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Station Review #163: Eastwick (SEPTA)

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Eastwick is a station on SEPTA's Airport Line. The station is located along Bartram Avenue near 84th Street in Philadelphia's Eastwick neighborhood. There were plans to rebuild that station and make an Eastwick Transit Center, extending the T5 to it. Considering the capital funds are being siphoned for operational expenses now, it's unknown if this will even happen.   Tour Everything here is made out of wood. At least unlike Highland Avenue or County Line almost everything is on the ground or not all that far from it.  Crossing Shelter and sign Bench Wheelchair ramp Another end It brings me joy to think about how the map is basically zip tied to the fence.  Do you trust that bench? I don't ??????? Bench with small kiss-and-ride I wonder if there's any space here to actually park cars. The actual parking lot is on the other side of the station, and ...

Station Review #162: Darby Transit Center (SEPTA)

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Darby Transit Center is a SEPTA transit center located near 9th Street and Main Street in the borough of Darby, Pennsylvania.  Available Routes These are the routes that go to Darby Transit Center: T3 - 13th-Market to Yeadon and Darby Transit Center: Formerly known as the 13, this trolley route is one of SEPTA's subway surface trolleys. Most T3 trolleys go to Yeadon, with only a few per day going past that to Darby. There are plans to make the T3 much more frequent past Yeadon, but they require large amounts of trackwork to even make possible.  T4 - 13th-Market to Darby Transit Center: This is another subway-surface trolley, this one going directly to Darby via Woodland Avenue/Main Street. This generally runs about once every 5-10 minutes on paper, but the actual frequency is essentially random. This is the main route of tthe transit center.  113 - Claymont Transit Center to 69th Street Transit Center: This bus runs from 69th Street Transit Center ...

Station Review #161: Gulph Mills (SEPTA)

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Gulph Mills is a station on SEPTA's M Line, located at 925 Trinity Lane. This is within the village of Gulph Mills, PA, a small affluent community in Upper Merion Township, PA. The area was named Gulph Mills due to there being several mills along the nearby Gulph Creek. Multiple points near the area are also tied to the Battle of White Marsh, which happened during the American War of Independence.    Tour It mostly looks like every other larger M station. The only important part is that both platform's shelters look fairly fancy.  Outdated signage This station honestly feels like it came from a different era with how much outdated signage there is.  Working countdown clock Stairs Map Bench inside one of the shelters Ramp This station is fully accessible, with ramps leading to areas outside of the platforms, and full high level platforms.  Bus loop and park...

Station Review #160: Warminster (SEPTA)

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Warminster station is a station located at 100 Station Drive in Warminster, PA. The station is the outbound terminus station for SEPTA's Warminster Line.  History Warminster station used to not exist. Instead it was served by two stations near where it originally was: Bonair and Johnsville. Bonair was at County Line Road while Johnsville was just past Street Road. Both of these were microstations that were originally closed in the 1960s when all diesel portions of the New Hope Line were closed, cutting the line back to Hatboro.    Warminster station was made to replace them in 1974. The methodology was that it was to be a large park and ride station near Street Road. Many people were moving into Warminster Township as it was being developed. These new residents did not know of the villages of Bonair or Johnsville, they just knew the area to be "Warminster", so that's what the new station would be named. In order for this to work, electrification was extend...