Angora station

Angora station is a SEPTA railway station in Philadelphia. It serves the Media/Elwyn 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
Facing south from Westbound side of tracks.
Location58th Street near Baltimore Avenue
Coordinates39.94479°N 75.23867°W / 39.94479; -75.23867
Owned bySEPTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections at 58th/Baltimore
SEPTA City Bus: G
Other information
Fare zone1
ElectrifiedDecember 2, 1928[1]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Fernwood–Yeadon
toward Elwyn
Media/Elwyn Line 49th Street

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/Elwyn Line toward Elwyn (Fernwood – Yeadon)
Inbound      Media/Elwyn Line toward Temple University (49th Street)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

  1. "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. May 2014. pp. 62 & 66. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12.
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