Angora (SEPTA station)

Angora
SEPTA regional rail
Facing south from Westbound side of tracks.
Location	58th Street near Baltimore Avenue
Coordinates	39°56′41″N 75°14′19″W / 39.94479°N 75.23867°WCoordinates: 39°56′41″N 75°14′19″W / 39.94479°N 75.23867°W
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Media/Elwyn Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Subway–Surface Trolleys Route 34 SEPTA City Bus: G
Other information
Fare zone	1
Electrified	1928
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Fernwood-Yeadon toward Elwyn Media/Elwyn Line 49th Street toward Temple University   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Fernwood toward West Chester West Chester Branch 49th Street toward Suburban Station

Angora is a railway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania along the Media/Elwyn Line. It is officially located at 58th Street near Baltimore Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia's Angora neighborhood, however the actual location is south of Baltimore Avenue. Part of Cobbs Creek Parkway runs along 58th Street from Baltimore Avenue, over the railroad bridge, to nearby Hoffman Avenue. In 2013, this station saw 36 boardings and 37 alightings on an average weekday, making it SEPTA's least used regional rail station.^[1]

Angora station lies several blocks southeast of the Angora Loop, which is the western terminus of Route 34 on the SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley Lines, a line that runs along Baltimore Avenue, three blocks north of the station.

Reference

1. "Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. May 2014. pp. 62 & 66.

External links

• SEPTA – Angora Station
• 1973 former Angora Station House photograph (Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)
• 58th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View