North Philadelphia - Least Used Amtrak Station in Pennsylvania (feat. Justin Roczniak from WTYP)

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0:00 - Cornwells Heights Station
1:40 - A Really Stupid Amtrak Trip
2:20 - North Philadelphia Review
11:15 - North Broad Station
12:33 - North Philadelphia Ridership and Scores
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@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

14:35 - Roz said that in retrospect, the worst Amtrak station he's used is Windsor Locks, CT. Which, you know, fair.

@jacorp7476 Жыл бұрын

Lmao that station has the smallest platform I've ever seen

@redstonerelic Жыл бұрын

@@jacorp7476 i went and had a look and wtf is the size of it? its so tiny! I went and measured it on google earth and it says that its only 33 feet. wow

@seamusmckeon9109 Жыл бұрын

Good thing they’re building a new one close to “downtown”

@cedricye1767 Жыл бұрын

But does Windsor Locks have -Poop -Needles -Mildew

@saxmanb777 Жыл бұрын

I got to wait at Windsor Locks after flying into BDL. Then a huge thunderstorm hit while I waited in the shelter and lightning struck a tree down the tracks to block my Vermonter. Scariest moment of my life.

@alanthefisher Жыл бұрын

- poop - needles - mildew

@OntarioTrafficMan Жыл бұрын

No. - less poop - less needles - less mildew

@isleyvideoproduction Жыл бұрын

all my favorite things

@UncommonElevators Жыл бұрын

I learned exactly two things from this video: 1) Amtrak service patterns are weird 2) Roz says “this is true” just as much in real life as on his podcast

@HessianHunter Жыл бұрын

I live in North Philly and this is the station I use to get to NYC. I always feel like I'm doing something wrong by even being there.

@HessianHunter Жыл бұрын

I also always have to walk in circles around the thing to remember how to even get to the platform.

@gchsbus Жыл бұрын

@@HessianHunter You live in that area? Holy crap you must be looking over your shoulder all the time. That area is so much worse than it was ten years ago and it was not great then. I give you props living in that area. I would not live there if I was given a free house, fully remodeled.

@HessianHunter Жыл бұрын

My block is chill. Packages don't even get taken off porches in my neighborhood. Still, I don't go wandering around at night.

@greekshow6086 Жыл бұрын

I'm from north Philadelphia and I never got on at that station born and raised

@kimonLHioannides Жыл бұрын

@@HessianHunter amen. I lived on Allegheny and never had a package taken. North Philly station was grimy as hell except after a fresh snow but also useful as hell.

@loadeddice4696 Жыл бұрын

Legit expected Justin to say "Hello I'm Justin Roczniak, I'm the person who's talking right now"

@ctfpd09 Жыл бұрын

I loved how the conductor asked your name because even she was like, "who in the hell would take a train from this stop?" Lmao!!

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I got her bemusement on camera! "You're getting off at the NEXT stop?"

@DPrime215 Жыл бұрын

I thought that was weird / funny too. I never had an Amtrak conductor ask for my name. I thought the lady might've been a fan of his channel at first or something 😂

@AverytheCubanAmerican Жыл бұрын

You know you're in a car-oriented society...when a train station parking lot has its own shuttle bus. The LIRR equivalence would be a Suffolk Transit bus that only goes around the big Ronkonkoma parking lot. The reason North Philadelphia is no longer accessible is because of all that vandalism you saw that happened to that elevator. They shut them down around the time it also lost its Amtrak ticket office. If you thought that graffiti underpass was something, you should see the tunnel at 191st Street station on the (1). You feel like you're entering into another dimension

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

They put the 191st Street tunnel to good use in that new West Side Story movie!

@jordanmcgrory2171 Жыл бұрын

It's a park-and-ride-and-ride.

@Draco137YT Жыл бұрын

I agree with the profound conclusions reached by special guest Justin Roczniak. I, too, prefer it when my railway travel experience incorporates minimal levels of poop, needles, and mildew.

@Unmannedperson Жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the least used Amtrak stations in South Dakota, Wyoming, Alaska, and Hawaii!

