Ridley Park station
Ridley Park | |||||||||||
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Location | 108 East Avenue (Hinckley & Morton Avenues) Ridley Park, PA, 19078 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°52′50″N 75°19′20″W / 39.880523°N 75.322105°WCoordinates: 39°52′50″N 75°19′20″W / 39.880523°N 75.322105°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Northeast Corridor | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
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Parking | 61 spaces | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 5 racks | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1871[1] | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1880, 1941[2] | ||||||||||
Electrified | September 30, 1928[3] | ||||||||||
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Ridley Park station is a station along the Northeast Corridor. Amtrak does not stop here; only SEPTA's Wilmington/Newark Line trains serve this station. It is located at Hinckley & Morton Avenues in Ridley Park, PA, and contains a one-story station house similar to that of Media Regional Rail station built into the embankment next to a platform, as well as a passenger drop-off area at Hinckley Avenue and Lincoln Street. Another platform also exists on the opposite side of the tracks on Ridley & Morton Avenues. Access between the two platforms is available from the nearby Ward Street Bridge just west of the station.
The current Ridley Park station was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a replacement for a much more elaborate station house which was built over the tracks by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad during the 19th Century.[2]
Station layout[]
Ridley Park has two low-level side platforms with walkways connecting passengers to the inner tracks. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor lines bypass the station via the inner tracks.
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Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Outbound | ← Wilmington/Newark Line toward Marcus Hook, Wilmington or Newark (Crum Lynne) |
Outbound | ← Wilmington/Newark Line toward Marcus Hook, Wilmington or Newark (Crum Lynne) ← Amtrak services do not stop here |
Inbound | Wilmington/Newark Line toward Temple University (Prospect Park) → | Amtrak services do not stop here →
Inbound | Wilmington/Newark Line toward Temple University (Prospect Park) → |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Street level | Exit/entrance and parking |
References[]
- ^ "Latest News By Mail". Lancaster Daily Intelligencer. November 23, 1880. p. 2. Retrieved April 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Vision of Ridley Park Fulfilled, if Not Right Off". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 12, 1995. p. MD1, MD9. Retrieved April 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Electric Trains in Service on Pennsy". The Every Evening. Wilmington, Delaware. October 1, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
External links[]
- SEPTA Regional Rail stations
- Stations on the Northeast Corridor
- Railway stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1871
- SEPTA stubs
- Pennsylvania railway station stubs