Ridley Park station
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 in June 2014. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 108 East Avenue (Hinckley & Morton Avenues) Ridley Park, Pennsylvania 19078 | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | No | |||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1871[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1880, 1941[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | September 30, 1928[3] | |||||||||||||||||
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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.[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 | Amtrak services do not stop here → Wilmington/Newark Line toward Temple University (Prospect Park) → |
| 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.
- "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.
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