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Springfield Mall Transportation Center is an intermodal station located at Baltimore Pike and Sproul Road in Springfield Township, Delaware County, PA.  History Springfield Mall station was built as part of the Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company's Media line, in 1913. For many years, the station was aptly named Sproul Road. Through a series of acquisitions, the line eventually became a part of SEPTA. Around the same time this happened, Springfield Mall opened very close by to the Sproul Road station. For the purposes of boosting ridership and promoting the mall, SEPTA decided to rename Sproul Road to Springfield Mall, a decision that has not been reversed since. Tour Springfield Mall Transportation Center really consists of three parts: The trolley station, the mall, and the bus bays.  The Trolley Station There's not much to this station, it's your average SEPTA suburban trolley station. There is a singular bench i...

Avon Road is a station on SEPTA's 101 and 102 trolley lines (D lines). This station is at the intersection of the combined 101/102 section and Avon Road, in Upper Darby, PA, hence the name.  Like every other trolley station, this station is completely inaccessible, disabled people cannot easily get on the trolleys as they're high-floor and designed with steps. However, even if one was using low-floor trolleys that could bridge the gap between the station and the trolley, this station would still be inaccessible due to its staggered design and traffic flow issues. Tour 102 Trolley at Avon Road There is very little at this station. It's just two shelters, two platforms, and a few signs. All of the amenities of each shelter are at the very end of the shelter, as if it wasn't inaccessible enough otherwise.  Platform Old shelter There used to be a shelter much like the other older 101/102 shelters, but it seems to have been clo...