Talk:North Philadelphia station/Archive 1

Archive 1

Merge

For all practical purposes the two stations are the same station. The only reason why i can see SEPTA as listing them as separate is because of the station uses two different platforms, one for just the R8 and the other for the rest of the services on the NE corridor, the platforms are about 75 yards are so apart. This mainly has to do with the configuration of rail lines in the area. Will leave open for at least a week, will consider merging earlier. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 08:44, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Getting to the discussion late, these articles ought to be merged; SEPTA lists them as separate to avoid rider confusion due to the separate-platforms issue. The R8 and NEC platforms are a literal stone's throw apart (well, if you have a good arm.) --CComMack 11:23, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Also i dont belive that they have been alwqays listed as seperate on the SEPTA maps, i think this is a more recent think to coninside withthe of R7 services to the station, belive it was pervioulsy a flag stop perdomantaly on the line with one schedules a day. Anyway i am guessing that you support the move to merge, if show then shal we move forward, or wait. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 03:40, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

You're right, they've only separated the dots on the most recent map revision, in the last year or two. Many maps (including my home station) still show only one dot. I'd feel comfortable resetting the one week timer from my first comment; if no further objection (discussion with only three editors... *shakes head*), then go ahead. It's waited months, it can wait another week. No rush. --CComMack 17:32, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Yeah i figured as much. When i lived in Philly i worked in Germantown, so i praticaly took the R7 to work every day going past North Philadephia, but i never recalled seaing seperate stations on the maps. As for the wait, i have no problem, if anything it should be an improvment, to the articles as to have one article for the station and then build off of it, considering that that the station was once an import station just not on the Regional netowrk but on the inter-city lines. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 02:59, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: Merge

Both stations are just near each other, however they are on different lines. The R7 station is a high platform station, leased by SEPTA, owned by Amtrak, while the R8 station is only a flag stop. The R7 station is also served by NJT's Atlantic City Line. I'd suggest they be left as-is. Please let me know. --Miketherailfan | 08:44, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

NB: NJT does not stop at North Philadelphia. --CComMack 11:23, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Amtrak "Least Busy"

There are several stations that serve less customers than North Philadelphia, but it is certainly in the lower 10%. Some of these stations include Port Kent, New York, Windsor-Mt. Ascutney, Vermont, Deming, New Mexico, Lordsburg, New Mexico, and what I believe is the least used (but I may be wrong), Sanderson, Texas. -Jondude11 04:45, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Completely devoid of history—Germantown Junction revisited

Not a word about the Pennsylvania Railroad, nor a single word about the Broadway Limited either or other long-distance trains that used the station as their sole Philly stop. Never mind any mention of history of commuter services under the PRR. The station did not spring out of nowhere during the Amtrak/SEPTA era. (Which reminds me; there is no mention of any of the history under PC or Conrail either.)

Also, the Germantown Junction issue does not seem resolved by a merge of any articles. There would be historical matters here, well beyond "for all practical purposes"; this is an encyclopedia, not a place to debate relative practicalities nor to apply them to personal opinions on here that will lead to misinformation to the public and/or historical revision. If the stations are separate under SEPTA (and if they were separate under the PRR too), then a split of articles is required, not a merge.

71.241.79.10 (talk) 02:04, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't know who you are, but just because the coverage of the station as a historic landmark is slim doesn't change the fact that it's on the National Register of Historic Places. -----DanTD (talk) 22:37, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

BTW, while some of what you had to say is valid, Pennsylvania Railroad was mentioned in the article before you started tagging it, the station was originally known as Germantown Junction Station, and there will be neither a requirement nor a call for splitting the article. ----DanTD (talk) 15:19, 28 January 2009 (UTC)