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Atlantic City is the eastern terminus station of NJT's Atlantic City line, located in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  History The old Atlantic City Union Station  Atlantic City used to originally have competing lines from the Reading and Pennsylvania railroads for a long while. This changed in the 1930s, though and both merged their South Jersey assets to form the PRSL. In 1934, Atlantic City Union Station was built, and with the building of this station was the creation of an icon. It was located at Arctic and Arkansas avenues, and was incredibly important for the well-being of the city. Unfortunately, Atlantic City Union Station lost train service in 1964, which had been removed in the creation of the Atlantic City Expressway. Atlantic City Union Station kept being used for bus service until 1997 when it was completely torn down and replaced by an outlet mall called The Walk. A new bus station was built nearby at Atlantic Avenue and Ohio Avenue called Atl...

Overbrook is a station on SEPTA's Paoli - Thorndale line, located in the Overbrook Farms subsection of the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA.  History Overbrook station sometime around the 1970s Overbrook station was built in 1858 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, so named as it was built near a bridge for a now non-existent brook. It was built Over a Brook. Over-Brook. Overbrook. Thus, the entire neighborhood surrounding the station was named Overbrook after the station.  The station has not changed much at all since it was created.  Tour Station House I wonder how many forests worth of trees were felled and chopped down to make this station. Anything that could be made out of wood, is. The sheer amount of wood used here aside, the architectural style of this station is in line with architectural styles commonly used by the PRR for older train station buildings, like  Coatesville , among other similar stations.  ...

Noble is a station on SEPTA's West Trenton line, located in the small village of Noble, Pennsylvania, itself located in Abington Township, Pennsylvania.  History Photo of Noble immediately after being built Noble was built by the North Penn Railroad in 1889. Immediately after being built, the station was inaugurated by US President Benjamin Harrison.  In 1901, the Reading Railroad took over the West Trenton Line and tore down many of North Penn's stations, building new ones based on the standard Reading Railroad station template.  The main station house was used as a waiting room until 2001 or so, and now is abandoned. Tour Silverliner IV at the northbound platform of Noble Station Despite the fact that Noble station seems the type of station to have a lot going on, that could not be further from the truth.  Silverliner V at Noble Station On the southbound end of the station is the station house, which currently sits di...