PATCO RFW Camden to Lindenwold to Center City Philadelphia. 4/10/24
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Published 2024-04-11
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Welcome to South Jersey! I've been riding PATCO, also known as the Hi-Speed Line, since June 1969, when I was 12. I'm currently 67 and I use a Freedom Card, which gives me a reduced fare between any two stations during off-peak hours. Mostly I ride to 15th/16th and Locust on Sundays to get to church.
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Woodcrest is a significant station because it has a direct exit from I-295, making it handy for commuters.
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I love all these front window views. Feels like Im driving. I grew up in Lawnside, NJ. Ashland Station is where I got on. Lived right up the street. I still ride this line for a bit of nostalgia and laughs. Thanks.
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Ok, you know your content is good when I see a video about a transit line I don't care about at all, but its from you, and I'm like "Oh yeah, pump it directly into my veins!"
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The Ben Franklin Bridge is similar to the Manhattan Bridge in having subway tracks on bothe sides of the bridge.
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I can’t begin to count how many times I have been taken PATCO from Haddonfield to Philadelphia! I grew up in nearby Lawnside! Great stuff!
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Great video, RRHG. Hope you will do the Vermonter north of NHV, perhaps in segments, NHV to SPG with engine change in NH, SPG to maybe Brattleboro, then north to the end. Enjoy all your videos. Maybe you could give the followers a heads up so some can make it into a fan trip!
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I started riding this in 1974. I remember getting on at Haddonfield and Collingswood Stations to Philly. Best part of ride was over Ben Franklin Bridge. It pays to have family in Metro Philly. Drawbacks though include going through Camden. I recall the stations there were dark. Often saw security with German Sheppards. Went with family and late wife.
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I was a Trainmen for the PATCO Line in the 80's. You had the option of operating them Manually or Automatically. Always enjoyed going over the Ben Franklin Bridge. Never got old.
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Thanks for the ride! I rode PATCO one time (twice counting the return trip) - 8th & Market to Broadway on a day trip to Philly in 2004.
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Very good video. I rode the line many times. I rode it when it first opened. I still have the booklet they were giving out. The ride over the Delaware river on a bright, sunny day was awesome.
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I know they're thinking about connecting Camden to Glassboro, but I don't think they'll be using a connection off the PATCO line. Would be great if they could eventually connect all of South Jersey, including the shore towns, to Philly. There's a lot of abandoned ex-PRSL trackage left in South Jersey.
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Thank you for filming and posting your ride on PATCO. You were in a great position to see everything. I love the Ben Franklin Bridge, it has everything train tracks, pedestrian walkways and of course the road deck.
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When my lady friend was a child she grew up in Croydon and Levittown then move to Florida in 1966 1972 went back up there lived in haddonfield and rode the PATCO to work at the PSFS building. She still remembers the stops lol
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Thank you for this video on my favorite commuter train. I grew up in this area and remember sitting in the rail fan window when these trains still moved at 75mph. I bird hit the window and was demolished in seconds.
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grew up a few miles from Westmont, NJ station. The only way to travel to center city Philadelphia
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FINALLY you do PATCO! Thank you.......
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Thanks for the great ride. I used to ride this from Collingswood to 12th and Locust to transfer to the Broad St Subway and (I think via one more change I can’t remember) go to 30th street to ride Amtrak to Newark as an 11-12 year old back in 1974. My parents used to let me travel to North Jersey alone to go see my grandfather. I have to get back to ride that again one of these days.
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I was a Center City resident and used that line to visit relatives in NJ as well go to Atlantic City.
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Great ride! My parents and I took a test ride to Ashland to visit Echelon Mall. Our first experience with TVMs. Thanks for the nostalgia.💚🖖
