Aronimink station

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Aronimink
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General information
LocationBurmont Road & Morgan Avenue
Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
Coordinates 39°56′57″N75°18′22″W / 39.9493°N 75.3061°W / 39.9493; -75.3061
Owned by SEPTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingNo
History
Electrified Overhead lines
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Anderson Avenue Route 101 School Lane
Future services (2024)
Preceding station SEPTA Metro.svg SEPTA Metro Following station
Anderson Avenue SEPTA D1 icon.svg School Lane

Aronimink station is SEPTA Route 101 trolley stop in the Aronimink section of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. It is located on Burmont Road & Morgan Avenue, although SEPTA gives the address as being near that intersection. Aronimink is the only stop of the Media Line that crosses Burmont Road.

Contents

Trolleys arriving at this station travel between 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania and Orange Street in Media, Pennsylvania. The station has a shed with a roof where people can go inside when it is raining. The shelter is the standard P&W "Red Arrow" stone shelter, similar to that of the Providence Road stop in Media, and the Woodland Avenue stop in Springfield. [1] Free parking is not available at this stop, and all parking lots within the vicinity are the property of local businesses, including that of a local branch of the U.S. Post Office.

The Aronimink station is located in the same intersection as the former location of the Waverly Theatre [2] in downtown Drexel Hill. The movie theater, hence the trolley stop, is a long-standing hub of the town, celebrated for its $1 movies through the mid-1980s, and is now the home of Hanrahan's Irish Pub. [3]

Station layout

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Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Outbound      Route 101 toward Woodland Avenue or Media – Orange Street (Anderson Avenue)
Inbound      Route 101 toward 69th Street (School Lane)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street levelExit/entrance

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References

  1. Image of Aronimink SEPTA Route 101 Trolley station by Lee Winson; April 12, 2014 (WorldNYCSubway.org)
  2. "Waverly Theatre in Drexel Hill, PA - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  3. "Behind the Bar: Bobby Callan of Hanrahan's Irish Pub". irishphiladelphia.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.