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Meadowbrook is a station on SEPTA's West Trenton line, located between Rydal and Bethayres stations in the Meadowbrook neighborhood of Abington.  History Old Meadowbrook station building and platform It's unknown when the original Meadowbrook station was built. If I were to wager a guess, I would say sometime around 1890 or so. What is known is that the station was burnt down on April 18th, 1995 at around 5 am. At the time, the now non-existent Meadowbrook post office was in the building as well.  SEPTA built the current station on the old station's site, and it has not changed at all since.  Tour Side of inbound shelter There is very little at Meadowbrook station. The inbound shelter has a bench with a septa Key Card reader next to it. There is also a lot of space for people to stand protected from rain and wind, as well.  The inbound shelter also has these signs in it.  This is the aforeme...

Cheltenham is a station on SEPTA's Fox Chase Line, located in Cheltenham Village, a village located inside Cheltenham Township. Or at least, it's supposed to be. The station is actually located in the Burholme neighborhood of Philadelphia, but the city limits are about half a block away (Ironically, Lawndale station is located in Cheltenham Township, but in a portion where the people of Cheltenham Township itself cannot  access it because of the country club behind it). History Station in the 1930s Cheltenham Station was originally an old wooden structure built sometime in the mid to late 1800s. It is very likely that the station was made in the 1860s by the Philadelphia, New York, and Newtown Railroad, or the 1880s-1890s by the Reading Railroad. When exactly the station was constructed aside, Cheltenham station had this building for many decades afterwards.  Cheltenham station in the 1990s The station lasted a long time, up until 1993, when...

Holmesburg Junction station, also known as just Holmesburg, is a station on SEPTA's Trenton line located at Rhawn Street in the Holmesburg neighborhood of Philadelphia.  History Original station The original Holmesburg Station was built in 1833, on the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad. Eventually, that changed hands to become a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad.  Sometime later on, the station itself was rebuilt, with a new building, one that had been at the station to this day.  There used to be passeneger trains on the Bustleton Branch that linked the station to Bustleton, though these were discontinued in the 1930s, following service cuts from the PRR.  Tour The station building There is a lot at Holmesburg Junction station. For one, it has a station building and na actual shelter on the other end.  Train at the station This station is no average station, however. Quite the opposite, if anything.  ...