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Station Review #181: Elwyn (SEPTA)

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Elwyn is a SEPTA station located on Elwyn Road in Elwyn, Pennsylvania, itself located in Middletown Township, in Delaware County. Elwyn Station is located on the Media-Wawa line and is a zone 3 station.   History The original Greenwood station     This station started out as Greenwood station, and was built for the Pennsylvania Training School, a school for children with Intellectual Disability, as well as other developmental disorders. The name was changed in the 1880s to better fit the fact that it was for the school. Considering the fact that the Pennsylvania Training School was named after Dr. Albert L. Elwyn, this seemed to work out well enough. To this day, people going to the Elwyn School  (which the school renamed itself to) is a decent chunk of the ridership.  Of course, the small village of Greenwood ended up renaming itself to Elwyn. Elwyn at this point was still rural, a small village built around the school and the station.  Th...
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Station Review #180: Bristol (SEPTA)

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Bristol is a station along Beaver Street in Bristol, PA. This station has service from the Trenton Line, and is a zone 4 station.  History Old station The first Bristol station was built in 1834 as part of the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad, and was left until 1911, long after this railroad was absorbed into the Pennsylvania Railroad. This was demolished due to the tracks in the area being realigned and elevated. The second station, shown above, was built around then. Sometime around the late 1970s, the station was rebuilt and the old depot was sold off. Currently the depot is a daycare, though it once was a bagel shop.    Around 2022, SEPTA fenced off parts of the station due to the station beginning to crumble. The rebuilding of Bristol station is planned but currently in political limbo due to the Pennsylvania public transit funding crisis.  Tour Staircase This station has a lot of stairs, and no elevators or ramps.  Platform  ...
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Station Review #179: Glenview (Amtrak/Metra)

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Glenview is a station along the Chicago and Milwaukee Subdivision, located in Glenview, IL. The station is served by Amtrak and Metra trains. Glenview is a zone 3 station.  History The tracks through Glenview were laid down in 1871, to help rebuild Chicago. A station was added for the small village of Glenview not long after. This station was kept until the 1950s, when it was replaced. The current station replaced that station in 1995.  Service used to run on this from the Milwaukee Road, on its local commuter service between Milwaukee and Chicago. Service also once was ran by Amtrak on its Lake Country Limited, a train that was ran from Chicago Union station to Janesville. The Lake Country Limited only ran from April 15th, 2000 to September 23rd, 2001.  Services Multiple trains run here:  Amtrak: Borealis: This train runs from Chicago Union station to St. Paul-Minneapolis station. This runs one round trip a day, though a second round trip is ...
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Station Review #178: Radnor (SEPTA)

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Radnor is a station on SEPTA's Paoli-Thorndale Line. The station is  located on King of Prussia Road in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania. Radnor station is a zone three station. This is not to be confused with the other Radnor station, on the M line.  History Photo from 1856 Radnor station was originally built sometime between 1837 and 1851 by the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, possibly as a in-fill station? At the time, the station was named Morgan's Corner. The station was renamed in the 1860s, before then being rebuilt. It's likely the station was rebuilt again at some point later on to elevate the station. It clearly hasn't been rebuilt since otherwise.    At some point around the 1980s to 1990s, mini highs were added.   Tour Train at the platform Radnor station has a low platform. Considering the curve in the area and the canopy, this station would be difficult to make accessible on its own. There have been plans to rebuild th...
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