Ranya's Ramblings

Germantown is a train station on SEPTA's Chestnut Hill East line.  History Old PG&NRR Germantown station building  the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad came to Germantown in 1832. Originally it had ended at Germantown and Price Streets at Shingle's Tavern. In 1855, a new station building was built, and it stayed in commission until 1863 or so. This station building remained standing until 1981, when it burned down.  After this, The Reading Railroad made a new station near Baynton Street, where the current station is. Much of the track between Chelten Avenue and Germantown avenue is gone, but the right of way still remains.  Third Germantown Station There used to also be a yard next to this station, the remnants of the portion of the right of way that went to Germantown avenue. This station remained until the late 1920s, when the line was rebuilt, and a new elevated station was built. This station is the station ...

Sedgwick is a station on SEPTA's Chestnut Hill East line, located at Mount Pleasant avenue in Northwest Philadelphia's East Mount Airy neighborhood.  History Old Sedgwick station Sedgwick station was built in 1880, in the same spot it's in today. Things stayed mostly the same until 1980, when the station building burned down.  Afterwards, some temporary shelters were constructed. In the 2000s, better temporary shelters were constructed, entirely on the inbound end.  Tour Silverliner IV at Sedgwick Station There's not much at Sedgwick at all.  There clearly used to be a shelter here The only bench at this platform Shelters on the other side. Why are they only on that side? Good luck if it rains.  Stairs Very old sign for the H bus Bus Connections There is one singular bus connection: the H, which goes between Broad and Erie and Cheltenham - Ogontz loop, wit...

West Ardmore is a temporary station on Amtrak's Keystone Corridor, which takes service from the Keystone Service and SEPTA's Paoli - Thorndale Line. Despite this, the station is more like a SEPTA station that some Amtrak trains stop at than an Amtrak station. West Ardmore station is located on the Montgomery County side of Ardmore, PA. This station, normally a part of Ardmore Station itself, is treated as a stand-alone station while Ardmore is being rebuilt.  Tour I am legitimately proud of this photo There is very little at West Ardmore station. It's basically two platforms, a few bus stops, and an AmShack. Also, there is no entrance there. Have fun getting to the station, it's very hard to do. Wayfinding that leads to a construction site The original station building, as it's being demolished  Through a stroke of luck, walking through a random street in Ardmore, you do eventually get to the station, and its hilarious...

Asbury Park is a station on NJT's North Jersey Coast Line, located just outside of downtown Asbury Park, New Jersey.  Tour NJCL train at Asbury Park station The day I went to Asbury Park station, the main building was under construction. Fortunately, the rest of the station still exists and is usable.  Construction notice Inside the station building Building from afar Yet another construction notice But just because the station building was under construction, doesn't mean the entire station is unusable. You can still use the platforms, which most people at this station did.  Southern Platform One very odd thing about the station is that the platforms are not directly across from each other, rather the southbound platform being further north than the northbound platform.  The platforms have about everything you'd expect from them, from benches to maps and schedules.  ...