Ranya's Ramblings

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...

Coatesville (COT) is an Amtrak train station located in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, with service from Amtrak's Keystone Service line. Coatesville is a real gem, one of the best stati- oh why should I sugarcoat the truth or lie? Coatesville is absolutely horrible . This is possibly one of the worst stations I have ever reviewed. It's up there with beauties such as Eddington and North Broad .  History Postcard from 1920 But first, a history lesson. Coatesville started out in the 1830s, a station on the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, which later became the PRR. This was on the line called the "Main Line" by the PRR. The building was built in 1868, and now lays disused. The history of this station goes on the same as the line itself, for a long while. Even as the car became more popular, COT still was doing well as a station as Coatesville as a whole was a city anchored on steel, something that employed the city well since the late 1700s. Ove...