Ranya's Ramblings

150 Bus at PARX Casino The 150 is a bus that goes from Plymouth Meeting Mall to PARX Casino. This bus is basically a casino bus, going directly from a mall to a casino via I-276, aka the PA Turnpike.  Information The 150 runs Mondays through Saturdays, 12 trips per day on weekdays, and 10 on Saturdays, making for a horrendous 70 trips per week. Compare this with a much more frequent bus, like say the 52 and you see why 70 is such a sad number (as of 2020, the 52 runs 742 trips per week, almost 11 times the amount of trips the 150 runs.) Considering that the 150 runs 70 buses per week, you'd expect it to have similarly horrendous frequency, and you would be correct.  Below is a picture of a timetable I took for the 150 (the bus was stocked with them for once): Extremely frequent, huh?  This bus essentially runs as pullout/pullback service, hence the extreme infrequency.  PARX Casino Bus Terminal I started my journey on the 150 at PARX Casino, a major bus tran

Susquehanna - Dauphin is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line. The station is located on Broad Street, between Susquehanna and Dauphin, on the borders of multiple neighborhoods in North Philadelphia.  Attempting to Maneuver Around Susquehanna - Dauphin Staircase There are stairs on both Susquehanna and Dauphin streets. As per usual, the stairs have many things you would typically expect of a structure like this in a Broad Street line subway station. There is not much, but there does not need to be. Also, as per usual the stairs are very dirty, but it's the average amount for a BSL station.  What is this thing? Halfway down the stairs, I saw this thing, I don't know what it is either. Otherwise, everything at the stairs is completely normal. It's when you get past the stairs do things suddenly become out of the normal... Before anything, I may as well mention that the station has the normal mosaic decorations. Unfo

Lawndale Station is a SEPTA station on the Fox Chase line, in the Lawncrest neighborhood of Philadelphia. As the portion of the Fox Chase line this station is on is also part of the Philadelphia city line, Lawndale Station is also in Cheltenham, PA. However, Lawndale station cannot be accessed from Cheltenham, PA. Lawndale Station is a Zone 2 station.  History Lawndale station on an old map Lawndale Station has a very vague history. The station itself was established in the 1890s, leading to the neighborhood gaining that name. That much is known. Information gets much murkier when trying to figure out what the station originally looked like. What is known is that the current shelters most likely date ti the 1960s, most likely predating SEPTA's acquisition of the station.  Station Tour The shelter View of the entire station from south to north As you can tell, there is very little at Lawndale Station. A closer look at the s

PCC Trolley at Mattapan Station Mattapan Station is the southwestern terminus station for MBTA's Mattapan Trolley. The station is located in the southern portion of the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston, immediately north of the Neponset River (and thus north of Milton).  History The old station in 2006, before renovation.  Credit to Frank Herbert for the photo Mattapan station was made in the late 1920s and opened on December 21st, 1929 . The station used this stone depot for many years until 2006 or so when the new station was built.  Station Tour View from Mattapan Station Mattapan Station has shelters with benches, as well as shelters without them. The architecture style is similar to  Temple University Station (SEPTA) , but only specifically with the bench spacing and the general resemblance to gas station canopies. The station also has two bus loops, for all of the bus routes that either deviate to or terminate at the station.  I'd write

  Hi everyone! I'm making this post today to show everyone something I've decided to make, to help keep track of where everything is. Earlier today, I made a map of the locations of everything I've reviewed to this point. I realized that other people would probably want this too, so I've decided to make this blog post for that purpose! Every station is on the map, and each station on the map will have a link to its related blog post.  The map itself can be found here .  I plan on updating it as I review more things, and will probably post a new mini blog post like this one mentioning that I have every few posts, or might add it to the bottom of every post, maybe? That all is currently in the planning stage, and I'd like your thoughts on what I should do with it. Until then, see you all next blog post! 

Richmond - Westmoreland Loop is a bus station in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA. Richmond - Westmoreland Loop serves the bus portion of trolley route 15, as well as bus routes 60 and 73. The loop's existence is integral to the SEPTA network in the River Wards.  Station Tour:  The main section of the Richmond - Westmoreland loop has a structure that looks like this: The main structure of the loop Inside that, there are benches for people to sit on and maps, and those are on the outside as well. Maps at the station can be seen below: Route 15 map Route 60 map Route 73 map, note that it shows Northwood on the map when Northwood is in an area to the northwest not shown on the map at all  Unfortunately, the station also has quite a bit of hostile architecture, the "leaners" all too familiar to those who use SEPTA nowadays. These leaners are completely inaccessible and I honestly despise them, and c