SEPTA R-1 Eastwick Station

Public transportation sucks but that’s the nature of the beast. But having public transportation as a choice is amazing.

Its public transportation. Appreciate it Philly, we basically have nothing in Tampa

I don’t know what the previous reviewer is talking about. There is a clearly pedestrian crossing at Eastwick. You have to go over the tracks, but trust me, the conductors can see you and they won’t mow you down. Sometimes, the nice ones will even stop, to let you run across and keep you from missing that train.
It’s much safer than you would think for a regional rail station in Southwest Philly, but my beat-​up 1997 Nissan Sentra that was covered in liberal bumper stickers did get stolen there, so maybe you shouldn’t be listening to me. (I laughed hysterically when it happened because I never dropped full coverage off the car. Also, I figured that if a car thief is so hard up that they had to take MY car, their life probably sucks way more than mine could; I was more pissed that I had just put half a tank of gas into it and that I had CDs in the trunk changer. Srsly, the cop I spoke to for the report was shocked that I was taking it so damn well.) I’ve taken it at all hours of the night and never felt scared or unsafe there. When I lived in Delco, it was my preferred regional rail stop because the R1 runs every half hour and I could use a region 1 pass instead of shelling out more cash for a suburban pass.
It’s not perfect and in a nicer neighborhood (Eastwick) in one of the shadiest sections of the city (Southwest), but it’s convenient for a lot of people and gets a lot of business traffic during rush hour.

ok, who designed this station? why is there no way to cross from the southbound platform to the northbound side? why does a pedestrian have to walk about a mile out of the way through the axe-​murderery woods and cross a busy highway overpass with no sidewalks just to get to the other side of the freakin’ street? c’mon!