Angora station
Angora station is a SEPTA railway station in Philadelphia. It serves the Media/Wawa Line and is officially located at 58th Street near Baltimore Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia's Angora neighborhood, however the actual location is south of Baltimore Avenue. Part of Cobbs Creek Parkway runs along 58th Street from Baltimore Avenue, over the railroad bridge, to nearby Hoffman Avenue. In 2013, this station saw 36 boardings and 37 alightings on an average weekday, making it SEPTA's least used regional rail station.[2]
Angora | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | 1099 South 58th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39.94479°N 75.23867°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | SEPTA | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Connections | at 58th/Baltimore SEPTA City Bus: G | |||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Electrified | December 2, 1928[1] | |||||||||||||||
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Angora station lies several blocks southeast of the Angora Loop station, which is the western terminus of Route 34 on the SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley Lines, a line that runs along Baltimore Avenue, three blocks north of the station.
Station layout
Angora has two low-level side platforms.
G | Street level | Exit/entrance to 58th Street |
P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Outbound | ← Media/Wawa Line toward Wawa (Fernwood – Yeadon) | |
Inbound | Media/Wawa Line toward Temple University (49th Street) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right |
References
- "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. May 2014. pp. 62 & 66. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12.
External links
Media related to Angora station at Wikimedia Commons
- Angora Station | SEPTA
- 58th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- 1973 former Angora Station House photograph (Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)