Ranya's Ramblings

Hatboro is the second to last station on SEPTA's Warminister Line, and the last station within Montgomery county. The station is located on Penn Street between Byberry Road and Moreland Avenue in the borough of Hatboro, PA.  History Hatboro was originally built by the North Pennsylvania Railroad, on its North East Pennsylvania Railroad branch, which went as far as Hartsville, PA (now Ivyland, PA, notably not in Northeastern Pennsylvania). The old Hatboro station (not pictured above) was built and put into service in 1871. In 1879, the entire line transferred ownership to the Reading Railroad. The line then changed names to the New Hope Branch and was subsequently extended as far as New Hope.  In 1931, the line was electrified between Glenside and Hatboro. Hatboro suddenly had extra service in the form of "doodlebug" trains, an example shown above. To mark the sudden newfound importance of Hatboro station, the old station building was demolished and...

Glenside is a station serving multiple SEPTA Regional Rail lines, located at Easton Road and Glenside Avenue in Glenside, PA.  History Glenside station was built in 1873 by the North Pennsylvania Railroad, one of the few original NPRR station houses to remain to this day. Just six years later, the NPRR was bought by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, the predecessor to the Reading Railroad. Glenside station was originally named Abington station, and was renamed sometime later to Glenside.  In 2000, a café opened in the station building called Elcy's Café.  Routes that Serve Glenside Station  There are four Regional Rail routes that go to Glenside station, these are:  Airport Line: These trains go to Center City via the SEPTA Main line, before then going to Philadelphia International Airport. Oftentimes, these are combined with Warminister Line trains.  Glenside Combined Line: These trains usually just go from 30th Stre...

Crestmont is a station on SEPTA's Warminister Line. The station is located at Rubicam Avenue in the Crestmont neighborhood of Abington, PA. Crestmont station is one of a few flag stops in the SEPTA network, with only a few trains a day making actual scheduled stops at Crestmont station.   History Crestmont station was most likely built by the North Pennsylvania railroad along with the rest of the line to Hartsville sometime between 1872 and 1873. The old station in the image shown above was most likely a second iteration of the station built to replace the original station by the Reading Railroad. Sometime much later (most likely in the early 2000s), the old shelter was replaced by a newer shelter and platform that is more accessible.  Tour The entire station from a distance Considering this is the Warminister line we're talking about, yeah you probably should look both ways before crossing Crestmont station is a small stati...

Philmont is a station at the intersection of Pine, Philmont, and Tomlinson roads in the town of Huntingdon Valley, PA.  History Picture from 2007 or so, I believe The first Philmont station was most likely originally built sometime in the 1860s by the North Pennsylvania Railroad to serve the Philmont Country Club, right along the line. Not long after this happened, the entirety of the North Penn Railroad got absorbed into the Reading Railroad company. This station was not rebuilt despite this, even though other North Penn stations were rebuilt.  This changed in 1913, when the original Philmont station and freight depot burned down. The Reading Railroad decided to build the beautiful station building that is there today after this happened. Ever since then, very little has changed about the station itself.  What has changed though is the town it serves. "Philmont" was the name of a village centered around the intersection the train station is situat...