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Station Review #168: Union College (NJT)

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Union College is a bus station ran by NJT that's located at the driveway of Union College of New Jersey, a college in Cranford, NJ.  Services 58 - Elizabeth-Kenilworth:  This bus runs between Union College to Elizabeth via Broad Street and Westfield Avenue. On weekdays, this bus runs anywhere from every 20 minutes at peak times to about every 70 minutes otherwise. This is about as annoying as you'd expect it to be.  59 - Plainfield - Newark:  This bus goes from Harriet Tubman Square in Newark to Dunellen via Elizabeth Avenue, Jersey Avenue, South Avenue, and more. More specifically, the route roughly parallels US-22. Trips to Union College roughly run every 50 minutes on weekdays, save for the 90 minute gap between 12:05 PM and 1:35 PM.  66m - Newark - Springfield - Union College: This is a variant of the 66 bus that runs from Newark Penn to Union College via Springfield, terminating at Union College. This bus sometimes runs with up ...

Station Review #165: 96th Street-2nd av (NYCMTA)

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96th Street is the current terminus station for NYCMTA's 2nd Avenue Subway. This station is mainly served by the Q train, and currently nothing else.  Tour Train Escalator Platforms This station has an island platform, though I'm fairly certain all of the 2nd Avenue subway stations do.  Upper mezzanine I'm not sure why this is needed. When this was finished in 2016, it was hilariously over-budget. This is the definition of hubris, of pointless waste from endless streams of consultants. If the bloat of modern day US transit projects was a place, it'd be here. Area before fare control Bulletins, maps, and such Outside of station    Besides all of this, 96th Street-2nd av is a pleasant station, and it seems to do most things well enough to be usable by those who need it.  Bus Connections There are only three bus connections you can make here that are actually convenient ...

Station Review #164: Newark Transit Hub (DART)

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Newark Transit Hub is an important station serving many DART bus routes in Newark, DE. The station is located between Delaware Avenue and Main Street.  Services These buses go to Newark Transit Hub:  DART 6 - Kirkwood Highway: This bus goes from Wilmington Transit Center to Newark Transit Hub via Kirkwood Highway. This is one of the most used buses in the DART system. The 6 runs every 20 minutes or so for most of the day.  10 - Wilmington-University Plaza-Newark: This bus goes from Wilmington to Newark Train Station via Christiana and many other places. This is by far the slowest of the Newark-Wilmington buses. The 10 runs every 30 minutes to hour or so.  33 - Christiana Mall-Newark: Wilmington Transit Center to Newark Transit Hub via Christiana Mall. This is the fastest of the Wilmington-Newark routes. Ir goes on the highway from Wilmington to Cheistiana Mall, moving to Chestnut Hill Road after. This bus runs about once every 30 minutes or s...

Station Review #161: Gulph Mills (SEPTA)

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Gulph Mills is a station on SEPTA's M Line, located at 925 Trinity Lane. This is within the village of Gulph Mills, PA, a small affluent community in Upper Merion Township, PA. The area was named Gulph Mills due to there being several mills along the nearby Gulph Creek. Multiple points near the area are also tied to the Battle of White Marsh, which happened during the American War of Independence.    Tour It mostly looks like every other larger M station. The only important part is that both platform's shelters look fairly fancy.  Outdated signage This station honestly feels like it came from a different era with how much outdated signage there is.  Working countdown clock Stairs Map Bench inside one of the shelters Ramp This station is fully accessible, with ramps leading to areas outside of the platforms, and full high level platforms.  Bus loop and park...

Station Review #160: Warminster (SEPTA)

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Warminster station is a station located at 100 Station Drive in Warminster, PA. The station is the outbound terminus station for SEPTA's Warminster Line.  History Warminster station used to not exist. Instead it was served by two stations near where it originally was: Bonair and Johnsville. Bonair was at County Line Road while Johnsville was just past Street Road. Both of these were microstations that were originally closed in the 1960s when all diesel portions of the New Hope Line were closed, cutting the line back to Hatboro.    Warminster station was made to replace them in 1974. The methodology was that it was to be a large park and ride station near Street Road. Many people were moving into Warminster Township as it was being developed. These new residents did not know of the villages of Bonair or Johnsville, they just knew the area to be "Warminster", so that's what the new station would be named. In order for this to work, electrification was extend...