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Station Review #106: Moorestown Mall (NJT)

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Moorestown Mall is a bus station at Moorestown Mall in Moorestown, New Jersey.  Services These services run to or through it:  • 317: Philadelphia (6th and Vine) to Asbury Park • 407: Walter Rand Transportation Center to Moorestown Mall • 413: Walter Rand Transportation Center to Florence • 414: 30th Street Station to Moorestown Mall (LIMITED) • 418: Walter Rand Transportation Center to Trenton (LIMITED) • 457: Walter Rand Transportation Center to Moorestown Mall via Haddonfield Tour Shelters Moorestown Mall is an average bus station. There's nothing of note to see here. There are three bus shelters here.  Bench The shelters have benches. There are trash cans. Nothing revolutionary here.  Bike  r ack There are ramps and a bike rack. This is often not the case at a lot of mall bus stations, so this is actually a pleasant surprise The station from a distance Points of Interest near Moorestown ...

Station Review #105: Rosemont (SEPTA)

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Rosemont is a station on SEPTA's Paoli - Thorndale line, located on Airdale Road in Rosemont, PA. Rosemont, PA itself is a CDP almost entirely within Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County. History  Old postcard of the old station building In 1863, the Pennsylvania Railroad built a station in Lower Merion Township. The station was built on the property of Peter Pechin, and named after his manor Rosemont .  In 1892 the station was rebuilt. It was rebuilt again in 1983 to facilitate renting out most of the depot building to a real estate broker.  Tour   As mentioned above, the majority of the station is rented by a real estate office.    The station building from the platform The northbound platform  A train from the southbound platform As one can easily tell, Rosemont station is not accessible at all whatsoever.  The waiting room The waiting room at Rosemont is small, ba...

Station Review #104: Port Jervis (NJT/MNRR)

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Port Jervis is a station on MNRR's/NJT's Port Jervis Line. The station is located at 100 Pike Street in Port Jervis, New York, along US-209.  History The old station Port Jervis Station was created as part of the New York and Erie Railroad, on its Delaware branch. It was built in 1847, and served passengers going between Hoboken (NYC) and Binghamton. Despite this, some trips going as far west as Chicago stopped here.  As train travel in the US declined, so too did Port Jervis station. Eventually, there was only a commuter service between the town itself and Hoboken, which would be operated by the Metro North Railroad. In 1974, MNRR chose to abandon the old station and build a new station nearby.  The station the MNRR built, pictured in 2015 In 2021, this station was completely remodeled to become the station of today. This gave Port Jervis station a full high level platform, making it fully accessible.  Tour The entire ...

Station Review #103: Ardmore Junction (SEPTA)

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Ardmore Junction is a station on SEPTA's M. The station is located on Hathaway Lane and Haverford Road in Ardmore. Or more specifically, the station is located where the M intersects with the Ardmore busway. This station serves both the M and the 103 bus.  History  Ardmore Junction was built in 1907 by the Philadelphia and Western Railroad, an interurban company that tried to make a line from Philadelphia to York but failed. This station was built at the junction of the P&W line and the Ardmore and Llanerch Street Railway. The A&L was later bought by Red Arrow, as was the P&W. Not super long afterwards in 1966, the Ardmore route was bustituted. The ardmore trolley almost wasn't bustituted, all that would have prevented that was if Red Arrow had two more trolleys to use. Red Arrow tried buying two more trolleys, but they had doors on the wrong side.  Much of the original route from Havertown to Ardmore was paved over and turned into a bu...