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Highland Avenue is a station on SEPTA's Wilmington - Newark Line, located on Highland Avenue in Chester, PA, very close to Trainer, PA.  History Aerial view of Highland Avenue station from 1940 Very little is known about the history of Highland Avenue station. What is known is that it existed by the late 1800s as an infill station. Highland Avenue station had two platforms, both with shelters, and a station house that you could get tickets from.  By the 1950s, almost everything was removed due to budget cuts. All that remained was a shelter on one of the platforms, which was subsequently modernized in the 1990s or so. The station has not changed at all since. Tour Uhhhh... Highland Avenue is a station that only the first two cars can reach, as the platforms are too short for more than the first two cars. This is very annoying for anyone who wants to get off at the station, as it is very hard to do so due to this.  Compared to everything below, th

West Baltimore is a station on MARC's Penn Line, located in the Southwest Baltimore section of the city of Baltimore, in the Midtown Edmonson neighborhood.  History Old building of Edmonson station Before West Baltimore station was even an idea, there was the B&P Railroad, which was operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad. They operated two stations, Lafayette and Calverton. The Pennsylvania Railroad also operated a service from Washington DC to Harrisburg, via York and Baltimore. This required trains to operate in reverse, especially when going towards DC from Baltimore.  To solve this, the PRR decided to replace Lafayette and Calverton stations with one station in-between both named Edmonson in 1916. A wye was to be built at Edmonson station, it was supposed to be similar in spirit to a transfer station to a station like North Philadelphia. The station was built, but the wye was never completed because World War 1 happened. Edmonson was never the transfe

Atlantic City is the eastern terminus station of NJT's Atlantic City line, located in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  History The old Atlantic City Union Station  Atlantic City used to originally have competing lines from the Reading and Pennsylvania railroads for a long while. This changed in the 1930s, though and both merged their South Jersey assets to form the PRSL. In 1934, Atlantic City Union Station was built, and with the building of this station was the creation of an icon. It was located at Arctic and Arkansas avenues, and was incredibly important for the well-being of the city. Unfortunately, Atlantic City Union Station lost train service in 1964, which had been removed in the creation of the Atlantic City Expressway. Atlantic City Union Station kept being used for bus service until 1997 when it was completely torn down and replaced by an outlet mall called The Walk. A new bus station was built nearby at Atlantic Avenue and Ohio Avenue called Atlantic

Overbrook is a station on SEPTA's Paoli - Thorndale line, located in the Overbrook Farms subsection of the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA.  History Overbrook station sometime around the 1970s Overbrook station was built in 1858 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, so named as it was built near a bridge for a now non-existent brook. It was built Over a Brook. Over-Brook. Overbrook. Thus, the entire neighborhood surrounding the station was named Overbrook after the station.  The station has not changed much at all since it was created.  Tour Station House I wonder how many forests worth of trees were felled and chopped down to make this station. Anything that could be made out of wood, is. The sheer amount of wood used here aside, the architectural style of this station is in line with architectural styles commonly used by the PRR for older train station buildings, like  Coatesville , among other similar stations.  Pennsylvania Rai