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Holmesburg Junction station, also known as just Holmesburg, is a station on SEPTA's Trenton line located at Rhawn Street in the Holmesburg neighborhood of Philadelphia.  History Original station The original Holmesburg Station was built in 1833, on the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad. Eventually, that changed hands to become a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad.  Sometime later on, the station itself was rebuilt, with a new building, one that had been at the station to this day.  There used to be passeneger trains on the Bustleton Branch that linked the station to Bustleton, though these were discontinued in the 1930s, following service cuts from the PRR.  Tour The station building There is a lot at Holmesburg Junction station. For one, it has a station building and na actual shelter on the other end.  Train at the station This station is no average station, however. Quite the opposite, if anything.  ...

Sign on the side of the shelter North Philadelphia Main is a station serving both as an Amtrak train station on Amtrak's Keystone Service and as a SEPTA train station on the Trenton Line. This station is the most built out and most used station in the North Philadelphia Station Complex aside from North Philadelphia BSL station. The station is located on a large lot between Broad Street and 16th, just south of Indiana Avenue. Until 2022, this station held the award for being the least-used Amtrak station in Pennsylvania, though now that award goes to Cornwell Heights. This is unsurprising considering the sheer amount of decay and neglect this station has faced over the last few decades. I'll show you what I mean about that in a moment, but first, a very depressing history lesson. Services Southbound platform view This station has two services that stop here:  Amtrak: Five Keystone Service trains stop here, Four southbound and one northbound. This service ...