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Crestmont is a station on SEPTA's Warminister Line. The station is located at Rubicam Avenue in the Crestmont neighborhood of Abington, PA. Crestmont station is one of a few flag stops in the SEPTA network, with only a few trains a day making actual scheduled stops at Crestmont station.   History Crestmont station was most likely built by the North Pennsylvania railroad along with the rest of the line to Hartsville sometime between 1872 and 1873. The old station in the image shown above was most likely a second iteration of the station built to replace the original station by the Reading Railroad. Sometime much later (most likely in the early 2000s), the old shelter was replaced by a newer shelter and platform that is more accessible.  Tour The entire station from a distance Considering this is the Warminister line we're talking about, yeah you probably should look both ways before crossing Crestmont station is a small station. Th

Gregg Street Loop is a bus loop operated by SEPTA. The loop is located very close to the intersection of Frankford Avenue and Linden Avenue in the Torresdale neighborhood of Philadelphia. Services One of the two bus stop signs at the bus loop There are three bus services that stop at Gregg Street Loop, these include:  Route 66: Frankford Transportation Center to City Line Loop via Frankford Avenue. Some trips end at Gregg Street Loop instead of going all the way to City Line Loop .  Route 70: Fern Rock Transportation Center to Torresdale-Cottman or Gregg Street Loops via Cottman Avenue. Some trips continue past Torresdale-Cottman Loop to Gregg Street Loop via Torresdale Avenue and State Road, linking the 70 to Upper Holmesburg.  Route 88: Gregg Street Loop to Frankford Transportation Center via Rowland Avenue. This bus was extended from Pennypack Woods to Gregg St. Loop sometime around 2018 or so.  Bus Connections Additionally, Routes 19 (Frankford Transportat

Wister is a station on SEPTA's Chestnut Hill East line, located on East Ashmead Street in the East Germantown Neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia.  History The now demolished station house The history of Wister station is somewhat unclear, but traces back to at least the 1860s, though possibly all the way to 1832, when the Germantown railroad was built. In 1854, the Chestnut Hill Railroad was completed, giving Wister station newfound service to Germantown, Chestnut Hill, and Center City. Wister station got its name from its original location, which was at the railroad's intersection with Wister Street. Some time around the 1880s, the station was renamed to Duys station. This name didn't last all that long, and by 1925 it was back to Wister station.  In 1929, the old station was demolished, with the station grounds being moved to Ashmead street. This was done in accordance with the grade separation project that the Reading Railroad was performing o

Oregon is a station along SEPTA's Broad Street Subway. The station is served by the B1 service.  History Oregon station opened with the extension of the Broad Street Line to Pattison Avenue as an infill station. This was done as the area around Broad and Oregon had been growing in popularity for many years, and a lot of new housing had been constructed in the area. The station itself opened on April 8th, 1973 with NRG station. Tour One of the head houses Oregon station is designed in such a way that the mezzanines are at ground level, which made station construction much cheaper than otherwise. There are two of these headhouse/mezzanine combinations on either side of Oregon Avenue.  Said head house from the other side The fare gates inside that headhouse The other end lacks fare gates Escalator The platform Train Elevator Stairs Oh and whil