Providence Road (SEPTA Route 102 station)

Providence Road
SEPTA trolley
Location	Woodlawn Avenue & Providence Road Aldan, Pennsylvania.
Coordinates	39°55′18″N 75°17′19″W / 39.9217°N 75.2886°WCoordinates: 39°55′18″N 75°17′19″W / 39.9217°N 75.2886°W
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Route 102
Platforms	Sidewalks
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Enclosed shelter
Platform levels	Street
Electrified	Overhead lines
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Magnolia Avenue toward Sharon Hill Route 102 Clifton-Aldan toward 69th Street Shisler Avenue (Closed March 15, 2010) toward 69th Street

Providence Road is a stop on the SEPTA Route 102 (Sharon Hill) trolley in Aldan, Pennsylvania. It is officially located at Woodlawn Avenue & Providence Road. Because trolleys travel in the middle of the street at this stop, there are no platforms. Parking is not available and commuters must wait on the sidewalks for trolleys. However, unlike the nearby former Shisler Avenue stop and existing Magnolia Avenue stop, the Providence Road stop does have a shelter where commuters can go inside during bad weather. That shelter was converted into a museum in 1997.^[1]

Trolleys arriving at this station travel between 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania and Chester Pike in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania. The shelter is located on the northeast corner of the intersection, which also contains a local school with an athletic field owned by the school extending as far north as Merion Avenue. Providence Road is also the name of a station on the Route 101 trolley line in Media. Unlike the two Springfield Road stations, this Providence Road is not the same street as the one in Media.

References

1. "Trolley Stop Will Be Aldan History Museum Septa Agreed To Let The Borough Use The Stone Building. Artifacts Will Be Shown," by Cynthia J. McGroarty (Philadelphia Inquirer; March 21, 1997)

External links

• SEPTA - Providence Road SHL Station
• SEPTA Routes 101 and 102 map
• Shelter from Google Maps Street View