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Station Review #190: Convention Center (MDTA)

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Convention Center is a station on MTA Maryland (MDTA)'s Baltimore Light Rail Link line. The station is located at the rail line's intersection with Pratt Street, itself very close to Pratt and Howard Streets. Almost all Light RailLink services serve the station.  Tour This station is pretty much the average tram station. There's not all that much to it of any important note.    Bench Southbound platform Northbound platform Northbound bench Bus Connections One of the things Convention Center does well is bus connections. These buses stop at the station: 54 - State Center to Hillendale or Carney:  This bus runs along Harford Road about once every 30 minutes.  76 - CCBC to Downtown: This bus runs via Wilkins Avenue to the southwest to Community College of Baltimore County. The 76 runs an alternating schedule of a bus every 15 and every 30 minutes.   91 - Mondawmin to Sinai Hosp...

Station Review #182: Garrettford (SEPTA)

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  Garrettford is a SEPTA station located at Edmonds Avenue and Jones Street in the Garrettford neighborhood of Upper Darby. The station is served by the D2 trolley.    History   Garrettford station was built as part of the Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company's Sharon Hill line in 1906. Theine has changed hands multiple times since then but this station has stayed almost exactly the same. There used to be a parking lot next to the station, but it's since been abandoned.  Tour Trolley and the southbound platform. This station is a lot like other D2 stations on the line. Nothing is accessible here.   The shelter. Considering how old everything on the D2 line is, this shelter is probably around 125-126 years old.  The platform. Bike racks. Inside the shelter. The shelter has no benches or seating, which is unfortunately common for a lot of D2 stations.  Outdated signage and map. A lot of the signage here and at other D2 stations is outdated...

Station Review #172: 36th Street (NJT)

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36th Street Station is a NJT station located along the River Line. The station is located along 36th Street in Pennsauken, New Jersey Tour Train 36th Street is an average River Line station in terms of design. It has most of the amenities you'd expect.  Benches Ramp and platform Unsigned crossing In order to leave the platform, you need to cross an unsigned rail crossing, which makes this station inaccessible.  Parking lot The roads in and out of this parking lot are very confusing and hard to understand  Bus Connections There are two bus connections near here: 419: Riverside to Walter Rand Transportation Center : This bus provides local service along River Road, directly paralelled by the River Line. The 419 runs hourly.  452 - Cramer Hill-Kroc Center to 36th Street Station: This bus runs in what's almost a loop, providing local bus service to much of Camden. This includes Walter Ran...

Station Review #162: Darby Transit Center (SEPTA)

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Darby Transit Center is a SEPTA transit center located near 9th Street and Main Street in the borough of Darby, Pennsylvania.  Available Routes These are the routes that go to Darby Transit Center: T3 - 13th-Market to Yeadon and Darby Transit Center: Formerly known as the 13, this trolley route is one of SEPTA's subway surface trolleys. Most T3 trolleys go to Yeadon, with only a few per day going past that to Darby. There are plans to make the T3 much more frequent past Yeadon, but they require large amounts of trackwork to even make possible.  T4 - 13th-Market to Darby Transit Center: This is another subway-surface trolley, this one going directly to Darby via Woodland Avenue/Main Street. This generally runs about once every 5-10 minutes on paper, but the actual frequency is essentially random. This is the main route of tthe transit center.  113 - Claymont Transit Center to 69th Street Transit Center: This bus runs from 69th Street Transit Center ...

Station Review #150: Creek Road (SEPTA)

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Creek Road is a station on SEPTA's D2 line. The station is located at the rail line's intersection with Creek Road. Creek Road is essentially a trail, making this one of the few SEPTA stations that's either directly in or next to a major park. It's very likely that this is the least used station on the D2, though I'm still calculating ridership for the line.  Tour Trolley Creek Road is a very small station, its platforms barely fit the trolleys themselves.   Bench Obviously this station isn't accessible since the Kawasaki K-Car trolleys themselves aren't. Even without that though, Creek Road would still be inaccessible.  Stairs A lengthy staircase is the only way down The entire northbound platform The northbound platform is longer than the southbound platform. On the other side of that platform there's a line map. There's supposed to also be a full system map but that's missing. Instead...