@RicksTravelogue Жыл бұрын

A "This is Dan Bell." reference was not something I was expecting this video, but glad to have heard it here.

@Ratcher. Жыл бұрын

I see roz I click. would be a cool series to see you and roz go around and rate Philly stations septa, Amtrak or both.

@-Cece Жыл бұрын

Yes please!

@adriafitzy6459 Жыл бұрын

Coming into this, I was hoping you'd have to be dropped off in some tiny rural PA town, but this ended up being more and more fascinating than I could have ever expected. Honestly, criminal that the ACRL doesn't stop here. Both the station and the service could use each other IMO.

@hoodtrampoline84 Жыл бұрын

An AC line-BSL transfer would've helped me so many times in the past. Even with having to go outside, its still faster than going to 30th street for a lot of trips.

@295g295 Жыл бұрын

I think it would be good for the NJ Transit Atlantic City train to go into the Pensy Suburban Station, the track that does not go through to Market-East station. ... also same for Philly to New York Amtrak trains. (Those that were called Clocker trains)

@DPrime215 Жыл бұрын

@@295g295 Given that most of NJT's AC Line trains use diesel, I'm not sure if it's feasible. Even with ALP-45DPs, it might not be worth the hassle. I'm not sure if GP40PHs or PL42ACs can clear the Suburban tunnels either. Even if they could, I doubt it would be allowed in regular revenue service.

@ConsciousBreaks 10 ай бұрын

@@295g295 What track are you talking about? All four tracks that go through Market East.

@Ih8kone 6 ай бұрын

@@295g295It's JEFFERSON STATION!!! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!

@baconmcbacon62 Жыл бұрын

Last month, I was introduced to the resident turds at the SEPTA stations. I'm really looking forward to that in a few years. That's how you know it's genuine SEPTA. I think less poop, less needles, less mildew is a campaign slogan we can all support!

@MrIansmitchell Жыл бұрын

Not none, just less

@OGNeilNeilOrangePeel Жыл бұрын

I call it SEPTIC rather than SEPTA due to the frequent stench of human pee and excrement in underpasses etc. Even in Center City it’s bad

@nathanjiang100 Жыл бұрын

It's important to note that Cornwells Heights has more ridership only because you can get both on and off of Amtrak trains in both directions. Despite having 4 Southbound trains that serve North Philly, you can't actually take a train towards Harrisburg from there, which again, is another way of Amtrak telling you to NOT USE THIS STATION.

@trainsdestinations3960 Жыл бұрын

So the Keystones that serve this only go to 30th Street and nothing further?

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

They continue to Harrisburg, but North Philadelphia is a discharge-only stop.

@LadyHavoc Жыл бұрын

The tour of Cornwells Heights had me laughing so hard! Wonderful job as usual!

@GettinUp Жыл бұрын

Haha same.

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@ronmartin4212 Жыл бұрын

Blink and you miss it.Actually Bensalem is a blend in with Cornwells Heights.

@robertknutson491 Жыл бұрын

Parking! Parking! Parking! No parking! Parking! That concludes the tour of Cornwells Heights station.

@loginssuckx3 Жыл бұрын

Worth noting that Amtrak is legally obligated under the ADA to make this station wheelchair-accessible. But, being Amtrak, they didn't obey the law.

@Ih8kone 8 ай бұрын

It used to be accessible. I don't think it is Amtrak's responsibility. It might be SEPTA's.

@rodeliot Жыл бұрын

Another funny video. Perfect example of transit not being designed by people who use transit. Gotta admit I was a little concerned for you in North Philly, glad you called in backup LOLOL.

@napqueen9000 Жыл бұрын

I have to take Amtrak for work all the time. I've always wondered if I should get off at north Philly instead of 30th st. So now I think I'll just stick to 30th st. This was super helpful

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

A very valid decision

@StevesWanderlust Жыл бұрын

Great format! Justin is a signature Pennsylvanian fella.

