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Station Review #189: 35th and Allegheny Loop (SEPTA)

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  35th and Allegheny Loop is a SEPTA bus station located at 35th Street and Allegheny Avenue, in the Allegheny West neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA. The station is served as one of the western termini for the 60 bus. The station was rebuilt as part of the loop rebuilding project SEPTA ran in the 2010s.  Until August 23rd, 2026, this was the main westbound terminal for the 60 bus. With the extension of the 60 bus, there is a chance this loop may be demolished in the future as there isn't much of any other usage for it. SEPTA has considered moving other bus routes to this loop to fill in the extra capacity, but no routes really work well in it.  Tour   Bike racks.  There's a few bike racks here.    Platform.   35th and Allegheny is a small loop. There is only space for one bus at a time in the loop. The way the platform is organized reflects such   Fancy bus shelter.   Here, you get a bus shelter, a bench (hostile architecture), some info...
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Station Review #188: Metropark (Amtrak/NJT)

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Metropark is a station along the Northeast Corridor, located at the rail line's intersection with the Garden State Parkway. The line is served by Amtrak and NJ Transit trains.  Services Car #1340, an Arrow on the 1:48 PM train.   Both Amtrak and NJ Transit trains stop here.    Amtrak   Acela - This is essentially an express service that runs from Boston South Station to DC Union Station. Certain segments of it run at 160 miles per hour, making it a mixed traffic high speed rail route. Most of the time the Acela runs once an hour.  Carolinian - This train runs from New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina via DC, Richmond, and Raleigh. The Carolinan runs one round trip a day.  Crescent -  This train runs from Bew York City to New Orleans via Charlottesville, Charlotte, Atlanta, and Birmingham. Crescent trains run once a day.  Keystone Service -   This train runs from New York City to Harrisburg, PA via Philadelphia. Between Philade...
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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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