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Rydal is a station on SEPTA's West Trenton line, located at Susquehanna Road and Washington Lane in the small village of Rydal, PA, itself located in Abington Township, PA.  History Rydal station was originally built either in 1883 by the North Pennsylvania Railroad, or in 1888 by the Reading Railroad, though the former is more likely due to the architectural style being more in line with NPRR's depots. At some point around the 2000s, there was a station restoration.  Tour The station nowadays Rydal station hasn't changed all that much in the past few decades.  Doorway Post office sign Much of the depot nowadays is a small post office.  Waiting room Rydal has a waiting room, usually only open on weekdays between 5:30 AM and 12:30 PM. It's extremely small and only has a few benches.  Notice board with a notice on it from 2001 Inside of the post office Unsig...

West Trenton is the terminus station on SEPTA's West Trenton Line. The station is located at 3 Railroad Avenue in Ewing Township, NJ. This station is located in the small village of West Trenton.  History West Trenton Station was built at least as far back as 1929 as an infill station. For a long time, West Trenton was a normal station along the Reading line from Philadelphia to Jersey City. Services such as the Wall Street and the Crusader ran that route, all terminating at the now nonexistent Communipaw Terminal, where passengers would then take a ferry at the nearby Weehawken Terminal into New York City.  In the 1960s, a new track connection was built for the Reading line that allowed trains to go onto the PRR main line, which meant that a new service pattern arose, with trains taking the Reading line between Reading Terminal and Newark Penn station. It got passed onto SEPTA, and then was broken into two lines at West Trenton in 1981, with NJT runnin...

Bethayres is a station on SEPTA's West Trenton Line. The station is located on Huntingdon Pike in Bethayres, a village mainly located within Lower Moreland Township, PA. There is also a station driveway leading towards Welsh Road as well. Despite mainly serving the towns of Bethayres and Huntingdon Valley, Bethayres station is frequented by customers from other nearby Philadelphia neighborhoods like Holme Circle, Bustleton, Krewstown, and Pine Valley.  History Bethayres station was opened in 1876 as an infill station along the Reading Railroad's New York branch. The station was named after local resident Elizabeth Ayres, the mother of someone who worked in the Reading Railroad. The station was originally at a grade crossing, though this was rectified in 1932 after the New York branch was electrified to West Trenton.  Since this point, very little about the station has meaningfully changed. Within the last few decades, the station was renovated, which ad...