@ernekid7241 Жыл бұрын

Despite the fact that he grew up in Virginia

@de-fault_de-fault Жыл бұрын

@@ernekid7241 the fact he’s not originally from PA is one of those things that absolutely boggles the mind. He *is* Pennsylvania, and yet they somehow existed without each other until some point in history.

@mkjirak Жыл бұрын

Rocz has an encyclopedic knowledge of all things public transit in Philly, perfect opportunity for him to show off.

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

From the beginning (i.e. when I wrote up my chart of all the least used Amtrak stations), I really wanted to get Roz for this station because I knew he'd be perfect and know a ton! I'm so glad we could make it happen.

@LQC2556 Жыл бұрын

0:36 "So this is basically a 'Dinky' SEPTA bus that starts out here, meets every train that comes in..." Wow, that sounds really convenient! Buses that are perfectly synchronised with trains need to be more of a thing. "...and drops you off at your car at that lot on the other side of the tracks." Okay, never mind...

@thetrainguy1 Жыл бұрын

From what I've been reading. Amtrak would like to improve North Philadelphia. There's a speed restriction there that slows trains down to 60(inside tracks) and 50(outside tracks or 40 on track 4 within a 80mph zone. So the plan is to straighten those sections out so they could get rid of thosebspeed restrictions. Also Lehigh and Clearfield are horrible interlockings. So they need to be replaced as well. I feel like in the future. North Philadelphia will probably look similar to maybe Princeton Jct. Just two side platforms.

@Amtrakirby Жыл бұрын

As a certified in North Philadelphia’s station user reckon list of things north Philadelphians want to happen in this station 1. A clean station 2. Cameras and doors on the tunnels so it’s safer from crimes 3. Rebuild the ticketing office of the Chestnut Hill line and the Trenton line/main line 4. rebuilding the original shelter of the chestnut hill line 5. New train station in the Redding trackage area 6. Re connection with the Broad Street line 7. get rid of strip mall 8. Get all Amtrak trains that pass by 8 except for Acela trains to stop 9. Get a New Jersey transit, Atlantic city line to make it stop here 10. Rebuild the missing track 11. Add doors and windows to the platform Shelters of the mainline/Trenton line 12. Add back the underpass for Chestnut Hill line and put cameras to make it safer 13. Keystone trains will now skip 30th St. station after these upgrades are finished 14. Remove old North broad station and make it museum for Reading railroad 15. Change the name of North Philadelphia station to N. Philadelphia Transit Center 16. Level parking lot, so it goes back to how it used to be

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

17. Less poop 18. Less needles 19. Less mildew

@Amtrakirby Жыл бұрын

@@MilesinTransit honorable mention

@diggsy3 Жыл бұрын

As a Keystone user, I partially agree with 8 (I can live with some of the non-long distance trains stopping there) and definitely don’t agree with 13 (30th Street is still better placed for airport access, more comfortable for transferring to south bound Amtrak regional and long distance services, and is better placed for the commuters that use Amtrak beyond SEPTA service).

@keithsy75 Жыл бұрын

NJT does not have a tariff for PA.

@Amtrakirby Жыл бұрын

@@keithsy75 ?

@AlRoderick Жыл бұрын

The wires with no track under them just makes me imagine some sort of wacky course where you can drive one of those electric Hummers and it's powered with overhead line but you have to mud bog and go over boulders.

@MargaretCSullivan Жыл бұрын

Cornwells Heights is a "park and ride" which is why the parking lot is so big. One time I was taking Chestnut Hill West inbound and there was something wrong with the train so they made us get off at North Philly and get on the subway and I'm still traumatized.

@gchsbus Жыл бұрын

What year was that?

@MargaretCSullivan Жыл бұрын

@@gchsbus Before the pandemic

@Amtrakirby Жыл бұрын

Finally, someone riding the train to North Philadelphia station the place I unfortunately have to use to go to New York

@nathanjiang100 Жыл бұрын

8:53 actually before the pandemic, there was one train (Northeast Regional 170) that went to Boston that stopped here in the morning. When Amtrak restores more pre-pandemic trains you will actually be able to take a train to Boston from North Philadelphia.

