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Washington Lane is a SEPTA Regional Rail station located near Washington Lane and Chew Avenue in the East Germantown neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia.  History The station with older signage. In 1878, the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad built a Walnut Lane station along their Chestnut Hill Branch. The PG&N was subsequently bought out by the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1907, work was underway to remove grade crossings along a few lines. In doing so, the PRR replaced the station with a new Washington Lane station. The depot fell into disrepair and was demolished to make way for more parking. Part of a shelter was kept from it, and not much else.  Tour The station from across the road. Washington Lane is a small station, or at least it's small enough that you can't see it past the very large trees. Those have been growing since the 1930s at the very earliest.  Inaccessible walking path. Parking lot.   This station has a l...

5th Street-Independence Hall is a station on SEPTA's L line. The station is located at Market Street and 5th Street in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood.  History The station was originally built in 1908 by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company as part of an extension to the Market Street line to Front Street and Chestnut Street. The station was remodeled multiple times, first in the 1950s, then in 1976. Elevators were added sometime around 2010. In 2018, the station was remodeled, and its walls were covered in murals.  Tour The station head-house. 5th Street-Independence Hall is a beautiful station. From everything you can see of it, one can easily tell a  lot  of work went into the station.  Elevator tower New signage. All of the signage at this station has been replaced recently, as have most stations on the L.  Tunnel. Most other L and B stations don't have painted tunnels like this.  Stairs. ...

12th-13th and Locust is a station on the PATCO Speedline. The station is located on Locust Street, between 12th and 13th Streets in the Gayborhood neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA.  History 12th-13th was originally a station planned for the Philadelphia Subway Loop. This would have been something comparable to Chicago's L loop, albeit completely underground. This wouldve been a loop that went along 8th, Locust, 16th, and Arch, and would've connected to a line that went up Ridge Avenue and Henry Avenue into Roxborough. Most of this never happened. What did happen though was the section of the ridge subway between Broad Street and 8th Street, and part of the loop.  The tunnels were dug out for the sections of the loop along Locust, 8th, and Arch, but after the 8th street segment north of Market got used for both the Broad-Ridge Spur and the Bridge Line, the rest of the loop tunnels stayed abandoned. Work resumed on the section of the loop between 8th and ...