Ranya's Ramblings

King Ma- er I mean DeKalb Street is a station on SEPTA's P&W/route 100/Purple Line/Norristown High Speed Line/M line. The station is located on DeKalb Street in Bridgeport, PA, on the border with King of Prussia, in Upper Merion Township.  This station was originally named DeKalb Street, but its name was changed to King Manor, but in sometime around 2007 or so was renamed again to DeKalb Street.  Tour The station itself Much of the station itself is pretty standard for the M. This also means that the station is inaccessible despite having full level boarding. Making this station accessible would be very simple, there just need to be two new ramps to the station, alas that has not happened yet. What a sad bench Platforms, looking north towards Norristown  The northbound platform The other side of the southbound platform Train Map of the line itself Parking Consid...

49th Street is a station on SEPTA's Media/Wawa line. The station is located at 49th and Chester in Philadelphia's Kingsessing neighborhood. 49th Street is a Zone 1 station.  History The old 49th Street station  It's relatively unknown when there started being a train station in the location where 49th Street station is today. The station was known to have existed by 1886, and the line it was on started construction in 1852. The station did not originally exist at the time and most likely was added as an infill station in the 1860s or 1870s.  Any old station house in the area was most likely demolished in the 1950s-1960s, replaced by a few small shelters. Years later, some ramps and mini-high platforms were added to make the station accessible. Not much else has changed since then. Tour Path to the station  The shelter for the outbound platform For some reason, the shelter at the outbound platform is very far away from t...

Note: the signage in these photos may be outdated by the time this post releases.  Providence Road is a station on SEPTA's D1 line. The station is located on Providence Road in Media, PA, on the border with Nether Providence Township.  Tour Some benches and potted plants A map of Media itself Platform and shelter Bench inside station shelter Parking? Providence Road is one of the few D1 stations that has built in parking. I'm not sure it's needed at all. There was one car parked there when I visited.  The trolley arriving at Providence Road station Bus Connections View towards Baltimore Pike Providence Road   station has one bus connection:  110: Penn State Brandywine to 69th Street Transportation Center This bus is nearby, running along Baltimore Pike in the area. and mostly paralells the D1, even though it does link to other areas that the D1 does not, as well as ...

North Hills is a station on SEPTA's Lansdale-Doylestown Line. The station is located at North Hills Avenue in the unincorporated town of North Hills, PA, located in Abington Township.  History North Hills was originally named Edge Hill and established in 1855. The name Edge Hill came from Edge Hill Road, a nearby road and hill. The station had no building until 1871. The station was meant to serve the village of Edge Hill, just north of Glenside.  In 1907, a group of golfers formed the Edge Hill County Club, which they renamed to the North Hills Country Club one year later. This country club was a destination for many of the richest people in the Philadelphia area. The village of Edge Hill started to be called North Hills for this reason.  In 1923, the station was first renamed to North Glenside due to Glenside itself having grown northwards, and then renamed again in 1931 to North Hills. The Reading Railroad then replaced the bridge and old statio...