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Station Review #120: Wayne (SEPTA)

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Wayne is a station on SEPTA's Paoli-Thorndale line. The station is located at Station Road and Wayne Avenue in Wayne, PA. Wayne is a village located within Radnor Township, along Lancaster Avenue. Many people unfamiliar with the area tend to get Wayne and Wayne Junction stations mixed up. These are two different stations, though it is possible to get a one seat ride between both some times of the day.  Tour Comet car #2401, part of a Bomber train   Wayne is fully accessible, one of the best stations on the Paoli-Thorndale line for this reason alone .   Outbound platform Original platforms   Wayne is one of those stations where   it clearly was rebuilt, but the old station was historically significant enough to the town, so it remained.  Canopy Old outbound platform next to the new one   This two platform design is cool because it gives two extra emergency platforms, essential...

Station Review #119: Beverly/Edgewater Park (NJT)

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Beverly/Edgewater Park is a station on the River Line located in Beverly, New Jersey.  Tour River line train going north This is just an average River Line station, most of these are fairly similar and are just copy-pasted everywhere along the line.  Trash bin and pillar of shelter The platform as a whole Bench Telephone box?  These telephone boxes are especially unique, but ubiquitous along this line.  Rest of platform Station from behind Parking lot near the station Informational plaque about the history of railroad crossings Bus Connections There are two bus Connections at Beverly, both operated by BurLink, these are:   BurLink B1 - Beverly/Pemberton: This is a long haul bus route that goes via Willingboro and Mount Holly, as well as Pemberton and Browns Mills to the small village of Country Lakes, where it is the only transit av...

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...

Station Review #117: Grayland (Metra)

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Grayland is a station on Metra's MD-N line. The station is located at Milwaukee Avenue and Kilbourn Avenue in the Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago.  History Grayland station in 2009 Grayland was originally built in 1873, as a concession from John Gray to the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad to stop at the subdivision he made from his farm named Grayland  so long as he gave them the land and depot he built himself. A town grew from this named Grayland, which then got annexed into Chicago in the 1880s.  Sometime later, the station was rebuilt and downgraded to two shelters to facilitate a grade separation project. Far into the future, this station was closed in 2021 to be rebuilt and a temporary station was built, which isn't all that different.  Tour Metra EMD SD70MACH leaving Greyland Station, going towards Union Station Grayland is a dreary station. There is absolutely little to nothing good about this station whatsoever.  ...