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Fern Rock Transportation Center is a station that serves multiple SEPTA services located in the Fern Rock neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA.  History The old Tabor station, 1972 The history of Fern Rock Transportation Center is really the history of three different places becoming one: Fern Rock Station, Fern Rock Yard, and Tabor Station. In order to understand the history of Fern Rock Transportation Center, one must understand the history of both of these places. Tabor Station Platforms Tabor station was a train station along the Reading Railroad's Bethlehem Branch, immediately after the famed Wayne Junction station. It was built sometime in the early 1900s, near the now (mostly) nonexistent Tabor Junction. This was the intersection between the Reading Railroad's Tabor Branch and the North Penn Railroad. This junction is located at the nearby Tabor Road, hence the name of the junction and by extension the station. At some point between 1893 a

Atlantic City is the eastern terminus station of NJT's Atlantic City line, located in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  History The old Atlantic City Union Station  Atlantic City used to originally have competing lines from the Reading and Pennsylvania railroads for a long while. This changed in the 1930s, though and both merged their South Jersey assets to form the PRSL. In 1934, Atlantic City Union Station was built, and with the building of this station was the creation of an icon. It was located at Arctic and Arkansas avenues, and was incredibly important for the well-being of the city. Unfortunately, Atlantic City Union Station lost train service in 1964, which had been removed in the creation of the Atlantic City Expressway. Atlantic City Union Station kept being used for bus service until 1997 when it was completely torn down and replaced by an outlet mall called The Walk. A new bus station was built nearby at Atlantic Avenue and Ohio Avenue called Atlantic