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

HECK YEAHHHH!!!

@nathanjiang100 Жыл бұрын

@@MilesinTransit UPDATE: Amtrak has finalized their new schedules after April, and they're bringing back 170 but unfortunately they axed the North Philadelphia station stop. So until they change it again, you won't be able to take a single train from North Philly to Boston.

@adnamamedia Жыл бұрын

this was an awesome video. I love learning about rail history especially in my city of philly. it really is unfortunate the state of this station and surrounding area

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@suzfindsnyapts Жыл бұрын

Having grown up the Train from NY to DC I have blown through that station countless times. Interesting to see it.

@CBs-Home-Vids Жыл бұрын

You've inspired me greatly to take transit 'just because'. I haven't gone out much due to covid and only take transit to work and back. So far I've done a few trips and recorded them. I'm doing a 3-modes-of-transit trip tomorrow just to do it and I'm going to record the trip and post it. Train - bus - ferry - train back home.

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

That's fantastic! I hope you have a great time!

@GavinGWhiz 5 ай бұрын

Having confirmation that Justin Roczniak has watched Another Dirty Room on Miles in Transit is the perfect intersection in the Venn diagram of "KZfaq I love but would have such a hard time explaining to someone else"

@bipbipletucha Жыл бұрын

Somehow this station feels more Baltimore than any Baltimore station. I imagine if the old Edmundson station was still in use it would feel pretty similar

@EmpireStateExpress01 11 ай бұрын

Right

@albertdorsey724 Жыл бұрын

An epic crossover event!!! Love both channels content!!!! Keep up the awesome work!!!!

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@John-cj7et Жыл бұрын

The area will need to change before the station is revived. If you park your car there, what are the chances it will be there when you get back? What are the chances you will make it back to your car if you return when it's dark? This was a vibrant area full of manufacturing and people that would actually want to use this station.

@OGNeilNeilOrangePeel Жыл бұрын

I went to North Philadelphia station by mistake once in 2019 (so I was one of those barely 5 passengers per day). My SEPTA train from East Falls to Penn Medicine Station was actually a very delayed train to Trenton and i didn’t notice until we left 30th Street the wrong way and, North Philadelphia was the next stop. It is a scary station even in morning ‘rush hour’. There are no audible announcements of trains and I missed the next Chestnut Hill train back to town as I didn’t realize those platforms are so far and I couldn’t negotiate the stinky tunnel quickly enough. I eventually got a train from Trenton back to 30th Street. Commute from hell!

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

In fairness to SEPTA (and something we should've specified), they actually get significantly more riders per day here than Amtrak does - about 184 daily boardings in 2013. But yeah, it's a rough place to get dropped off at!

@-Cece Жыл бұрын

Justin, it's December 7, 2022 and I wanted to see you tonight but couldn't make it to your live show. Instead I found you here. I enjoy your information and comments.

@chromebomb Жыл бұрын

Roz is A LEDGEND!

@gchsbus Жыл бұрын

Miles, I used to go up in that area all the time. At one time in my life, I used to commute north of the city, taking the BSL to Lehigh then get on SEPTA at North Broad because North Broad was the first station north on SEPTA that was out of the CCP Zone so I could use the cheaper Cross County Pass. There were a few times i got off at North Broad heading home but would then walk up to the North Philadelphia station to take the Trenton Line north to visit some friends outside the city. THAT was when that area was not that great. Miles, you honestly had me VERY concerned. THAT is a very very dangerous neighborhood now. Honestly, I am happy you are safe. I would not walk around that area now going from station to station. Great video and history though. Please be safe.

@samanthab1923 Жыл бұрын

That parking lot is crazy. Like going to the Meadowlands. When I commuted from MetroPark in Edison NJ to Newark there was a shuttle bus that picked me up at the end of my street. Took me home at night.

