland Transportation Center CATS Almost every CATS bus runs to Vineland Transportation Center. These include: Landis Avenue X-Press (LAX): This is a bus that goes from Vineland Transportation Center to Bridgeton via Landis Avenue, serving Norma and Rosenhayn on the way. This bus only runs three trips a day per direction, during rush hour only. Millville Area Connector (MAC): This bus is a loop, linking various parts of Millville to downtown Vineland, including Vineland Transportation Center, as well as a large produce market. This bus only runs four trips a day per direction, rush hours only. Social Services Shuttle (SSS): This bus goes from Vineland Transportation Center to t...
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Station Review #130: Mannheim (Metra)

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Mannheim is a station on Metra's MD-W line. The station is located at 10324 Front Street in Franklin Park, Illinois. Tour The entire station Yes, that's just about everything. Everything .  Bench A system map  Weird container   This container to the side of the shelter holds salt, I believe. I'm not entirely certain.   The shelter from behind Average basic signs, every regional rail operator in the US has something like this at at least one of their stations.    The crossing   In order to get to the eastbound platform ,  you need   to use this crossing, This crossing is completely unsigned and has no lights of any form, so if you aren't paying attention you  will  get ran over by a train.    The eastbound platform   It' s not like the eastbound platform is any good, anyways. There is no tactile strip, ...
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Station Review #129: Delawanna (NJT)

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Delawanna is a station on NJT's Main Line. The station is located at the intersection of Oak Street and Delawanna Avenue in the Delawanna neighborhood of Clifton, NJ. This station is mostly served by NJT's Main Line. A select few MNRR Port Jervis Line trains a day stop here as well.  Tour What is this, MARC?     Delawanna station is completely inaccessible and has a low platform, one that's even worse than some SEPTA stations. There is no tactile strip at the end of the platform.    The platform itself is just asphalt. The tracks are above it, and there's a fence in between each track to stop you from crossing.  Inbound shelter   The shelter for the inbound platform looks kind of like a dog house.   Other inbound shelter, which is literally a bus stop shelter Signage   This signage is very bad, but I'll touch on that later.   Ramp   This ramp meanwhi...
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Station Review #128: Cheltenham-Ogontz Loop (SEPTA)

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Cheltenham-Ogontz Loop is a Bus station on Cheltenham Avenue and Ogontz Avenue (State route 309) in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, operated by SEPTA.  Bus Services There are multiple bus routes that stop at Cheltenham-Ogontz Loop, these include:    6 - Cheltenham-Ogontz to Olney Transit Center: This bus goes down Ogontz Avenue towards Olney Transit Center, and has some of the highest ridership in the entire SEPTA network 16 - City Hall to Cheltenham-Ogontz: In tandem with the 4 bus further south, the 16 is one of the buses that runs along Broad Street, paralleling the Broad Street Line, and connecting to almost every station north of City Hall, including Olney Transit Center. Only Fern Rock Transit Center is excluded here. This route was originally part of Route C. 22 -  Warminster/Willow Grove to Olney Transit Center: This bus goes along Easton Road to Willow Grove Mall. About one trip an hour goes to Warminster. Warminster trips before 9:30 pm or...
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