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Torresdale station

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Torresdale station September 2020
Torresdale station September 2020

Torresdale station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Grant Avenue and James Street in the Torresdale neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia, it serves the Trenton Line. It is 14.8 miles from 30th Street Station. In 2017 this station saw 1,160 boardings on an average weekday. Though located on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, Amtrak does not stop at this station. Torresdale has a 331-space parking lot.

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Torresdale station
Delaware Expressway, Philadelphia

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Delaware Expressway
19114 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, United States
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