@robertyoung4275 Жыл бұрын

It was Henry H Houston (pronounced the NYC way, not the Texas way) who developed Chestnut Hill. He was a Pennsy VP in charge of planning their line through Northwest Philly. The minute he had the line nailed down, he quit the Pennsy to become a real estate developer, because he'd bought vast amounts of land along the right of way, using his advance knowledge of where the line was going to go.

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

Now THAT explains why I couldn't find a picture! Thanks for clarifying!

@DPrime215 Жыл бұрын

*HOWSTON*

@stephanieriley3716 10 ай бұрын

Weird fact. I went to the elementary school named after him so as soon as I saw the wrong name I knew something was up! Thanks for posting this plus more info!

@jrc774 3 ай бұрын

'it smells fucking foul down there can i swear on this' - rocz 2022 also i learned how to drive in that parking lot so very important station for me

@mychemicalbromance97 Жыл бұрын

I like that the bus says "go eagles"

@DigitalOrbitMusic 6 ай бұрын

Once I was painting a house in North Philly and I had to go to NYC that night. I pulled into this station, looked around, and said nope, I'm gonna drive!

@himbourbanist 10 ай бұрын

Man, SEPTA and Amtrak rebuilding this station as a Joint Venture would be a huge catalyst for redevelopment in the area. The state it's in currently is shameful. Compare to the recent rebuild of Paoli station; it could be so good.

@RD743033 Жыл бұрын

I’m a Philly guy myself, now living in Chester County, but I love your special guest’s accent!

@martyb2082 Жыл бұрын

When you were near the North Philadelphia Reading station you were standing across the street from the where the old Baker Bowl Stadium was, home of the Phillies until 1938. It was demolished in the early fifties.

@intercityrailpal Жыл бұрын

Locals like the Pennsylvania Limited in the 1960's had a rear freight section cut off at 30th street Philly then the head end went west. Passengers rode backwards to 30th Street. . I watched it leave many nights from Penn Station NY> It had a Creek Series sleeper look that car up.

@TimothyBrown2010 3 ай бұрын

It's frustrating to me to see the lack of investment and misuse of land in that area. Looking at this and maps online, It should be a no-brainer to Amtrak and Septa officials to connect all these stations together and not only build a new train hall in the area but also convert some of those abandoned buildings into housing!

@blackcorp0001 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating stuff guys ... as a train lover for life this is stuff I thought I'd never get to see... ty for making it informative as well as entertaining 👍

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it!

@drhenning53 25 күн бұрын

I dropped into this to see N. Philly.. I used to ride the train from Long Island through Penn Station to North Philly and then walk to Broad St Reading Line station to ride to Pottstown to return to school from 1968-71.. A tough few blocks for a young white kid with a small suitcase to walk those blocks on Broad St between the stations. In those days, the Penn Central trains would pretty much all stop at North Philly...... Trains no longer go to Pottstown these days though the is proposal to restart.

@anindrapratama Жыл бұрын

a nice collab

@leonardbeaner2110 Жыл бұрын

I remember catching the Broadway Limited from North Philly Station to Chicago. The train did not stop at 30th St Station and would take an under pass track from the NY-DC line to the Main line at the 34th Interlock to parts West.

@dwhonan Жыл бұрын

8:07 - "Look at that catentary, it's just horizontal." / "Oh, geeze." This exchange, coupled with "the worst-engineered line on the Pennsylvania Railroad" about 20 seconds earlier, comes across as a putdown of the appearance of the OCS. In truth, it's a beautifully designed solution for leveraging forces in the contact and messenger wires to match the contact wire to the relatively sharp curve radius, without having pull-off wires splayed all over the place to extraneous poles. That branch may have been shoehorned in on the cheap, but clearly it still exhibits elegant engineering solutions to complex problems.

@Gokatgo Жыл бұрын

"from the podcast" rip Franklin

@eliaomg Ай бұрын

I love this video and watch it constantly and never realized until today that it was posted on my birthday

@AstroGoalHorns 3 ай бұрын

Love the sign that just says "Please,"

@97nelsn Жыл бұрын

9:18 its those funny car ads I hear on Power 99 and on Hot 97/Power 105.1 in NYC where he says “Not even God can get you approved” for a car or talking about attorney Big Al.

