Ridley Park station

Train station in Pennsylvania, U.S.

Preceding station	SEPTA			Following station
Crum Lynne toward Newark		Wilmington/Newark Line		Prospect Park toward Temple University

Former services

Preceding station	Pennsylvania Railroad			Following station
Chester toward Washington, D.C.		Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad		Prospect Park toward Philadelphia
Crum Lynne toward Wilmington		Wilmington Line		Prospect Park toward Suburban 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.

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

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

^ ^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.