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Sign Wayne Junction is a train station located in the Wayne Junction neighborhood of Philadelphia. It has service from SEPTA's Airport, Chestnut Hill East, Fox Chase, Glenside Combined, Lansdale - Doylestown, and Warminister lines.  History  Old Wayne Junction station Wayne Junction was first built in 1881 as a station along Germantown Pike that also served as a junction station. This junction allowed trains from Germantown, Chestnut Hill, Bethlehem, Doylestown, and Newtown to all converge along the Reading Main line, which made transfers more convenient for passengers. Both the Reading Railroad and the B&O railroad used the station, so eventually, services from all over the US that went through Philadelphia started going through Wayne Junction as well.  Alas, the era of train being the main mode of travel eventually ended in the US by the 1950s. This caused the decline of Wayne Junction station. Even after this, there still was intercity train...

Wister is a station on SEPTA's Chestnut Hill East line, located on East Ashmead Street in the East Germantown Neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia.  History The now demolished station house The history of Wister station is somewhat unclear, but traces back to at least the 1860s, though possibly all the way to 1832, when the Germantown railroad was built. In 1854, the Chestnut Hill Railroad was completed, giving Wister station newfound service to Germantown, Chestnut Hill, and Center City. Wister station got its name from its original location, which was at the railroad's intersection with Wister Street. Some time around the 1880s, the station was renamed to Duys station. This name didn't last all that long, and by 1925 it was back to Wister station.  In 1929, the old station was demolished, with the station grounds being moved to Ashmead street. This was done in accordance with the grade separation project that the Reading Railroad was performing o...

Chestnut Hill East is the terminus station on SEPTA's Chestnut Hill East line, located along Bethlehem Pike in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill neighborhood. History   Chestnut Hill East was built as the terminus for the Chestnut Hill Railroad,  which itself was leased by the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown railroad in 1854. The Chestnut Hill branch was extended 4 miles (6.4 km) from the Germantown Branch (which ironically enough later on was demolished). Chestnut Hill was the terminus station for this branch.  The Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown became the Reading Company in 1870 and thus so did the line. Not long afterwards, the original building shown above was demolished and another building, this one made of stone instead of brick, was built in its place. This arrangement lasted six decades. In 1932, the Reading Railroad decided to finally electrify and grade-separate all of the Chestnut Hill East branch. Doing so required all of ...