by Miles Taylor | Oct 5, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
SEPTA! Stop opening up new Regional Rail platforms! Let me get through my backlog without having to schlep up to random stations every couple of days! And you picked a real good place for me this time: Levittown. One of the first master-planned suburbs, and one with a...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 1, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
Yes, I know I’m late here – Paoli’s new platform opened over a week ago, and this one is a much bigger deal than Secane. I go through these phases where I’m really busy and don’t have time to write, so…well, anyway: Paoli! Being...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 24, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA, Miles on the MBTA
After our adventures in Edinburgh and Glasgow, the urban part of my family’s Scotland trip was essentially over. It was time to take a train way up into the Scottish Highlands, and on the eponymous (West) Highland Line, no less – widely considered to be...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 22, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
You know, I wasn’t gonna do this, but I had already reviewed the other two Cynwyd Line stations…figured I might as well hop the one midday train once more to complete the trifecta with Wynnefield Ave. Plus, this’ll mean I’ll have done every...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 20, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
Now why would Bala, with just ten inbound trains per day, have fully high-level platforms when so many other SEPTA stations are inaccessible? I wonder if someone powerful lives up here… Well, here we are. That high-level platform is mostly unsheltered, playing...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 18, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
I was touring Temple University in 2016, and the guide was telling us about transportation access. “Every Regional Rail line stops at Temple, so it’s really convenient,” he said. And I didn’t know much about SEPTA then, but I did know one...
