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Croydon is a station on the Trenton Line. The station is located at Bristol Pike and Cedar Avenue in Croydon, PA. Croydon is a census designated place in Bristol Township, located in south central Bucks County.  History Croydon station has a far longer and more storied history than one would expect, going back to 1834 with the opening of the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad. Originally, the station was about 1000 feet or so away from the site of the current station. At the time, the station was cakled Schenck station, named after Dr. Joseph H. Schenck, who owned a large mansion nearby at the time. Schencks was a rich man, and there is a possibility that he had a railway branch off of the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad. No one knows when exactly the station was renamed, or rebuilt the first time. All that is known is this it was after 1885.  Croydon station today is virtually unrecognizable from the Croydon station of the past. The old station house ...

Cornwells Heights (pronounced and often misspelled as "Cornwell Heights") is a train station along the Northeast Corridor. The station is located at 700 Station Avenue in Cornwells Heights, PA, a CDP located within Bensalem, PA.  The station is mainly served by SEPTA's Trenton line. Despite this, three trips of Amtrak's Keystone Service stop at the station every day: 640 (7:02 AM), 649 (3:51 PM), and 655 (7:40 PM). Cornwells Heights is currently the least used Amtrak station in the state of Pennsylvania.  From Station Avenue to the edge of the park and ride, this station is about half a mile long.  History Despite how it is today, Cornwells Heights was not nearly as important as it is now for much of its existence. The first known iteration of Cornwells Heights station was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1891. It's unknown if there was any iteration of the station from before that year, and was only rebuilt by the PRR or not. This is ...

Woodbourne is a station on SEPTA's West Trenton line, located in Middletown Township, PA.  It's renowned among railfans in the area as a very good railfanning location, as you can find SEPTA, CSX, and Norfolk Southern trains here.  History Woodbourne station was built by the North Pennsylvania Railroad (NPRR) in the 1870s, and opened to service in 1876 as part of the Delaware River and Bound Brook Railroad, later known as the Delaware River and then the West Trenton branch. Details about Woodbourne station itself are unknown, though it's likely that the Reading Railroad demolished the original station building and built a new one, that being the station that was there for many decades afterward.  At the same time, the PRR had a station on the Trenton Cutoff (now the Norfolk Southern Morrisville line) right nearby, though this station was instead called "Woodbourne - Oxford Valley", which is probably a better name. Together, the two Woodbour...