Ranya's Ramblings

County Line station is a station on SEPTA's M Line. This station is unique for being both within Delaware and Montgomery counties. For a long time, this station had been closed down due to the wooden platforms rotting to the point of unusability, and recently reopened to absolutely no fanfare whatsoever. Tour Train     County Line is the definition of a micro-station. It's hilariously small. Bench and map   That's basically all the amenities you get at this station. You don't even get lights for when someone inevitably uses this station at nighttime!  Accessible boarding plate There's an accessible bridge plate at this station, which doesn't have an accessible entrance. Why?  One of the sheds Like I said, this station is incredibly small. The staircase between the platform and station is wooden and incredibly daunting. I nearly had a panic attack going up them.  Southbound s...

Creek Road is a station on SEPTA's D2 line. The station is located at the rail line's intersection with Creek Road. Creek Road is essentially a trail, making this one of the few SEPTA stations that's either directly in or next to a major park. It's very likely that this is the least used station on the D2, though I'm still calculating ridership for the line.  Tour Trolley Creek Road is a very small station, its platforms barely fit the trolleys themselves.   Bench Obviously this station isn't accessible since the Kawasaki K-Car trolleys themselves aren't. Even without that though, Creek Road would still be inaccessible.  Stairs A lengthy staircase is the only way down The entire northbound platform The northbound platform is longer than the southbound platform. On the other side of that platform there's a line map. There's supposed to also be a full system map but that's missing. Instead...

Scenic Road is a station on SEPTA's D1 Line. The station is located at the line's intersection with Scenic Road in Springfield Township, Delaware County, PA.  Tour Shelter Scenic Road is a normal D1 station in most cases. Bench Inside the shelter  Signage! There are no notices on the board, and the map is outdated This map is from 2014 Westbound platform Back of shelter Parking meter being installed Parking Why exactly Scenic Road has this much parking, I have no clue. The parking lot does get use though The bustitution shuttle stop    Normally, I don't feature these, but the location of this one was funny enough to include it. It's at a random street corner far enough away that the average person wouldn't notice it.  That trolley later broke down between Huey Avenue station and the Drexel Hill Junction and was stuc...

Baltimore Avenue is a station on SEPTA's D2 line. The station is located at the line's intersection with Baltimore Avenue in the small town of Clifton Heights.  History Aerial photograph from the 1940s, showing the town and station, among other things Baltimore Avenue station was built in 1906 by the Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company. It was unique in that it was built with an actual depot that one could buy tickets from. At some point between the P&WCTC rebranding as Red Arrow, Red Arrow absorbing the Philadelphia and Western railroad, Red Arrow closing at least half of its lines, and it eventually being absorbed by SEPTA, the depot was closed and boarded up. Not much else has happened since then. Tour The depot The old depot is all boarded up, and probably won't be fixed anytime soon.  Inbound platform There's really nothing much here.  Doors, a bench, and a bike rack A map ...

What used to be the sign Orange Street is the westbound terminus station for SEPTA's D1 line. The station is located at State and Orange Streets in Media, PA.  History Media waa a borough formed in 1850, its borders formed from the sale of four farms. Much of it was quickly built and made the county seat of Delaware County. In 1913, the Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company made two new interurban lines from their terminal at 69th Street Transit Center: one to Sharon Hill and one to Media. These two lines are the only remaining lines made by this company. The Media line terminated at Orange Street, and nothing about that has changed. The line changed hands multiple times but was never extended or cut back.  Sometime in the 1990s-2000s or so, a shelter was built here. It's been almost exactly the same since then.  Tour The station as a whole This is essentially just a modified bus stop. Bench inside station ...