Providence Road station (SEPTA Route 101)

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Providence Road
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Bowling Green St Media PA.JPG
General information
Location Providence Road & State Street
Media, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°55′00″N75°22′51″W / 39.9167°N 75.3807°W / 39.9167; -75.3807
Owned by SEPTA
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2 (1 storage)
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes; bicycle racks
History
Electrified Overhead lines
Previous namesBowling Green (????2010)
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Orange Street
Terminus
Route 101
major stops
Beatty Road
Future services (2024)
Preceding station SEPTA Metro.svg SEPTA Metro Following station
through to State Street stops SEPTA D1 icon.svg Beatty Road

Providence Road station (soon to be known as Providence Road / Media station [1] ; formerly Bowling Green) is a SEPTA Route 101 trolley stop in Media, Pennsylvania. It is officially located at Providence Road (PA 252) and State Street.

Trolleys arriving at this station travel between 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby Township, 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. [2] Additionally, a shopping center exists along Baltimore Pike between North Providence and Beatty Roads, which has a stop of its own.

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References

  1. "SEPTA Metro Network Map" (PDF). September 19, 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. Images of Bowling Green Station Storage Track, by Brian J. Cudahy (WorldNYCSubway.org)