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Station Review #136: Miquon (SEPTA)

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Miquon is a station on SEPTA's Manayunk-Norristown Line. The station is located at River and Manor Roads in the village of Miquon, PA, itself located within Whitemarsh Township, PA. Four Manaynk-Norristown Line trains a day end at Miquon, and the station is often used as a turnback point in various situations, having more operational importance than the average station along the line.  History Miquon station seems to have been built as an infill station sometime around 1880, and named Lafayette. At some point, a shelter was added. In 1921, the station was renamed to Miquon. Besides things like signal upgrades, not much has changed since then.  Tour Train The station  Miquon station, while quaint, is not accessible. Validator Parking One of Miquon's only real amenities is parking, but it's not even the most well suited for this compared to other stations along the line.  The old depot Due to terra...
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Station Review #135: Manasquan (NJT)

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Manasquan is a station on NJT's North Jersey Coast Line. The station is located at 227 Main Street in Manasquan, NJ.    History Manasquan originally was established by the Central Railroad of New Jersey in 1876, with the original depot being replaced 20 years later by the one at Spring Lake. The Spring Lake station was originally built for the Philadelphia Exposition in 1876, much like the original Manasquan station. This second depot burned down in 1996, and was replaced by the depot that's here now. The current depot was built in 2004.   Tour Northbound train I feel like anyone who's been a long time fan of mine can already tell this station is awful within just this photo.  Southbound platform Track ballast Why are the tracks so far away from the station? When I got off the train, it was a scary ordeal to get onto the track ballast that's below platform height and then immediately cross train tracks. What do you...
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Station Review #134: Aronimink (SEPTA)

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Aronimink is a station along SEPTA's D1 line at its intersection with Burmont Road in the Aronimink neighborhood of Upper Darby, PA. Aronimink has the highest ridership of any SEPTA D1 station outside of the combined section.  Tour Trolley Like every other D1/D2 station, this is inaccessible. It's also generally not good.  Platforms The inbound shelter  A closer look at the shelter   The shelter at Aronimink seems slightly fancier, and has old shutters. This is clearly a fancier shelter than many of the other shelters along the D1/D2. It also has bike racks.  Bench Old signage   This map clearly hasn't been updated since 2014. The D1/D2 both seem to have many issues with outdated signage, including maps.    Parking??? Parking indeed. Much unlike most other D1 stations, Aronimink has parking for some reason. Do not let this decieve you t...
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Station Review #133: Oshkosh-Downtown Transit Center (Amtrak/Go Transit)

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Downtown Transit Center is a station along Amtrak's I-41 Thruway bus line in the downtown of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The station is also the main hub for Go Transit, the main transit system of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This is a different Go Transit than the one of Toronto, Ontario.   Very little about the history of this station is known, past that it was rebuilt in 1994, and that an office was built in 2018 or so.  Services Back of the transit center There are many routes that go through here, these include: Amtrak Amtrak runs the I-41 Thruway bus, a bus that goes between Milwaukee and Green Bay via the Fox Cities ran by Lamers Connect and through-ticketed on Amtrak. Two trips a day are ran in a specially branded bus, while one other trip is in a Lamers Connect bus. That makes six trips per direction total. This bus connects to Amtrak at Milwaukee Intermodal and Milwaukee International Airport. Coach USA/Van Galders Though the Van Galders bus company, Coac...
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