Ridley Park 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.

Ridley Park
Ridley Park station platforms in June 2014.
General information
Location201 East Hinckley Avenue
Ridley Park, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°52′50″N 75°19′20″W
Owned bySoutheastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s)Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Construction
Parking61 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities10 rack spaces[1]
AccessibleNo[2]
Other information
Fare zone3[2]
History
Opened1871[3]
Rebuilt1880, 1941[4]
Electrified1928[5]
Services
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

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.

G Street level Entrance/exit, park and ride
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 1 ←      Wilmington/​Newark Line toward Temple University (Prospect Park)
Track 2 ←      Amtrak services do not stop
Track 3 →      Amtrak services do not stop →
Track 4 →      Wilmington/​Newark Line toward Newark (Crum Lynne) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References
  1. "Ridley Park Station". Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  2. "Wilmington/Newark Line Timetable" (PDF). Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  3. "Latest News By Mail". Lancaster Daily Intelligencer. November 23, 1880. p. 2. Retrieved April 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. "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. open access
  5. "Electric Trains in Service on Pennsy". The Every Evening. Wilmington, Delaware. October 1, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  6. "Art: New Stations". Time. March 2, 1942. p. 48. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  7. "Two Stations for the Pennsylvania R.R.". The Architectural Forum. 78: 83–88. March 1943 – via USModernist.
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