52nd Street (Pennsylvania Railroad station)
- 52nd Street (Pennsylvania Railroad station)
52nd Street is a closed railroad station in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) at the junction of its Main Line and its Schuylkill Branch. Today, these lines are the SEPTA Regional Rail R5 Paoli-Thorndale and R6 Cynwyd lines, respectively.
At 52nd Street, the Main Line is on an embankment at-grade, while the Schuylkill Branch is on an elevated structure. A lit sign informed inbound passengers which platform the next train to Center City, Philadelphia would depart from.
Through merger and bankruptcy, the station and the trains serving it passed from the PRR to the Penn Central to Conrail, which abandoned all service to the station in 1980. Proposals have been made to reopen the station, either in conjunction with projects such as the Schuylkill Valley Metro, or as part of community revitalization efforts, but none of these plans have yet come to fruition.
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Pennsylvania Station 30th Street — Philadelphia/30th Street Station 30th Street Station, von Südosten aus gesehen Bahnhofsdaten Art … Deutsch Wikipedia
30th Street Station — Philadelphia/30th Street Station 30th Street Station, von Südosten aus gesehen Daten Betriebsart Etagenbahnhof … Deutsch Wikipedia
Penn Central 30th Street Station — Philadelphia/30th Street Station 30th Street Station, von Südosten aus gesehen Bahnhofsdaten Art … Deutsch Wikipedia
Penn Central Station — Philadelphia/30th Street Station 30th Street Station, von Südosten aus gesehen Bahnhofsdaten Art … Deutsch Wikipedia
West Philadelphia Station — Philadelphia/30th Street Station 30th Street Station, von Südosten aus gesehen Bahnhofsdaten Art … Deutsch Wikipedia
Broad Street Station (Philadelphia) — Broad Street Station was a railroad station built in 1881 and served as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania s primary rail hub until the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) completed 30th Street Station in 1933. Originally designed by the Wilson Brothers, it was… … Wikipedia
University City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — s 19104, 19139, and 19143.The name University City was coined in the mid 1950s in an effort to encourage University of Pennsylvania faculty to move into the nearby neighborhoods as part of an urban renewal effort.… … Wikipedia
Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad — Map of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad from a 1936 public timetable folder … Wikipedia
Fayette County, Pennsylvania — Fayette County Courthouse … Wikipedia
Market–Frankford Line — Market–Frankford Line Market–Frankford Line train departing 52nd Street stati … Wikipedia
