Ranya's Ramblings

Tacony Station is a train station on SEPTA's Trenton Line, located in the Tacony neighborhood of Lower Northeast Philadelphia. The station is located next to Disston Park, while also being sandwiched next to a highway as well. History Old picture of the old Tacony Station building  Tacony station has a long and storied history. At first, Tacony sprung up as a town on the Delaware river, fueled by its importance to transportation in the area. You see, Tacony station existed as the end of the line for the southbound version of the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad, which was banned from going towards Kensington and ultimately Philadelphia. Thus, they created a ferry wharf very close to the station for ferries to Walnut Street dock in Philadelphia. This arrangement existed for about 40-50 years. During this time, Tacony was a major transportation hub. Sometime in the 1870s, the Philadelphia and Trenton railroad was bought by the Pennsylvania Railroad.  it was d

Race - Vine is a station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line, possibly one of the most overbuilt ones on the line.  Tour Aver age station on the BSL  Race - Vine looks like every other station on the BSL that has express service, at least at the platform. It has everything: benches, trashbins, etc.  Things get more interesting once you get to the mezzanine: The Mezzanine  An Old "Train Arriving" Sign There's no sign for express, and othe other end doesn't have signs at all Yeah... This station has maps and information about nearby buses It's too bad almost all of it is old and outdated And the city bus map, too And the little details are pretty cool too, like the painted on words here:  Once you go outside up the stairs, you see the head houses, or the staircase. Really pretty head house