Septa East Falls Station

It’s a mixed bag. PRO: A trailer to buy tickets in during daylight hours. Reasonably large platform. A road that winds up the hill where (some) people can park. Ample parking along the tracks on Cresson Street. Stairs that lead up from Midvale. CONS: Trains are not always on time. Scratchy terrible speaker that sometimes just buzzes and when it’s used, you can’t understand the announcements. An underground tunnel between the tracks that often smells of pee, especially in the summer months. Not enough benches.

Nothing really fancy about the station but overall I think this service is awesome. I do see a lot of complaints on about this SEPTA Regional Rail line but to me most are petty. Keep in mind that I’m speaking through the eyes of a guy who lived in neighborhoods that required commutes into Center City by way of the 48, 32, 7 busses or even worse, the El. You would see some real scavengers on those routes.
The regional rail costs a little more but is well worth it to me. Trains are always clean. I find most regular passengers on the train to be a civilized bunch. The worst you get is the occasional yuppie gabbing away on the phone for all to hear. Yes, trains can run late in the morning and the train conductors always seem miserable. Again, a small price to pay for a clean, safe ride into Center City.
If you can deal with such minor inconveniences, you have a 20 minute or so ride with no traffic. Ever tried getting back to East Falls, Manayunk or Roxborough on a Friday afternoon via bus? FUGETABOWIT! I’ll take the occasional delayed train any day of the week. For those who complain, try taking an hour long ride on the trey-​deuce (32 bus) to work for a week.

Are SEPTA stations actually capable of being good? Nah. Maybe 30^th Street.
I don’t think you even have an option to buy a ticket not on the train here. As other reviewers said, train is always late and the traffic light at the intersection into this marking lot on Midvale is one of the most annoying lights in the city.
The redeeming factor of this station is that I feel safe here waiting for and leaving from the train. This station is also pretty clean.

Nothing spectacular about this location but nothing too bad either. I’ve never been inside, I always buy tickets on the train.
There’s benches to sit on and the train is never on time to CC. Huzzah!

Just driving up the drive way can get you killed! Cars are parked everywhere! at one point I had to squeeze my car between two SUV’s with about 2 inches on each side, good thing I am a good driver, someone else passing through that space might not have been so luck.