place

61st Street station (SEPTA)

Pages with no open date in Infobox stationRailway stations in PhiladelphiaSEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Line stations
SEPTA Rt 34 Trolleys @ Angora Loop
SEPTA Rt 34 Trolleys @ Angora Loop

61st Street station is a SEPTA trolley stop in Philadelphia. It is located in the Angora neighborhood near where Baltimore Avenue (US 13) crosses Cobbs Creek into Delaware County. It is the western terminus of the SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines route 34. Trolleys run from here to Center City Philadelphia.The trolley tracks in the station form a loop, nicknamed the Angora Loop, so that trains can enter westbound and depart eastbound. The loop circles around a Caribbean barbecue restaurant; it is across US 13 from a local playground as well as the Cobbs Creek Trail across 61st Street. The Angora Loop lies a few blocks west of the Angora Regional Railroad Station, which serves the SEPTA Media/Wawa Line. No direct connection between the two systems are available at this stop, however.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article 61st Street station (SEPTA) (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

61st Street station (SEPTA)
Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: 61st Street station (SEPTA)Continue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 39.943914 ° E -75.246173 °
placeShow on map

Address

Baltimore Avenue 6049
19143 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, United States
mapOpen on Google Maps

SEPTA Rt 34 Trolleys @ Angora Loop
SEPTA Rt 34 Trolleys @ Angora Loop
Share experience

Nearby Places

MOVE (Philadelphia organization)

MOVE, originally the Christian Movement for Life, is a communal organization that advocates for nature laws and natural living, founded in 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart). The name, styled in all capital letters, is not an acronym. MOVE lived in a communal setting in West Philadelphia, abiding by philosophies of anarcho-primitivism. The group combined revolutionary ideology, similar to that of the Black Panthers, with work for animal rights. MOVE is particularly known for two major conflicts with the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD). In 1978, a standoff resulted in the death of one police officer and injuries to 16 officers and firefighters, as well as members of the MOVE organization. Nine members were convicted of killing the officer and each received prison sentences of 30 to 100 years. In 1985, another firefight ended when a police helicopter dropped two bombs onto the roof of the MOVE compound, a townhouse located at 6221 Osage Avenue. The resulting fire killed six MOVE members and five of their children, and destroyed 65 houses in the neighborhood.The police bombing was strongly condemned. The MOVE survivors later filed a civil suit against the City of Philadelphia and the PPD and were awarded $1.5 million in a 1996 settlement (roughly equivalent to $2.8 million in 2022). Other residents displaced by the destruction of the bombing filed a civil suit against the city and in 2005 were awarded $12.83 million (roughly equivalent to $19 million in 2022) in damages in a jury trial.