Ranya's Ramblings

Delawanna is a station on NJT's Main Line. The station is located at the intersection of Oak Street and Delawanna Avenue in the Delawanna neighborhood of Clifton, NJ. This station is mostly served by NJT's Main Line. A select few MNRR Port Jervis Line trains a day stop here as well.  Tour What is this, MARC?     Delawanna station is completely inaccessible and has a low platform, one that's even worse than some SEPTA stations. There is no tactile strip at the end of the platform.    The platform itself is just asphalt. The tracks are above it, and there's a fence in between each track to stop you from crossing.  Inbound shelter   The shelter for the inbound platform looks kind of like a dog house.   Other inbound shelter, which is literally a bus stop shelter Signage   This signage is very bad, but I'll touch on that later.   Ramp   This ramp meanwhi...

Cheltenham-Ogontz Loop is a Bus station on Cheltenham Avenue and Ogontz Avenue (State route 309) in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, operated by SEPTA.  Bus Services There are multiple bus routes that stop at Cheltenham-Ogontz Loop, these include:    6 - Cheltenham-Ogontz to Olney Transit Center: This bus goes down Ogontz Avenue towards Olney Transit Center, and has some of the highest ridership in the entire SEPTA network 16 - City Hall to Cheltenham-Ogontz: In tandem with the 4 bus further south, the 16 is one of the buses that runs along Broad Street, paralleling the Broad Street Line, and connecting to almost every station north of City Hall, including Olney Transit Center. Only Fern Rock Transit Center is excluded here. This route was originally part of Route C. 22 -  Warminster/Willow Grove to Olney Transit Center: This bus goes along Easton Road to Willow Grove Mall. About one trip an hour goes to Warminster. Warminster trips before 9:30 pm or...

Burns Commons is the northern terminus station for the M-Line of The Hop. The station is located on Ogden Avenue between Farwell and Prospect Avenues in the Yankee Hill neighborhood on the southern edge of the East Side of Milwaukee. Tour There's a bench and a schedule, and little to nothing else.  Notice about the Festival Line service The trolley itself There's not much else here.  Bus Connections There's only one connection to the MCTS bus system here, and that's the 30 bus. This bus runs from the Upper East Side, along Wisconsin Avenue and then along Sherman Boulevard to the North Bay Shopping Mall. The M-Line streetcar goes to many of the same places that the 30 bus does in Downtown, it just does so at a snail's pace in comparison.  Points of Interest Near Burns Commons Immediately next to the station itself is the Burns Commons park. The Jewish Museum of Milwaukee is also nearby, as well a...

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...