Ranya's Ramblings

Help me Angora is the best station on the entire SEPTA Regional Rail network, if not in the entire northeastern US! I think the only station better than it is Hastings, on the MBTA!  The station is located in the Angora neighborhood of Southwest Philadelphia, where the Media - Wawa line hits 58th street. Clearly, this is the best place to put a train station ever!  By the way, if you're wondering how this station could be so good that I'm saying it could possibly dethrone Hastings and Eddington in the contest of best designed stations in the northeastern US, just keep reading and you're going to find out what's there!  The Best Station Tour You Will Ever See NOTHING!  Clearly, this station has the most amenities of any station I've ever seen! So many amenities! You get an inaccessible platform, some stairs, a map, a trashbin, and nothing else! There are so many amenities that it makes a beautiful station like 30th St Station look like it ha

Tacony Station is a train station on SEPTA's Trenton Line, located in the Tacony neighborhood of Lower Northeast Philadelphia. The station is located next to Disston Park, while also being sandwiched next to a highway as well. History Old picture of the old Tacony Station building  Tacony station has a long and storied history. At first, Tacony sprung up as a town on the Delaware river, fueled by its importance to transportation in the area. You see, Tacony station existed as the end of the line for the southbound version of the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad, which was banned from going towards Kensington and ultimately Philadelphia. Thus, they created a ferry wharf very close to the station for ferries to Walnut Street dock in Philadelphia. This arrangement existed for about 40-50 years. During this time, Tacony was a major transportation hub. Sometime in the 1870s, the Philadelphia and Trenton railroad was bought by the Pennsylvania Railroad.  it was d

Race - Vine is a station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line, possibly one of the most overbuilt ones on the line.  Tour Aver age station on the BSL  Race - Vine looks like every other station on the BSL that has express service, at least at the platform. It has everything: benches, trashbins, etc.  Things get more interesting once you get to the mezzanine: The Mezzanine  An Old "Train Arriving" Sign There's no sign for express, and othe other end doesn't have signs at all Yeah... This station has maps and information about nearby buses It's too bad almost all of it is old and outdated And the city bus map, too And the little details are pretty cool too, like the painted on words here:  Once you go outside up the stairs, you see the head houses, or the staircase. Really pretty head house

Bridesburg is a train station located in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, immediately outside of Bridesburg. Bridesburg station is located along the Trenton line, where it intersects with Bridge Street and Aramingo/Harbison avenues, and the second closest station to Torresdale avenue (the closest would have been the now closed Frankford station that I believe was much closer to Adams avenue).  History I could not find a single historical picture of the station online. There is very little known about Bridesburg station's history. From what is known, a padt version of Bridesburg station was originally built in 1883, before being replaced by another station in 1892. In 1896, that was replaced with a shelter type station. As far as I know, that's this station.  Description  There is not much at Bridesburg station. The entire station consists of two shelters off the side of a bridge. That's it, that's all there is at Bridesburg