Angora station is a

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. It serves the

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and is officially located at 58th Street near

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in Southwest Philadelphia's Angora neighborhood, however the actual location is south of Baltimore Avenue. Part of Cobbs Creek Parkway runs along 58th Street from Baltimore Avenue, over the railroad bridge, to nearby Hoffman Avenue. In 2013, this station saw 36 boardings and 37 alightings on an average weekday, making it SEPTA's least used regional rail station. Angora station lies several blocks southeast of the Angora Loop station, which is the western terminus of Route 34 on the

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, a line that runs along Baltimore Avenue, three blocks north of the station.

Station layout

Angora has two low-level

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References

External links

SEPTA – Angora Station1973 former Angora Station House photograph (Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)

58th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
{{SEPTA Regional Rail stations SEPTA Regional Rail stations Stations on the West Chester Line Railway stations in Philadelphia