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Station Review #153: Secaucus Junction (NJT/MNRR)

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Secaucus Junction is a station on NJT's combined lines, serving the entirety of the commuter rail network of New Jersey sans the Atlantic City Line, along with the MNRR Port Jervis Line. The station was built and inaugurated in September of 2003 and has single-handedly been one of the most important completed rail projects in the entire northeastern US that was built this century.  Tour Map Secaucus Junction is a giant station, albeit a very well designed one . It's large enough to need a map of the station itself inside of it. There's also paper schedules for every single train that goes through Secaucus Junction as well The hallway that map is in Elevator Staircase TVMs and info screens Bus terminal The outside of the station Odd maintenance tunnel Bottom floor area This floor has escalators, elevators, and TVMs, among other things Stairs ...
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Station Review #152: Rising Sun & Olney Loop (SEPTA)

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Rising Sun & Olney Loop is a SEPTA loop located at Rising Sun and Olney Avenues in the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia. This loop was not selected to be remodeled in the 2010s.  Bus Service and Connections There are two buses that go here:  26 - Pulaski-Rittenhouse and Olney Transit Center to Frankford Transit Center: The 26 is normally a crosstown bus linking northwest, north, and northeast Philadelphia. Here though, this loop instead is only used for some peak short turns of the bus.  57 - Whitman Plaza to Rising Sun-Olney/Fern Rock Transit Center: This is a vertical bus that goes all the way across the city, mainly along 3rd/4th Streets, and then American Street, and eventually Front Street and Rising Sun Avenue. Most trips of this route end at this loop, with only some continuing to Fern Rock Transit Center Additionally, there is one bus connection immediately nearby:  18 - Fox Chase to Cedarbrook Plaza: This is another crosstown bu...
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Station Review #151: Glen Rock-Boro Hall (NJT)

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Glen Rock-Boro Hall is a station on NJT's Bergen County Line. Two round trips a day of the Port Jervis Line also serve this station. Glen Rock-Boro Hall is located at Harding Plaza in Glen Rock, New Jersey.  History When this station was built in 1881 with the rest of the Bergen County Railroad, it was originally called Paramus. Unfortunately for Bergen County and much of the rest of New Jersey, Boroughitis happened between 1890 and 1930. This process caused this station to become Glen Rock-Boro Hall in 1891. Not much else is known. It's likely that this is not the original station building, and that it was replaced sometime after the 1960s. The waiting room closed at some point afterwards as well.  Tour Glen Rock-Boro Hall is an average NJT station that's not along the Northeast Corridor. A lot of them are like this .  Old depot? Bench Southbound platform and depot Shelter with basic amen...
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