Ranya's Ramblings

Thorndale is a station on SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale line, in fact it's the western terminus. The station is located along US-30 in the village of Thorndale, itself in Caln Township, PA.  Tour Train at Thorndale Thorndale station is on a hill, meaning that there are stairs and a ramp to it, shown below.  Both sides look about the same, they both have a ramp, and stairs and both have the same exact station shelters. Side of one of the station buildings On the inside of each shelter, there are three benches, and not much else.  Outside the shelters, there are also benches, as shown below Behind that, there is a giant parking sea for the station. I doubt you need this much parking for a station as small as this in a town as small as Thorndale. Why is there this much parking? This amount is expected for a large plaza, not for a train station!  Seriously? Gallery  ...

A plaque near the front door Eltingville Transit Center is a bus station in Staten Island, for service on MTA buses throughout the island. The bus station is located in the aforementioned Eltingville neighborhood of Staten Island. This station is a park-and-ride station, One of five total in New York City.  Tour The transit center itself Eltingville Transit center is surrounded by a fortress of hard-to-cross roads. There are very few good things about this station's location. In fact, the only one I can think of is that this station is near a diner with dolphins. Seriously, that's it. Dolphins Unfortunately, this is not at the station itself. Bus Lot In the front of the building, there's a lot, for buses to wait, and some bus berths. Despite these bus berths being labeled with what bus routes go to them, the buses will sometimes stop at random locations, so please be warned of this.  There's a building in the m...

Sign on the side of the shelter North Philadelphia Main is a station serving both as an Amtrak train station on Amtrak's Keystone Service and as a SEPTA train station on the Trenton Line. This station is the most built out and most used station in the North Philadelphia Station Complex aside from North Philadelphia BSL station. The station is located on a large lot between Broad Street and 16th, just south of Indiana Avenue. Until 2022, this station held the award for being the least-used Amtrak station in Pennsylvania, though now that award goes to Cornwell Heights. This is unsurprising considering the sheer amount of decay and neglect this station has faced over the last few decades. I'll show you what I mean about that in a moment, but first, a very depressing history lesson. Services Southbound platform view This station has two services that stop here:  Amtrak: Five Keystone Service trains stop here, Four southbound and one northbound. This service ...