by Miles Taylor | Jul 8, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
For family weekend, my parents stayed at a hotel from which Race-Vine was the closest station. It was still faster for me to just take the El and walk, but hey – new station review. Let’s do it. An entrance on Race. None of Race-Vine’s entrances at...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 5, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
“R” you “R”eady for a “R”ollicking “R”omp down “R”oosevelt “R”oad? I su”R”e am! Ahoy, mateys: “Rrrrrrrrrrrrrr”!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi, everyone from the Inquirer article. I swear...
by Miles Taylor | Jul 1, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
Okay, with a name like “West Trenton,” you would think that the station would be…slightly less middle-of-nowhere. I mean, when the surrounding attractions include farmland and a country club, it’s pretty easy to say that there’s a degree...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 25, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
A crosstown route across North Philadelphia from Strawberry Mansion to Olde Richmond? Alright, the 39 sounds pretty good to me! Wait…why does the route have a four-block jog in the eastbound direction only? Ohhhh noooooooo… “SEPTA off duty”?...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 19, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
It was of the utmost importance that I rode the 3 on a Saturday or Sunday midday. You see, most of the time, it does indeed end at a SEPTA loop at 33rd-Cecil B. Moore, but on weekend middays…yes, weekend middays, it gets extended to the Smith Memorial Playground...
by Miles Taylor | Jun 16, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
Uh-oh…better make this quick, I’m in enemy territory! This is 33rd Street Station. One of the two station entrances. A block east from the El’s 34th Street Station, 33rd Street is placed just before the trolley tracks join Market Street. The two...