@kns7717 Жыл бұрын

YES! YES! YES!

@Mr7c2ll Жыл бұрын

Justin Roczniak a good addition to the commentary.

@tracedehaven2190 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing an old picture of the original Chestnut Hill West cutoff station platform as I remember it in the late 70's, early 80's. I would occasionally use the interchange from the Broad street when I was attending Temple. Even back then North Philly was a ghost town station. That whole surrounding neighborhood has been neglected and economically depressed for decades. Your other commenters are correct, it was a little brave of you even going there. And while I agree with your (admittedly well-placed) laments, I also know that the entities involved, such as leaders at City Hall, or Amtrak, both have bigger fish to fry. In the past, they have devoted resources to try and "clean up" the station, only to have their efforts trashed because the station is located in an economic war zone. So they've sort of given up and moved on. The elevator is your evidence of that. Undoubtedly built to accommodate disabled concerns and probably paid with federal dollars. Look at it now. When the neighborhood recovers, maybe the station will get a second chance. It is still very well placed for local mass transit connections.

@toy4x4nj Жыл бұрын

Great Video! Learn something new Never knew Amtrak stop at Cornwells Heights And sort of knew about North Phila Station. Keep up with the Video'S

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@ncjmayo Жыл бұрын

Love the collab!

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@alanlesitsky1300 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on the article in the Home News Tribune about you and Jeremy!

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@gr8deadfan75 5 ай бұрын

-Poop -Needles -Mildew This is the best in the series so far. If anyone disagrees, they're wrong.

@intercityrailpal Жыл бұрын

The station is just like Rochester NY and Springfield Mass went from Penn Central. Just add a full time cleaner . Charge off expenses to the National one train a day system of course.

@thenoodledrop Жыл бұрын

YESS ROCZ WOOOO!!!

@jordanmcgrory2171 Жыл бұрын

Genuinely amazed a station that heavily damaged is still open.

@thefareplayer2254 Жыл бұрын

Was this unintentionally a trip between the least used northeast corridor Amtrak stations?

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

Ooh, I think so actually! Whoa!

@ashleydavis3318 Жыл бұрын

This might be the longest I've ever heard Roz talk without being interrupted 😂

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

I should've made more off-topic jokes!

@ashleydavis3318 Жыл бұрын

@@MilesinTransit Please, the man needs a vacation lol.

@bbvision2987 Жыл бұрын

It was nice to see Cornwells Heights, where I used to pick up the train 20 years ago.

@ericschmidt7359 Жыл бұрын

Some of the parking lot was the Bayuk cigar factory years ago.

@ericschmidt7359 Жыл бұрын

The suit factory was owned by Mrs. John B. Stetson. She lived in a penthouse on the roof with her racing pigeons. Demolished after her death.

@Scxoop123 Жыл бұрын

I like Miles so much. Hes wholesome asf. Id hangout with him

@jstarASMR3103 Жыл бұрын

I'm a sophomore at temple, and I ride the regional rail Trenton line on a weekly basis. I've always wondered what this ghetto a*s station looked like, so it was so interesting to see it from a walk-through perspective. I can vouche that not many people get on or off at this station, but I thought that was mostly due to the fact that it isn't a popular destination for people that don't live there, and very close to the city (so most people just drive, take the bus, or bike to the city.) Great video guys, and yes, the name "hallway of doom" is perfectly fitting for that hallway😂

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@johnchambers8528 Жыл бұрын

I saw the station between 1972 and 1974 when I attended college at La Salle Collage in the Olney section of Philadelphia. At that time the station still had the head house as well as a fully open concourse tunnels from the Broad Street Subway to both North Philadelphia Pennsylvania station and the old Reading North Philadelphia station. As the area got worse and there was crime in the concourse SEPTA decided to close both concourses. As noted this station lost its main function as a stop for western long distance trains not having to go through 30th street station. Even then the station was not well maintained. You did see the Amtrak new headhouse station that was built to replace the old station however due to low useage they closed the maned station. As you noted the station should have more service such as having the Atlantic City trains stop and more local trains to New York City. However this station would need major cleaning and updating to be a good station for local people to use. As to the parking lot, it is for Amtrak use but due to the crime in the area no one would trust their car being there when they return.

