Eddystone is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak Northeast Corridor

Northeast Corridor

The Northeast Corridor is a fully electrified railway line owned primarily by Amtrak serving the Northeast megalopolis of the United States from Boston in the north, via New York to Washington, D.C. in the south, with branches serving other cities...

. Amtrak does not stop here, only SEPTA serves this station. The area of Eddystone is rather historic, home to the Baldwin Locomotive Works

Baldwin Locomotive Works

The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of...

, which built 100,000+ steam, diesel, and electric locomotives until the mid 1950s. The station, located at Industrial Highway (PA 291

Pennsylvania Route 291

Pennsylvania Route 291 is an east–west route that connects U.S. Route 13 in the Trainer/Marcus Hook area to Interstate 76 in Southwest Philadelphia near the Walt Whitman Bridge and the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. Except for a short section between U.S. Route 13 and the...

) & Saville Avenue, includes a 12-space parking lot. A second platform exists along Seventh Street west of Saville Avenue.

External links

• SEPTA – Eddystone Station
• 7th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View