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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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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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