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Aronimink station

Coordinates: 39°56′57″N 75°18′22″W / 39.9493°N 75.3061°W / 39.9493; -75.3061
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Aronimink
General information
LocationBurmont Road & Morgan Avenue
Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
Coordinates39°56′57″N 75°18′22″W / 39.9493°N 75.3061°W / 39.9493; -75.3061
Owned bySEPTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingNo
History
ElectrifiedOverhead lines
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Anderson Avenue Route 101 School Lane
Future services (2024)
Preceding station SEPTA Metro Following station
Anderson Avenue School Lane
Location
Map

Aronimink station is stop on the Media–Sharon Hill Line 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.

Trolleys arriving at this station travel between 69th Street Transportation Center 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 station in Media, and the Woodland Avenue station 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]

References

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  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.
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