Ranya's Ramblings

Southampton is a bus stop on the SEPTA Boulevard Direct bus line, located at Roosevelt Boulevard and Southampton Road in the Byberry neighborhood of Philadelphia.  Tour This is basically a standard bus stop with "Southampton" plastered on it. There is very little that distinguishes this from every other bus stop ever.  Rubbage Bins Bench Sign advertising the Boulevard Direct On the other side of Roosevelt Boulevard, it's the exact same story, except with more areas to walk to and from.  Bus Connections At Southampton Road, you can connect to these routes: 1: 54th-City to Parx Casino 14: Frankford Transportation Center to Neshaminy or Oxford Valley Malls 84: Frankford Transportation Center to Philadelphia Mills or Bustleton-County Line via State Road and Southampton Road Points of Interest in Byberry There are a couple interesting things in Byberry to visit, these include: The remains of B

Chestnut Hill East is the terminus station on SEPTA's Chestnut Hill East line, located along Bethlehem Pike in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill neighborhood. History   Chestnut Hill East was built as the terminus for the Chestnut Hill Railroad,  which itself was leased by the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown railroad in 1854. The Chestnut Hill branch was extended 4 miles (6.4 km) from the Germantown Branch (which ironically enough later on was demolished). Chestnut Hill was the terminus station for this branch.  The Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown became the Reading Company in 1870 and thus so did the line. Not long afterwards, the original building shown above was demolished and another building, this one made of stone instead of brick, was built in its place. This arrangement lasted six decades. In 1932, the Reading Railroad decided to finally electrify and grade-separate all of the Chestnut Hill East branch. Doing so required all of the st

34th Street is a station on SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line located at 34th Street and Market Street in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA.  Tour The station from outside 34th Street is one of the stations on the underground portion of the L, which are all known for having very old parts. You can see its roots in the Paris solution entrance, which all used the same general types of weird metal fencing also used in places like NYC. This is the entrance near the 34th Street Wawa.  Stairs The stairs lead to the station itself, nothing special here. There are no other ways in besides these stairs. 34th Street is one of three stations on the line that are still inaccessible, the other two being 11th and Spring Garden.  I go in and am immediately greeted by this sight: Already, this feels incredibly dated.  Old signboard This is an old signboard that was just left there for decades, most likely.  Bus