Ranya's Ramblings

North Broad is a train station on SEPTA's main line. Particularly, it serves the Manayunk - Norristown, and Lansdale - Doylestown lines.  North Broad possibly is also one of the saddest stations I have ever seen.  History Corner of the old station house The station used to be a much grander station on the Reading Railroad. Originally called Huntingdon st station, this station was rebuilt immediately before the Great Depression when passenger amounts heavily dwindled. Then, other things like World War Two and the rise of cars, the subway, and suburbia further dwindled the use of this station. Sometime around the 1960s to 1970s, the original station building was shut down and sold, and the two shelters you see today were built.  Station Tour Station gate The station starts at a gate on Broad Street. Enter the gate, and you immediately are greeted with a long ramp and the SEPTA map.  The map Part of the walkway...

Sign for Temple University Station Temple University Station is a train station in SEPTA's Regional Rail network. Every single SEPTA Regional Rail train line serves this station, and you can tell this from how much larger it is compared to a lot of other train stations in the SEPTA network. This station is directly served by no buses, but is walking distance from the 3, 23, 39, & 47 buses.  Station Tour : The Outside of the Train Station The train station is on a bridge, and the entrance is on Berks Street, which becomes Polett Walk. Walking to the station, there is a fenced off staircase that was once one of the entrances for the station. This is blocked off for a reason, please don't go there.  Walking to the station, you are greeted with the sight shown above. There are turnstiles, common for stations in the Center City Zone.  Closer look at those turnstiles This area looks oddly similar to something youd find on a st...