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Station Review #118: Wallingford (SEPTA)

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Wallingford is a station on SEPTA's Media-Wawa line. The station is located at Possom Hollow and Kershaw Roads in Wallingford, PA. Wallingford is an unincorporated town within Nether Providence Township, PA.  History Wallingford was established sometime in the 1700s, originally as a farming community along the Great Providence Road.  This station was originally built in 1854 or so on the Media extension of the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, which was later subsumed into the Pennsylvania Railroad. The first station was along a siding. This station caused an influx of money to come into the area, and for Nether Providence Township to become a getaway community for the rich.  The station building we have now was built during that era, in 1890. No, the station was not designed by Frank Furness. Part of Wallingford station was also the post office. On May 13th, 1969, the new post office was opened, and Wallingford station's waiting room went ba...