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St. Davids is a station located at Chamounix Road in St. Davids, PA. St. Davids is a unincorporated place located entirely within Radnor Township, immediately next to Wayne. St Davids station is the second least used station on the Paoli-Thorndale line, behind Daylesford, as of 2017. History Very first station at St. Davids Originally, St. Davids was called East Wayne. The station was most likely built in the 1870s and renamed in the mid 1880's. It was renamed from East Wayne to St. David's at first to try to get people to use the station to get to the nearby St. David's Church (which is closer to Wayne station, ironically enough.) as a development scheme. It worked to some extent, and caused a new station building to be built.  This new station was built sometime before 1891, and lasted until 1966, when it was demolished due to disrepair. This building was then replaced by a newer building, though the canopies from the old building were ...

Rosemont is a station on SEPTA's Paoli - Thorndale line, located on Airdale Road in Rosemont, PA. Rosemont, PA itself is a CDP almost entirely within Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County. History  Old postcard of the old station building In 1863, the Pennsylvania Railroad built a station in Lower Merion Township. The station was built on the property of Peter Pechin, and named after his manor Rosemont .  In 1892 the station was rebuilt. It was rebuilt again in 1983 to facilitate renting out most of the depot building to a real estate broker.  Tour   As mentioned above, the majority of the station is rented by a real estate office.    The station building from the platform The northbound platform  A train from the southbound platform As one can easily tell, Rosemont station is not accessible at all whatsoever.  The waiting room The waiting room at Rosemont is small, ba...

Overbrook is a station on SEPTA's Paoli - Thorndale line, located in the Overbrook Farms subsection of the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA.  History Overbrook station sometime around the 1970s Overbrook station was built in 1858 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, so named as it was built near a bridge for a now non-existent brook. It was built Over a Brook. Over-Brook. Overbrook. Thus, the entire neighborhood surrounding the station was named Overbrook after the station.  The station has not changed much at all since it was created.  Tour Station House I wonder how many forests worth of trees were felled and chopped down to make this station. Anything that could be made out of wood, is. The sheer amount of wood used here aside, the architectural style of this station is in line with architectural styles commonly used by the PRR for older train station buildings, like  Coatesville , among other similar stations.  ...