Ranya's Ramblings

County Line station is a station on SEPTA's M Line. This station is unique for being both within Delaware and Montgomery counties. For a long time, this station had been closed down due to the wooden platforms rotting to the point of unusability, and recently reopened to absolutely no fanfare whatsoever. Tour Train     County Line is the definition of a micro-station. It's hilariously small. Bench and map   That's basically all the amenities you get at this station. You don't even get lights for when someone inevitably uses this station at nighttime!  Accessible boarding plate There's an accessible bridge plate at this station, which doesn't have an accessible entrance. Why?  One of the sheds Like I said, this station is incredibly small. The staircase between the platform and station is wooden and incredibly daunting. I nearly had a panic attack going up them.  Southbound s...

Belmont is a station on CTA's Blue Line. The station is located on Belmont Avenue and Kimball Avenue in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood. This station is called Belmont-O Hare to disambiguate it from the other Belmont station, which is on the Red Line.  History The old station house, 2009 Belmont station was originally built in the early 1970s as part of the extension of the West-Northwest line towards O-Hare International Airport. Eventually, this line was renamed to the Blue Line. In 2017 the station was rebuilt, with work finishing in 2019. Tour The station house Belmont is a normal L station, at least from above.  The entrance and bus loop Sign on top of station Stairs down Belmont is not an accessible station. There is no sign of elevators of any form, despite the station having been remodeled within the last ten years.  Corridor into the station Apparently CTA stations have vending ma...