24th Street Station (Philadelphia)
24th St. Station was an intercity railroad station built for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, designed by architect Frank Furness. It stood at 24th and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and opened in 1888.
The station was essentially built on stilts, with the main entrance from the Chestnut Street Bridge, 30 feet above ground level. The B&O trains ran under the bridge along the east bank of the Schuylkill River. Furness mixed Flemish Revival detailing with an industrial aesthetic of brick, iron and glass. Through the station's plan, he separated the flow of passengers waiting to board the trains from those arriving. It also had a connection to the 24th Street trolley stop until it was closed in 1956. The station saw its last regularly scheduled passenger train on April 28, 1958, when the Baltimore and Ohio railroad ended all passenger services north of Baltimore. The station was demolished in 1963.
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