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Station Review #168: Union College (NJT)

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Union College is a bus station ran by NJT that's located at the driveway of Union College of New Jersey, a college in Cranford, NJ.  Services 58 - Elizabeth-Kenilworth:  This bus runs between Union College to Elizabeth via Broad Street and Westfield Avenue. On weekdays, this bus runs anywhere from every 20 minutes at peak times to about every 70 minutes otherwise. This is about as annoying as you'd expect it to be.  59 - Plainfield - Newark:  This bus goes from Harriet Tubman Square in Newark to Dunellen via Elizabeth Avenue, Jersey Avenue, South Avenue, and more. More specifically, the route roughly parallels US-22. Trips to Union College roughly run every 50 minutes on weekdays, save for the 90 minute gap between 12:05 PM and 1:35 PM.  66m - Newark - Springfield - Union College: This is a variant of the 66 bus that runs from Newark Penn to Union College via Springfield, terminating at Union College. This bus sometimes runs with up ...

Station Review #167: Lombard-South (SEPTA)

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Lombard-South is a station on SEPTA's Broad Street Subway. The station is located on Broad Street between Lombard and South Streets. This station is only served by B1 trains.  Tour Stairwell into the station  This is mostly an average B line station. In fact, compared to most stations south of Walnut-Locust, I fail to see any important points where this station is much different at all.  Stairs Unfortunately, this station isn't accessible at all. This is similar to many other B line stations, and is hopefully set to change soon.  One way turnstiles This entrance looks unusable from this angle, but that's only an optical illusion thankfully. Mezzanine All stations between Snyder and Race-Vine station have a mezzanine of some form.  Wall with racks for bikes and benches Turnstiles Platform A lot of the South Philadelphia stations have the same platforms. It's an island ...