Providence Road (SEPTA Route 101 station)

For the stop in Aldan, Pennsylvania on the SEPTA 102 trolley, see Providence Road (SEPTA Route 102 station).
Providence Road
(Bowling Green)
SEPTA trolley
Location Providence Road & State Street
Media, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°55′00″N 75°22′51″W / 39.9167°N 75.3807°WCoordinates: 39°55′00″N 75°22′51″W / 39.9167°N 75.3807°W
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2 (1 storage)
Construction
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Yes; Bicycle Racks
Electrified Overhead lines
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Manchester Avenue
toward Media-Orange Street
Route 101
Beatty Road
toward 69th Street

Providence Road (formerly Bowling Green) is a stop along the SEPTA Media (Route 101) trolley line. It is officially located at Providence Road (PA 252) & State Street in Media, Pennsylvania.

Trolleys arriving at this station travel between 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania and Orange Street in Media. The station has a shed with a roof where people can go inside when it is raining. It also has a half dozen free parking spaces along the tracks on the southeast corner of the railroad crossing at Providence Road.

Providence Road Station is the location where the Route 101 line leaves State Street and enters a separate right-of-way. A storage track begins east of Providence Road across from the station shed that eventually becomes the second track.[1] Additionally, a shopping center exists along Baltimore Pike between North Providence and Beatty Roads, which has a stop of is own.

References

  1. ↑ Images of Bowling Green Station Storage Track, by Brian J. Cudahy (WorldNYCSubway.org)

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