Ranya's Ramblings

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

Sign on the side of the Head House North Philadelphia BSL is a station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line. The station is located at Broad, between Lehigh and Glenwood avenues. The station is part of the North Philadelphia Station Complex. Express and Ridge trains sometimes stop here, having the ability to do so. Why isn't this station called Lehigh? Another sign, this one in the station. This is a question I see a lot, and its answer has to do with the station's history. The station was built in the late 1920s, and the nearby Pennsylvania Railroad station of North Philadelphia was a major station at the time. It was a boon for the station to have the name at the time, though now is a much different story.  Obligatory Station Tour BSL train at North Philadelphia Station There is a lot at this station, and it's very interesting how this station is laid out. There are two entrances/exits, Lehigh Avenue and Glenwood Avenue.  Like t

Susquehanna - Dauphin is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line. The station is located on Broad Street, between Susquehanna and Dauphin, on the borders of multiple neighborhoods in North Philadelphia.  Attempting to Maneuver Around Susquehanna - Dauphin Staircase There are stairs on both Susquehanna and Dauphin streets. As per usual, the stairs have many things you would typically expect of a structure like this in a Broad Street line subway station. There is not much, but there does not need to be. Also, as per usual the stairs are very dirty, but it's the average amount for a BSL station.  What is this thing? Halfway down the stairs, I saw this thing, I don't know what it is either. Otherwise, everything at the stairs is completely normal. It's when you get past the stairs do things suddenly become out of the normal... Before anything, I may as well mention that the station has the normal mosaic decorations. Unfo