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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...

Ardsley is a station on SEPTA's Warminister Line, located in the Ardsley neighborhood of Abington, PA. Ardsley is the first station along the Warminister Line after it branches off of SEPTA's Reading Main Line at Glenside. History Ardsley station in the 1960s or so It's unknown when exactly Ardsley station was built, though construction on the line it is along, the railway to New Hope, was first started in 1872 and finished in 1873. On can easily surmise that the station itself was most likely first built some time around then. At that time, the North Pennsylvania Railroad built a branch to Hartsville (later Ivyland), which then got taken over by the Reading Railroad with the rest of the North Pennsylvania Railroad, and later extended to New Hope. Afterwards, Ardsley was along the portions of the line that had electrified service, which is why the station still has regular passenger service at all.  Throughout the years, Ardsley station still stood. ...

Glenside is a station serving multiple SEPTA Regional Rail lines, located at Easton Road and Glenside Avenue in Glenside, PA.  History Glenside station was built in 1873 by the North Pennsylvania Railroad, one of the few original NPRR station houses to remain to this day. Just six years later, the NPRR was bought by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, the predecessor to the Reading Railroad. Glenside station was originally named Abington station, and was renamed sometime later to Glenside.  In 2000, a café opened in the station building called Elcy's Café.  Routes that Serve Glenside Station  There are four Regional Rail routes that go to Glenside station, these are:  Airport Line: These trains go to Center City via the SEPTA Main line, before then going to Philadelphia International Airport. Oftentimes, these are combined with Warminister Line trains.  Glenside Combined Line: These trains usually just go from 30th Stre...

Crestmont is a station on SEPTA's Warminister Line. The station is located at Rubicam Avenue in the Crestmont neighborhood of Abington, PA. Crestmont station is one of a few flag stops in the SEPTA network, with only a few trains a day making actual scheduled stops at Crestmont station.   History Crestmont station was most likely built by the North Pennsylvania railroad along with the rest of the line to Hartsville sometime between 1872 and 1873. The old station in the image shown above was most likely a second iteration of the station built to replace the original station by the Reading Railroad. Sometime much later (most likely in the early 2000s), the old shelter was replaced by a newer shelter and platform that is more accessible.  Tour The entire station from a distance Considering this is the Warminister line we're talking about, yeah you probably should look both ways before crossing Crestmont station is a small stati...