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Station Review #187: Newark, DE (Amtrak/SEPTA)

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Newark is a station on the Northeast Corridor rail line located at the rail line's intersection with S College Avenue in Newark, Delaware. Newark station is the terminus for the SEPTA Wilmington-Newark Line.  History The old station building, now a museum. In 1877, the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road built the old Newark, DE station. This station served as the station for Newark service along the Northeast Corridor for over a century afterwards. Newark has been part of SEPTA's network since 1989, when the Wilmington line was restored to its past length and then extended. In 2018, the station was rebuilt, but the platforms were not. Services Newark currently has two main rail services that stop at the station. One of these is the Amtrak Northeast Regional, of which the variants 84, 87, 120, 124, 134, 152, 156, 184, 187, and 193 all stop at Newark. Despite all of these variants, Newark still usually only gets 2-4 trains per da...
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Station Review #186: Inverness Drive Park and Ride (NJT)

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Inverness Drive Park and Ride is a park and ride station located at the intersection of US Route 9 and Inverness Drive in Old Bridge, New Jersey. The station is part of the Route 9 corridor.    Services   These buses go to Inverness Park and Ride: 64 - Lakewood to Lincoln Harbor via Route 9. This runs every 30 minutes, peak only. 67 - Toms River Park and Ride to Newark via Route 9 and Hooper Avenue. This bus runs every 135 minutes.  139 - Port Authority Bus Terminal to Lakewood via Route 9. This bus runs every 15 minutes or so, but at peak times can run as frequently as every 90 seconds.  Academy Bus Route 9 -  This is an Academy Bus version of the 139 that runs at peak only every 19 minutes. Tour The entire station. There really isn't all that much at Inverness Drive Park and Ride. All you get is a parking lot, shelter, and a space to pay for your parking.  The parking lot.   Usually, the parking lot at Inverness Drive is almost empty.  Park...
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Station Review #185: Parkesburg (Amtrak)

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Parkesburg is an Amtrak stationl located at Maple and Culvert streets in the Borough of Parkesburg, PA History This station was first opened long ago, possibly in the 1830s/1840s, as an infill station that was originally used as a repair point. This station was eventually demolished and replaced by a newer station in 1897. This newer structure was then abandoned and replaced by another structure, which is the current station.  Built in 1914 was the nearby Parkesburg tower, a signalling tower that caused Parkesburg to gain even more significant importance for the Pennsylvania Railroad, especially as a junction for trains going west to Lancaster or Columbia. This was removed in 1972, along with the line to Columbia. This line is now the Enola Low Grade Trail. In 1984, the station was featured in the movie Witness .  From 1990 to 1996, this was the terminus for SEPTA trains along the Paoli-Thorndale Line, which would run from Philadelphia. This was then pulled back to...
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