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Allegheny is a station on SEPTA's Market Frankford Line/L, located at Kensington Avenue and Allegheny Avenue in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA. This station is not to be confused with Allegheny station on the Broad Street Line/B or Allegheny station on the Manayunk-Norristown line.  History Allegheny Station was originally part of the Frankford Elevated line, a line created by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT). This opened for service on November 5th, 1922, and it ran from Bridge-Pratt Station to 2nd Street station, completely elevated. At some point, these two lines were merged together in the early 1940s.  In between 1988 and 2003, Allegheny Station was rebuilt as part of the rebuilding of the entire Frankford Elevated. Due to this, Allegheny station is now accessible.  Over the past few years, Kensington Avenue as a whole has gotten a reputation for being a hub for the Delaware Valley drug market, with people coming from as fa

Bells Corner Loop is a bus loop in the Bells Corner neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia. The bus loop exists as a turnback point for the 59 bus.  History The 59 was inagurated as a trolley route in November of 1922, ran by the PRT from Arrott Transportation Center to Bustleton and Lott Streets. Bells Corner was built as a turnback loop for short turns.  Old post card photo of the first trolley in Bustleton, taken at the present day location of the Kelly's Seafood restaurant.  The old 59 trolley ran the same route as the present day 59, but instead would continue up Bustleton avenue (including what is now present day "Old" Bustleton Avenue) and then up Welsh road, before going back onto Bustleton avenue and ending in the middle of the road at Lott street. The old 59 had two turnback looks  This arrangement worked pretty well until the late 40s, when the PTC (successor to the PRT) wanted to run PCCs. PCCs are not double sided, and Bust

Southampton is a bus stop on the SEPTA Boulevard Direct bus line, located at Roosevelt Boulevard and Southampton Road in the Byberry neighborhood of Philadelphia.  Tour This is basically a standard bus stop with "Southampton" plastered on it. There is very little that distinguishes this from every other bus stop ever.  Rubbage Bins Bench Sign advertising the Boulevard Direct On the other side of Roosevelt Boulevard, it's the exact same story, except with more areas to walk to and from.  Bus Connections At Southampton Road, you can connect to these routes: 1: 54th-City to Parx Casino 14: Frankford Transportation Center to Neshaminy or Oxford Valley Malls 84: Frankford Transportation Center to Philadelphia Mills or Bustleton-County Line via State Road and Southampton Road Points of Interest in Byberry There are a couple interesting things in Byberry to visit, these include: The remains of B