Summary
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, Pennsylvania, 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.
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 Ridley Park station platforms in June 2014. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 201 East Hinckley Avenue Ridley Park, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°52′50″N 75°19′20″W / 39.880523°N 75.322105°W | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | |||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Amtrak Northeast Corridor | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 61 spaces[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 10 rack spaces[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No[2] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1871[3] | |||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1880, 1941[4] | |||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1928[5] | |||||||||||||||||
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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.[4] The current station building opened in 1942 and was designed by architect Lester C. Tichy in association with designer Raymond Loewy.[6][7] Historic photographs and architectural drawings of the Ridley Park station can be found in the March 1943 issue of The Architectural Forum magazine.[7]
Station layout edit
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.
References edit
- ^ a b "Ridley Park Station". Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ^ a b "Wilmington/Newark Line Timetable" (PDF). Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ^ "Latest News By Mail". Lancaster Daily Intelligencer. November 23, 1880. p. 2. Retrieved April 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Art: New Stations". Time. March 2, 1942. p. 48. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- ^ a b "Two Stations for the Pennsylvania R.R.". The Architectural Forum. 78: 83–88. March 1943 – via USModernist.
External links edit
- SEPTA – Ridley Park station
- 2003 Mike Pizzano photo
- Station from Google Maps Street View