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Point Pleasant Beach is a NJT station along the North Jersey Coast Line in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ. The station is located along Hawthorne Avenue, which is the northern side of NJ-35.  History   Point Pleasant was first built sometime around 1880-1881 as part of an extension of the New York and Long Branch Railroad south to Bay Head from the now non-existent Sea Girt station. The station was rebuilt in 1903, with the original station depot to the north. This original depot was used for multiple purposes and finally demolished sometime around 2023.    The 20th century was a time of many changes at Point Pleasant. On April 28th, 1957, the station was renamed from Point Pleasant to Point Pleasant Beach. In 1987, the second depot was burned down in a controlled fire after being condemned. For almost a decade, the depot was replaced by a trailer, The new ADA compliant station started construction in 1994, and was finished by 1996.    Sometime a...

Albany-Rensselaer is an Amtrak station located on East Street in the city of Rensselaer, New York, though made to serve the nearby city of Albany.  Services The station serves these routes: Amtrak:  • Adirondack: Montreal - NYC via Plattsburgh. 1 train per day per direction •  Berkshire Flyer - NYC to Pittsfield, MA. This is a seasonal train, only operating once every few days, and on weekends only.  • Empire Service: NYC - Albany/Rensselaer - Niagara Falls. Eight trains run to NYC from Rensselaer, five from NYC to Rensselaer, and two all the way from NYC to Niagara Falls.  • Ethan Allen Express: NYC - Burlington (VT) via Albany/Rensselaer. 1 train per day per direction • Lake Shore Limited: This is essentially two trains in one, both with one train per day per direction. This is specifically Chicago - Boston and Chicago - NYC, and both split off at Albany-Rensselaer station.  • Maple Leaf: NYC - Toronto. One train a day per direction. Jointly o...

Parkside Loop is a SEPTA bus loop located at 50th Street in the Parkside neighborhood of West Philadelphia.  Services and Transit Connections There are multiple buses that use this loop:  40 - 2nd-Lombard to Conshohocken-Monument : A few trips a day go to the Parkside Loop, often to short turn. Otherwise, you can catch this bus nearby at Parkside Avenue. Both variants of this bus run about once every 15 minutes 43 - Richmond-Cumberland to Parkside Loop: This bus is a crosstown route that uses Spring Garden Street and Haverford Avenue, among others. The SEPTA Bus Revolution plan will have this bus continue to 69th Street Transit Center in place of the 30, thus removing this connection.  52 - 49th-Woodland to 54th-City/Parkside Loop: This bus acts as a vertical, and goes via 52nd Street north from Kingsessing. Some trips of the 52 go to Parkside Loop, and some continue to City Avenue. A few trips a day also end at the nearby ParkWest Town Center....

Downtown Transit Center is a station along Amtrak's I-41 Thruway bus line in the downtown of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The station is also the main hub for Go Transit, the main transit system of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This is a different Go Transit than the one of Toronto, Ontario.   Very little about the history of this station is known, past that it was rebuilt in 1994, and that an office was built in 2018 or so.  Services Back of the transit center There are many routes that go through here, these include: Amtrak Amtrak runs the I-41 Thruway bus, a bus that goes between Milwaukee and Green Bay via the Fox Cities ran by Lamers Connect and through-ticketed on Amtrak. Two trips a day are ran in a specially branded bus, while one other trip is in a Lamers Connect bus. That makes six trips per direction total. This bus connects to Amtrak at Milwaukee Intermodal and Milwaukee International Airport. Coach USA/Van Galders Though the Van Galders bus company, Coac...