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Station Review #51: Woodbourne (SEPTA)

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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

Station Review #49: Yardley (SEPTA)

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Yardley is a station on SEPTA's West Trenton Line, located in the small borough of Yardley, PA.  History  Image from 1914 Yardley station was made operational in 1876, in time for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. Originally, Yardley station was called Yardleyville, as the town itself was.  In 2018, the station was completely rebuilt and elevated, and the low platforms were replaced by one single high platform. Because of this, the station is now accessible. One of the original shelters has been preserved. Tour Silverliner IV train at Yardley Station Yardley is a very simple station. It has everything you'd expect from a train station. The platform is a full high platform, making it fully accessible.  Shelter Yardley station has one trackside shelter and honestly, it doesn't need much else.  Inside the shelter Inside the shelter, there are a few benches and heat lamps, and again not much else. Does it really

Station Review #48: Fern Rock Transportation Center (SEPTA)

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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