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Highland Avenue is a station on SEPTA's Wilmington - Newark Line, located on Highland Avenue in Chester, PA, very close to Trainer, PA.  History Aerial view of Highland Avenue station from 1940 Very little is known about the history of Highland Avenue station. What is known is that it existed by the late 1800s as an infill station. Highland Avenue station had two platforms, both with shelters, and a station house that you could get tickets from.  By the 1950s, almost everything was removed due to budget cuts. All that remained was a shelter on one of the platforms, which was subsequently modernized in the 1990s or so. The station has not changed at all since. Tour Uhhhh... Highland Avenue is a station that only the first two cars can reach, as the platforms are too short for more than the first two cars. This is very annoying for anyone who wants to get off at the station, as it is very hard to do so due to this.  Compared to everything below, th

West Baltimore is a station on MARC's Penn Line, located in the Southwest Baltimore section of the city of Baltimore, in the Midtown Edmonson neighborhood.  History Old building of Edmonson station Before West Baltimore station was even an idea, there was the B&P Railroad, which was operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad. They operated two stations, Lafayette and Calverton. The Pennsylvania Railroad also operated a service from Washington DC to Harrisburg, via York and Baltimore. This required trains to operate in reverse, especially when going towards DC from Baltimore.  To solve this, the PRR decided to replace Lafayette and Calverton stations with one station in-between both named Edmonson in 1916. A wye was to be built at Edmonson station, it was supposed to be similar in spirit to a transfer station to a station like North Philadelphia. The station was built, but the wye was never completed because World War 1 happened. Edmonson was never the transfe