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Colmar is a station on SEPTA's Lansdale - Doylestown line, located in the village of Colmar in southern Hatfield Township, PA, at the junction of the Lansdale - Doylestown line and Pennsylvania State Route 309.  History Old station building The building was originally built by the North Pennsylvania railroad in 1856 as Line Lexington Station, though the station itself was not in the nearby village of Line Lexington.  The station was renamed in 1871 to Colmar, as was the village of Colmar Sometime around 20 or so years ago, the station was rebuilt.  Tour Train at Colmar station Colmar station is like your average Doylestown Branch station. That is, a shelter on a full - high platform in the middle of nowhere. Most of them except for Lansdale, Link Belt, Delaware Valley University, and Doylestown have the exact same design of shelter. See? Colmar is not much different than most of those stations.  Benches The inside of the s

Delaware Valley University is a station on SEPTA's Lansdale - Doylestown line, located in Farm School, Doylestown Township, PA, immediately outside Doylestown Borough.  History Old station shack wasn't much different This station was built by the Reading Railroad at some point in the late 1890s for National Farm School, and agricultural school. Unsurprisingly, this caused the station to be named Farm School, which caused the town itself to be named Farm School.  National Farm School ended up changing its name a few times, shown in the timeline below 1896: National Farm School - first name 1948: National Agricultural College 1960: Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture 1989: Delaware Valley College  2014: Delaware Valley University - Current Name Naturally, the train station changed names a few times as well to reflect this. While the university was changing names a few times, the train station ended up getting rebuilt some time around 2012 or

Paterson is a NJT commuter rail station in Paterson, the county seat of Passaic County, NJ. Paterson station is on the NJT Main Line, between Clifton and Hawthorne stations.  MNRR's Port Jervis line trains pass through the station as well, but do not stop there Tour/Gallery The station building Paterson is a standard elevated station, much like a station like Wilmington . Much unlike Wilmington, however, this station does not have a large waiting room, nor does it have shops, nor is it very ornate. This station has stairs to the platform, and elevators. Maps on the bottom floor Random plaque Old bus stop Upstairs on the platform, there are a lot more basic amenities, like signs, shelters, more maps, etc. There is also an elevator, as well.  Stairs More stairs Platforms Bench and sign Schedule and Shelter Steel girders underneath Train Bus C

Sign for Somerton Station Somerton Station is a train station on SEPTA's West Trenton Line. This train station is at the intersection of Bustleton Avenue and Philmont avenue in the Somerton neighborhood of Far Northeast Philadelphia.  Tour Station House Somerton is a station with a building, a very old building. The platforms are low but there are mini highs at the station.  Silverliner V train going towards West Trenton at Somerton Station Amenities The station has basic amenities, such as benches, platforms, a crossing light, map, schedule, and newspaper stand Basic amenities  The station also has a ticket office, inside the building. Speaking of the building: Empty This building has issues with being incredibly empty, I wonder why. There should be benches here, yet there are none. The sheer amount of empty space in this building is almost surreal.  More empty space Every piece of furniture in thi