@robs7640 Жыл бұрын

Hopefully when the area opens up and improves, Septa will make it their business to eliminate the needles, poop, and the mildew??

@-Cece 11 ай бұрын

Justin even took notes! Omg I luv him.

@RyanRoat Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's amazingly frustrating that neither the Amtrak connection to the vicinity nor the SEPTA connections between various lines and Amtrak are valued. It' super close to where we live and would be easier to access than 30th Street.

@Stache987 Жыл бұрын

It's a shame 30th St station replaced the flip tab destination board for something more modern.. it was a classic.

@floydjohnson7888 10 ай бұрын

5:22 Roz reminded me that after about 1982, the Broadway Limited changed locomotives at 30th St. - diesel for westbound, electric for eastbound.

@TonyAnnechino Жыл бұрын

I've been rolling past this station for the better part of 20 years. This is exactly what I expected it to be.

@ridetrainz8185 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reports on two stations that I didn't realize were served by Amtrak and I ride the Pennsylvanian a few times a year. Always wanted to ride the CHW line to pass through the small platform section of the North Philadelphia station. Would like to see the Pennsylvanian and Keystones bypass Philadelphia via the 'Pittsburgh subway'. Realize these trains carry a lot of people to PHL - so how about a 30th St to North Philadelphia connecting shuttle train

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

Maybe give riders free passage on the Chestnut Hill West or Trenton Lines to and from 30th Street from North Philly! Direct Broad Street Line access is nice to have too. Or maybe there'd just need to be a reverse branch situation where some trains end in Philly and others travel through to New York...

@thescatman5029 Жыл бұрын

As a New Yorker, there are stations in the worst parts of the Bronx, better than North Philly. Seems like when the factories closed, the whole area was abandoned. I hate to use that station, when coming and going from New York.

@AllAboardRailfan.1 Жыл бұрын

New Subscriber: Well done, enjoyed the presentation.

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@AllAboardRailfan.1 Жыл бұрын

@@MilesinTransit You're Welcome.

@PSGHATER Жыл бұрын

I’ve never been to Philly 30th Street or North Philadelphia but I love trains and I plan on going Railfanning in Pennsylvania since a family member of mine, lives 30 minutes away from Philly, so I might have a chance to see what North Philly is like.

@stevetree7249 Жыл бұрын

What a daring Crossover

@de-fault_de-fault Жыл бұрын

I was on a Keystone last month that was fine running in pull mode but was throwing weird warnings at the crew in push mode after we left 30th street. We got past Overbrook and then they had to give up and reverse all the way back up the rarely-used third leg of the wye at Zoo tower to turn the train back around. So I got a rare glimpse of the underpass that connects North Philly with the line out to Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. If we could have just used the underpass in the first place none of that would have been necessary.

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

Oh wow! I think that underpass is fittingly known as the "Pittsburgh subway" - that's cool you got to see it!

@de-fault_de-fault Жыл бұрын

@@MilesinTransit it was…dark inside, as you’d expect, but still cool to get a glimpse of some forgotten part of the network that could still be put to good use.

@johnkawczynski2488 Жыл бұрын

I always thought it would be great if the NJT Atlantic City line would stop at North Philly so you can connect to Amtrak to NYC. That would save a ton of time going all the way to 30th St to make the connection.

@LouisOnAir Жыл бұрын

What I have gathered from this review of North Philadelphia station, is that it's not supposed to look like that

@gchsbus Жыл бұрын

It is, in a way. The derelicts from the neighborhood have finally vandalized it as much as the could. You fix it up and more people may use the station, making the station a magnet for robbery and murder. Then the station will just be vandalized again so there is also that.

