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Cornwells Heights (pronounced and often misspelled as "Cornwell Heights") is a train station along the Northeast Corridor. The station is located at 700 Station Avenue in Cornwells Heights, PA, a CDP located within Bensalem, PA.  The station is mainly served by SEPTA's Trenton line. Despite this, three trips of Amtrak's Keystone Service stop at the station every day: 640 (7:02 AM), 649 (3:51 PM), and 655 (7:40 PM). Cornwells Heights is currently the least used Amtrak station in the state of Pennsylvania.  From Station Avenue to the edge of the park and ride, this station is about half a mile long.  History Despite how it is today, Cornwells Heights was not nearly as important as it is now for much of its existence. The first known iteration of Cornwells Heights station was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1891. It's unknown if there was any iteration of the station from before that year, and was only rebuilt by the PRR or not. This is ...

Gregg Street Loop is a bus loop operated by SEPTA. The loop is located very close to the intersection of Frankford Avenue and Linden Avenue in the Torresdale neighborhood of Philadelphia. Services One of the two bus stop signs at the bus loop There are three bus services that stop at Gregg Street Loop, these include:  Route 66: Frankford Transportation Center to City Line Loop via Frankford Avenue. Some trips end at Gregg Street Loop instead of going all the way to City Line Loop .  Route 70: Fern Rock Transportation Center to Torresdale-Cottman or Gregg Street Loops via Cottman Avenue. Some trips continue past Torresdale-Cottman Loop to Gregg Street Loop via Torresdale Avenue and State Road, linking the 70 to Upper Holmesburg.  Route 88: Gregg Street Loop to Frankford Transportation Center via Rowland Avenue. This bus was extended from Pennypack Woods to Gregg St. Loop sometime around 2018 or so.  Bus Connections Additionally, Routes 19 (Fr...