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Station Review #171: Levittown - Tullytown Station (SEPTA)

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Levittown - Tullytown is a station on SEPTA's Trenton Line, located in the borough of Tullytown, PA. Despite this, most people only call this station Levittown.  History   Tullytown was built in 1835 as part of the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad. The same shelters were up as late as 1911, when the windstorm of 1911 possibly destroyed them. It's unknown what replaced the station afterwards, but a new, larger, station was built in 1953 to support the newly built community of Levittown. This newly built station lasted until about 2014, when it was torn down and replaced by a much better station that was actually accessible, this one built in 2017.  Tour Outside of the station in the parking lot Levittown is a very large station, and it's parking lot is similarly large. Considering how Levittown as a place is, this is an acceptable station to put lots of parking into.  Stairs and ramps This station is fully accessible....
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Station Review #170: Connecticut Post Mall (ctTransit, GBT/NTD, MTD)

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Connecticut Post Mall is a bus station located in the parking lot of the Connecticut Post Mall in the Forest Heights neighborhood of Milford, Connecticut. The nearest store to the bus station is Boscovs.   Services Multiple routes go here, these include:  ctTransit:  261 - Boston Post Road/Downtown New Haven: This is a bus that runs to New Haven along Boston Post Road, which is currently part of US-1. This bus runs at a completely random frequency across the day.  262 - New Haven via I-95: This is more of an express bus to the mall, running via I-95 instead of US-1. The 262 runs about once an hour most of the day.  271 - Downtown New Haven via Union Station: This bus's provided description is a misnomer, it goes all the way to Waterbury via Whitney Avenue amd Waterbury Road.  Coastal Link  This is a bus ran by a consortium between Greater Bridgeport Transit, Milford Transit District, and Norwalk Transit Districts. Buses run...
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Station Review #169: South Carolina Avenue At Atlantic Avenue (NJT)

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South Carolina Avenue at Atlantic Avenue is a small bus terminal located at that aforementioned intersection in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  Services There are multiple NJT buses that stop here, these include:  501: This bus runs from the Atlantic City Bus Terminal to Brigantine via Harrah's and Borgata Casinos. This bus runs about once every hour.  502: This bus runs from here to Atlantic Cape Community College via Black Horse Pike.  504: This bus runs from Margate to the North Side of Atlantic City via Ventnor Heights. This bus runs about every 40 minutes, and is a mess to look at on a map.  505: This bus runs about once every 15 minutes between Venice Park, the Atlantic City Aquarium, and Longport via Atlantic Avenue. This bus is also a bit of a mess on a map.  507: This bus runs from here to Ocean City, running a bus every hour or so.  508: This bus runs from here to Hamilton Mall, similarly to the 502. The difference here is...
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Station Review #168: Union College (NJT)

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Union College is a bus station ran by NJT that's located at the driveway of Union College of New Jersey, a college in Cranford, NJ.  Services 58 - Elizabeth-Kenilworth:  This bus runs between Union College to Elizabeth via Broad Street and Westfield Avenue. On weekdays, this bus runs anywhere from every 20 minutes at peak times to about every 70 minutes otherwise. This is about as annoying as you'd expect it to be.  59 - Plainfield - Newark:  This bus goes from Harriet Tubman Square in Newark to Dunellen via Elizabeth Avenue, Jersey Avenue, South Avenue, and more. More specifically, the route roughly parallels US-22. Trips to Union College roughly run every 50 minutes on weekdays, save for the 90 minute gap between 12:05 PM and 1:35 PM.  66m - Newark - Springfield - Union College: This is a variant of the 66 bus that runs from Newark Penn to Union College via Springfield, terminating at Union College. This bus sometimes runs with up ...
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Station Review #167: Lombard-South (SEPTA)

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Lombard-South is a station on SEPTA's Broad Street Subway. The station is located on Broad Street between Lombard and South Streets. This station is only served by B1 trains.  Tour Stairwell into the station  This is mostly an average B line station. In fact, compared to most stations south of Walnut-Locust, I fail to see any important points where this station is much different at all.  Stairs Unfortunately, this station isn't accessible at all. This is similar to many other B line stations, and is hopefully set to change soon.  One way turnstiles This entrance looks unusable from this angle, but that's only an optical illusion thankfully. Mezzanine All stations between Snyder and Race-Vine station have a mezzanine of some form.  Wall with racks for bikes and benches Turnstiles Platform A lot of the South Philadelphia stations have the same platforms. It's an island ...
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Station Review #166: Rydal (SEPTA)

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Rydal is a station on SEPTA's West Trenton line, located at Susquehanna Road and Washington Lane in the small village of Rydal, PA, itself located in Abington Township, PA.  History Rydal station was originally built either in 1883 by the North Pennsylvania Railroad, or in 1888 by the Reading Railroad, though the former is more likely due to the architectural style being more in line with NPRR's depots. At some point around the 2000s, there was a station restoration.  Tour The station nowadays Rydal station hasn't changed all that much in the past few decades.  Doorway Post office sign Much of the depot nowadays is a small post office.  Waiting room Rydal has a waiting room, usually only open on weekdays between 5:30 AM and 12:30 PM. It's extremely small and only has a few benches.  Notice board with a notice on it from 2001 Inside of the post office Unsig...
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