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Station Review #21: Bridesburg (SEPTA)

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Bridesburg is a train station located in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, immediately outside of Bridesburg. Bridesburg station is located along the Trenton line, where it intersects with Bridge Street and Aramingo/Harbison avenues, and the second closest station to Torresdale avenue (the closest would have been the now closed Frankford station that I believe was much closer to Adams avenue).  History I could not find a single historical picture of the station online. There is very little known about Bridesburg station's history. From what is known, a padt version of Bridesburg station was originally built in 1883, before being replaced by another station in 1892. In 1896, that was replaced with a shelter type station. As far as I know, that's this station.  Description  There is not much at Bridesburg station. The entire station consists of two shelters off the side of a bridge. That's it, that's all there is at Bridesburg...

Station Review #20: Torresdale (SEPTA)

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Torresdale Station is a station on SEPTA's Trenton line, located in the Torresdale neighborhood of Philadelphia, very close to the Poquessing Creek, the northeastern border of the city.  Station Tour Station building seen from Trenton side Torresdale station is a very insubstantial station. On the Center City side you have a station building, and on the Trenton side, you have a shelter or two.  The shelter on the Trenton side Inside, the building is exactly how you'd expect it to look. There are green benches arranged in rows, bathrooms to the side, an area where you can grab timestables, boards for notices and schedules, a bathroom, and a sales office area.  Bench Timestable Notices and schedule boards There is not much else there. Torresdale Station has two parking lots, but neither are that big in terms of parking lots (you could probably fit the entire plot of land that this station is on within t...