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Daylesford is a station on SEPTA's Paoli-Thorndale Line. The station is located at Lancaster Pike and Glenn Avenue in Daylesford, PA. Daylesford is a small village mainly located within Tredyffrin Township, with its southwestern corner in Easttown township, with it's center being near the train station itself.  Daylesford station is the least used station along the Paoli-Thorndale Line History The Daylesford Station that's here now is a far different Daylesford station than the one that was originally built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1890 as a quick infill. It was named by a man named Richerd Graham , a resident of what used to be the old Blue Ball inn, which was right next to the station. When looking for a station name, he suggested Daylesford, because Graham was interested in Warren Hastings, who had his family estate in Daylesford, UK  Very little else is known about this station. Frankly, looking  at a picture of the old station, this sho...

Wynnefield Avenue is a station on SEPTA's Cynwyd Line, located at the intersection of Bryn Mawr and Wynnefield avenues in Philadelphia's Wynnefield neighborhood. Wynnefield Avenue station is also oftentimes just known as Wynnefield.  Wynnefield Avenue is along SEPTA's Cynwyd Line, which boasts the lowest ridership among every SEPTA line.  History Wynnefield station in 2012 Very little about the history of Wynnefield Avenue is known. All that is known is that the station was rebuilt in 2019.  Tour There's not much at Wynnefield station, but that's more than enough. Wynnefield Avenue is not a station that needs a lot of frills. Stairs Small parking lot Map and schedule The platform Wynnefield Avenue is accessible, like all of the Cynwyd line stations.  The shelter The ramp Bus Connections There is one bus connection at Wynnefield Avenue: the 40. The ...

Cynwyd is the outbound terminus for SEPTA's Cynwyd Line. The station is located at Montgomery Avenue and Conshohocken State Road in downtown Bala-Cynwyd, PA. Bala-Cynwyd is a census designated place within Lower Merion Township, PA. The Cynwyd Line is by far the least used SEPTA Regional Rail line. Only about six trains a day run on the Cynwyd Line, weekdays only.  Bala and Cynwyd were originally separate towns, unifying due to both sharing a post office. This is why Bala and Cynwyd both have their own train stations. History Cynwyd was originally a station along the Pennsylvania Railroad's Schuylkill Branch. The Schuylkill branch went parallel to Reading Railroad's Main Line. Cynwyd station was most likely originally built in 1880-1882, and then rebuilt in 1890 in a far more grand manner.    In the 1970s, most of the line west of Manayunk was abandoned. The line was re-extended to Ivy Ridge, and the Cynwyd line was operated as the R6, which paired it with the...

Bala is a station on SEPTA's Cynwyd Line. The station is located on City Avenue in Bala-Cynwyd, PA (itself a part of Lower Merion Township). The Cynwyd Line is the least used regional rail line in the SEPTA system, and the one with the least amount of service with only six trains per day at peak times mainly, weekdays only. History The station, 1966   Bala station was originally built along the Pennsylvania Railroad Schuylkill Branch in 1884. It had a depot on one end and a shelter on the other. At some point around the 1950s, the depot was torn down. The station was rebuilt sometime around the early 1980s, before the Cynwyd line service was truncated to Cynwyd "temporarily". Sometime between 2017 and 2019, Bala and Wynnefield Avenue stations were rebuilt. The old shelter for Bala still remains, although it is fenced off and unable to be used now. Tour Parking Bala station is essentially a City Avenue park and ride station. Signage ment...