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Station Review #92: Plaza Transportation Center (SEPTA)

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Main Building Plaza Transportation Center is a transit center located in King of Prussia, PA, as part of King of Prussia mall. The station is used as the King of Prussia mall stop for many SEPTA bus routes, as well as the Upper Merion Rambler.  Services These bus routes go to Plaza Transportation Center: • 92 - To Paoli and West Chester Transportation Center • 99 - To Norristown Transportation Center • 99 - To Oaks and Phoenixville • 123 - To 69th Street Transportation Center • 124 - To Gulph Mills and Center City • 124 - To Chesterbrook • 125 - To Gulph Mills and Center City • 125 - To Moore Park and Valley Forge • 139 - To Limerick • Upper Merion Rambler - To Bridgeport • Upper Merion Rambler - To Upper Merion Community Center Seven bus routes in total Tour A couple of bus stops Some TVMs The inside of the waiting room The waiting room at Plaza Transportation Center has been closed since 2020.  The other...

Station Review #89: Arrott Transportation Center (SEPTA)

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Arrott Transportation Center is a station on SEPTA's L line, located at Frankford Avenue and Arrott street in the center of Frankford, a neighborhood in Lower Northeast Philadelphia. The station is a regional bus hub as well.  History 75 bus at the busway Arrott Transportation Center is a very old station, its existence going back to 1922. Originally, the station was named Margaret-Orthodox-Arrott, but the Arrott was dropped after SEPTA took over in favor of what is simply "Margaret-Orthodox". Meanwhile, the bus terminal was called "Arrott Bus Terminal". It was around the time of this renaming that the last trolleys in the area, the 59 and 75, were replaced by trolleybuses.  For decades, this change stuck, confusing people who were not familiar with the area all the while. This finally changed in 2014, when Margaret-Orthodox station was renamed to Arrott Transportation Center. This was a hallmark for a major change to come for the station...

Station Review #85: Ridgewood Bus Terminal (NJT)

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Ridgewood Bus Terminal is a bus station in Ridgewood, New Jersey.  Multiple bus routes stop at Ridgewood Bus Terminal. These include:  163: Upper Ridgewood to Port Authority Bus Terminal. 163s: Upper Ridgewood to Ridgewood High School. 164: Midland Park to Port Authority Bus Terminal. 175: Ridgewood Bus Terminal to George Washington Bridge Bus Station via Glen Rock and Bergen Community College. 722: South Paterson to Paramus Park Mall via Ridgewood. 746: Paterson Bus Terminal to Ridgewood Bus Terminal. 752: Hackensack Bus Terminal to Oakland via Ridgewood. Tour The terminal building itself, depressing as can be Commuter parking There's more parking here than there is space used for the rest of the terminal!  Cool light fixtures! Inside The inside of the station building is completely locked. From the looks of it, there are a bunch of chairs and not much else. Everything in there is covered in dirt and trash....

Station Review #81: Avandale Bus Park & Ride (NJT)

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Avandale Park and Ride is a bus station that serves multiple NJT bus routes. The park and ride is located along Willamstown New Freedom Road in Sicklerville, NJ, near the Atlantic City Expressway.  Services There are multiple services that use Avandale Park and Ride, these include 316: EXPRESS: Philadelphia to Wildwood and Cape May via Atlantic City Expressway and Garden State Parkway 400: Sicklerville and Avandale Loop to Philadelphia 459: Avandale Loop to Lindenwold and Voorhees Town Center 463: Avandale Loop to Woodbury 551: EXPRESS: Philadelphia to Atlantic City via Atlantic City Expressway  555: EXPRESS: Philadelphia to Avandale Loop  Additionally, the SJTA runs a service:  Pureland East-West Shuttle: Avandale Loop to Pureland Industrial Park (Logan Township) via Glassboro and Mullica Hill Tour Avandale Park and Ride's bus structures from behind   There really isn't all that much at Avandale Park and Ride. The...

Station Review #70: Gregg Street Loop (SEPTA)

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Gregg Street Loop is a bus loop operated by SEPTA. The loop is located very close to the intersection of Frankford Avenue and Linden Avenue in the Torresdale neighborhood of Philadelphia. Services One of the two bus stop signs at the bus loop There are three bus services that stop at Gregg Street Loop, these include:  Route 66: Frankford Transportation Center to City Line Loop via Frankford Avenue. Some trips end at Gregg Street Loop instead of going all the way to City Line Loop .  Route 70: Fern Rock Transportation Center to Torresdale-Cottman or Gregg Street Loops via Cottman Avenue. Some trips continue past Torresdale-Cottman Loop to Gregg Street Loop via Torresdale Avenue and State Road, linking the 70 to Upper Holmesburg.  Route 88: Gregg Street Loop to Frankford Transportation Center via Rowland Avenue. This bus was extended from Pennypack Woods to Gregg St. Loop sometime around 2018 or so.  Bus Connections Additionally, Routes 19 (Fr...