@LouisOnAir Жыл бұрын

@@gchsbus no, I was doing a reference to... nevermind

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

Just make it more rigid

@mickricereto8012 Жыл бұрын

I use this station! If it is nice out I can ride my bike here for Amtrak to NYC etc. if not I take the El to 30th. I use it more for Septa weekend adventures. An ex-GF used to do the CHW shuffle or park here to go to NYC all the time. I walked around the corner, one day, and there was a guy pooping right on the stairs. And there were people up there too on the platform. It is the wildest, skankiest station I’ve ever used. Temple (ex-Reading) is really close too. This area is really well connected and one day will be booming again.

@RyanRoat Жыл бұрын

Only through the Cornwells Heights mini review, but I've been hoping for years for a "Metropark" style station up there. They already have a ton of land for parking; they just need the incentive to build a regional station for Amtrak & SEPTA.

@MichaelfromtheGraves Жыл бұрын

With three different rail lines, it has a ton of transfer potential. Plus i think it should be the stop for NYC to Pittsburgh trains, not 30th Street. Probably not till that's rebuilt as HSR though.

@alwaysjiji7198 Жыл бұрын

Ahhhhh A Dan Bell reference! LOVE IT!

@jackbates7467 Жыл бұрын

Need more "Well there's your least used station"

@-Cece 5 ай бұрын

Most underrated comment! I luv Justin!

@pineapplepizza27 Жыл бұрын

On my way to the WTYP live show, I took Amtrak from LNC to PHL for the first time in a long time. Upon arrival, I misremembered how to get to the subway. Having thought that the subway access was INSIDE 30th st station I followed the septa signs and wandered to the regional rail area of the station. I got a septa key, and managed to get on a train heading to... Trenton. It said VIA CENTER CITY, so i don't think it was that stupid of me. I've been deprived of transit most my life. Anyways as soon as the train started moving I knew something was wrong because we were leaving the same way I came in, and the tracks didn't lead underground. Also the seats were way too nice. I was definitely not on a subway, and definitely not going to center city. So I got off at the first stop. North philly station. Couldn't believe it because I'd already watched this video! Somehow my Lancaster ass knew exactly where I was. I quickly found my way to the actual subway and I had it all figured it all out from there. Go birds

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

Go birds

@-Cece 5 ай бұрын

Glad you got to go to WTYP.....luv them all!

@ChasMusic 11 ай бұрын

Whew, that station has gone way-y-y-y downhill from when I was there many years ago (took Amtrak down from Connecticut). ¡Ouch!

@ernekid7241 Жыл бұрын

Rocz knows so much shit, its impressive

@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын

I had to cut out a ton for time! I think Patreon's gonna get an extended cut once I can get it edited - he'd point to individual factories and say "That made ammunitions until 1925, then Ford bought it"!

@paulbergen9114 Жыл бұрын

That little SEPTA bus was close to what we ran in Milwaukee during State Fair when regular patrons couldn't Park in their Lots so we'd meet them and drive them to their cars parked on the street a mile away. Since covid between reduced Riders and lack of staff it's all abandoned. Some of the scenes of the virtually abandoned concourses is so similar to a bus station they built in NW Milwaukee to connect with feeder lines to industrial parks and within 5 years it was trashed. Today and auto parts store occupies the space. The tile work there is identical to some of the exterior at the former Northridge Mall that has been abandoned for 20 years on the far corner of the city. For quiet Amtrak stations 10 years ago I rode out to visit a friend and use the stop at Holdredge NE. I was the only passenger a lighting and boarding in early February and the train comes racing up like it's not going to stop then throws out the anchor in a swirl of brake shoe smoke. The conductor has to run in and see if anyone is sitting and waiting but the two ladies were waiting for the westbound train. Nice depot with old wooden benches and a vintage wooden phone booth. No agents on duty and half the building is the Chamber of Commerce and I believe a real estate agency. Having retired from our Transit System after 37 years I couldn't help but laugh about the three items that need to be cleaned up. Sadly our rudderless leadership let our buses become rolling bathrooms so you could even find this on the inside of our equipment. Thanks for the analysis of Philadelphia's least used stations