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 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 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...
by Miles Taylor | May 12, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
Media seems like such a natural place to end a Regional Rail line. It’s a sizeable, dense town, after all – the county seat of Delco! And yet…the line goes one stop further to a little station in the middle of nowhere called Elwyn. Elwyn is a weird...
by Miles Taylor | May 5, 2019 | Miles on SEPTA
Long story short: I happen to have reviewed all of the 101/102 stations from Fairfield Ave to Drexel Hill Junction. Might as well marathon them! Fairfield Ave. Fairfield Ave is stupidly close to 69th Street. It is a 0.2 mile, 5-minute walk from Fairfield Ave to 69th...
