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Arrott Transportation Center is a station on SEPTA's L line, located at Frankford Avenue and Arrott street in the center of Frankford, a neighborhood in Lower Northeast Philadelphia. The station is a regional bus hub as well.  History 75 bus at the busway Arrott Transportation Center is a very old station, its existence going back to 1922. Originally, the station was named Margaret-Orthodox-Arrott, but the Arrott was dropped after SEPTA took over in favor of what is simply "Margaret-Orthodox". Meanwhile, the bus terminal was called "Arrott Bus Terminal". It was around the time of this renaming that the last trolleys in the area, the 59 and 75, were replaced by trolleybuses.  For decades, this change stuck, confusing people who were not familiar with the area all the while. This finally changed in 2014, when Margaret-Orthodox station was renamed to Arrott Transportation Center. This was a hallmark for a major change to come for the station...

Allegheny is a station on SEPTA's Market Frankford Line/L, located at Kensington Avenue and Allegheny Avenue in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA. This station is not to be confused with Allegheny station on the Broad Street Line/B or Allegheny station on the Manayunk-Norristown line.  History Allegheny Station was originally part of the Frankford Elevated line, a line created by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT). This opened for service on November 5th, 1922, and it ran from Bridge-Pratt Station to 2nd Street station, completely elevated. At some point, these two lines were merged together in the early 1940s.  In between 1988 and 2003, Allegheny Station was rebuilt as part of the rebuilding of the entire Frankford Elevated. Due to this, Allegheny station is now accessible.  Over the past few years, Kensington Avenue as a whole has gotten a reputation for being a hub for the Delaware Valley drug market, with people coming ...

34th Street is a station on SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line located at 34th Street and Market Street in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA.  Tour The station from outside 34th Street is one of the stations on the underground portion of the L, which are all known for having very old parts. You can see its roots in the Paris solution entrance, which all used the same general types of weird metal fencing also used in places like NYC. This is the entrance near the 34th Street Wawa.  Stairs The stairs lead to the station itself, nothing special here. There are no other ways in besides these stairs. 34th Street is one of three stations on the line that are still inaccessible, the other two being 11th and Spring Garden.  I go in and am immediately greeted by this sight: Already, this feels incredibly dated.  Old signboard This is an old signboard that was just left there for decades, most likely....