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Station Review #193: Broadway/Walter Rand Transportation Center (NJT/PATCO)

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Broadway Station, also known as Walter Rand Transportation Center (which it will be called for the rest of this blog post) is an intermodal, interagency, station located on Broadway and Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard in Camden, New Jersey. Broadway is the name used by PATCO and Walter Rand Transportation Center is used by everyone else.  History Broadway Station in 1968 Broadway was originally a station created by the Camden and Atlantic Railroad in the 1860s or so. Information about the station from this point in time is very scarce. Eventually, this railroad and many others become parts of the Pennsylvania Railroad's West Jersey and Seashore Railroad subsidiary. in 1933, this station  became a station of PRSL, the main station for Camden commuter and intercity services. At the height of commuter rail, services operated to Atlantic City, Bay Head, Bridgeton, Cape May, Carney's Point, Millville, Quinton, Salem, Wildwood, Winslow Junction, and many oth...
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Station Review #192: Fernwood-Yeadon (SEPTA)

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Fernwood-Yeadon is a SEPTA station located along Church Lane in Yeadon, Pennsylvania. The station is served by the Media/Wawa Line, and is a Zone 2 station.  Tour Platform Fernwood-Yeadon is a small, minimalistic station. Even without the snow everywhere there just isn't that much there.  Shelter There is a shelter, but only one. The outbound side has absolutely nothing Inside the shelter Horrific stair structure Crossing Train Fernwood-Yeadon is a bad station but has absolutely nothing to write home about, which is exactly part of what makes it so bad. Bus Connections There are two bus routes that stop near Fernwood-Yeadon station:  68 - Broad-Oregon/UPS to 69th Street Transit Center: This bus runs between 69th Street TC and South Philadelphia. More importantly however, the 68 runs between both terminals and the UPS center. The 68 is essentially two buses stitched together, and this Frankenstein combination of a bus runs hourly. This b...
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Station Review #191: Hamilton Avenue (NJT)

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Hamilton Avenue is a station on NJT's River Line, located along Hamilton Avenue in Trenton's Chambersburg neighborhood.  Tour River Line train   Hamilton Avenue station is a normal station on the River Line.    Bench The platforms This station has two tracks and thus, two platforms Map TVM and fare machine The end of the platform Bus Connections Crossing with bus stop NJT:   409 - Trenton Transit Center to Center City Philadelphia:   This bus runs from Philadelphia to Trenton via US-130. Buses run about once an hour. 601 - The College of New Jersey to Hamilton Marketplace:   This bus runs from The College of New Jersey in Ewing to Hamilton Marketplace via Trenton. Buses run about once an hour.  603 - Quaker Bridge Mall to Hamilton Marketplace:  This bus runs from Hamilton marketplace to Quaker Bridge Mall via Trenton. Buses run once every hour. 609 - NJDOT to Qu...
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Station Review #190: Convention Center (MDTA)

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Convention Center is a station on MTA Maryland (MDTA)'s Baltimore Light Rail Link line. The station is located at the rail line's intersection with Pratt Street, itself very close to Pratt and Howard Streets. Almost all Light RailLink services serve the station.  Tour This station is pretty much the average tram station. There's not all that much to it of any important note.    Bench Southbound platform Northbound platform Northbound bench Bus Connections One of the things Convention Center does well is bus connections. These buses stop at the station: 54 - State Center to Hillendale or Carney:  This bus runs along Harford Road about once every 30 minutes.  76 - CCBC to Downtown: This bus runs via Wilkins Avenue to the southwest to Community College of Baltimore County. The 76 runs an alternating schedule of a bus every 15 and every 30 minutes.   91 - Mondawmin to Sinai Hosp...
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