Ranya's Ramblings

North Wales is a station on SEPTA's Lansdale-Doylestown Line. The station is located at 5th and Walnut Street in North Wales, PA.  History It's unknown when the original North Wales station was built, but what is known is that the North Pennsylvania Railroad rebuilt it in 1873. At some point, this station was heavily remodeled by the Reading Railroad, including a removal of the cupola. Despite this, North Wales station remains as one of the few still-operating stations with a usable depot built by the North Pennsylvania Railroad, along with Doylestown   In 2008, North Wale was remodeled again, with the station being made fully accessible while the building remained intact. Tour North Wales station is fully accessible. This means getting to the trains from the platforms is extremely simple and stress free. There are worker shuttles operated from North Wales station, I could find absolutely no information on these.  ...

North Hills is a station on SEPTA's Lansdale-Doylestown Line. The station is located at North Hills Avenue in the unincorporated town of North Hills, PA, located in Abington Township.  History North Hills was originally named Edge Hill and established in 1855. The name Edge Hill came from Edge Hill Road, a nearby road and hill. The station had no building until 1871. The station was meant to serve the village of Edge Hill, just north of Glenside.  In 1907, a group of golfers formed the Edge Hill County Club, which they renamed to the North Hills Country Club one year later. This country club was a destination for many of the richest people in the Philadelphia area. The village of Edge Hill started to be called North Hills for this reason.  In 1923, the station was first renamed to North Glenside due to Glenside itself having grown northwards, and then renamed again in 1931 to North Hills. The Reading Railroad then replaced the bridge and old statio...

Norristown - Main Street is a station on SEPTA's Manayunk-Norristown line. The station is located on Main and Markley Streets in downtown Norristown.  History Norristown-Main Street was originally built by the North Penn Railroad in 1872 as part of their Stony Creek Railroad branch. This was a railway line that linked the North Penn Railroad main line to Norristown at Lansdale. This station was their Norristown station. Seven years after completion, the NPRR was bought out by the Reading Railroad. Immediately afterwards, a link was created between Norristown Main Street station and the new Reading main line at Norristown, completed in 1882. The station depot shown above most likely was built sometime around the turn of the 20th century, since it looks similar to other Reading Railroad stations of this era.  In 1912 when the Lehigh Valley Transit Company's Liberty Bell Line also started stopping at the station. This was an interurban that went between 69...

Norristown - Elm Street is a station on SEPTA's Manayunk-Norristown line. The station is located on Markley and Elm Streets in Norristown's West End neighborhood. Elm Street is one of three stations in Norristown, along with Main Street and Norristown Transportation Center.  History The history of Norristown-Elm Street is very unclear. Originally, there was a station at Elm Street that was possibly built in 1872 by the North Penn Railroad. This station was torn down in 1899. Later on, electrification of the western end of the Stony Creek branch in Norristown occured in 1933, and this station was made on what was originally a siding as the terminus for most electric service on the Reading Railroad's services between Philadelphia and Norristown.  Even after further diesel passenger service on the Stony Creek Branch stopped, trains still go to Elm Street.  At some point in the 2000s, Norristown-Elm Street was rebuilt. There are no surviving pictures o...