Ridley Park station
Train station in Pennsylvania, U.S. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Location | 201 East Hinckley Avenue Ridley Park, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°52′50″N 75°19′20″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]