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Bridge. Both vehicles caught fire; fortunately all the passengers escaped without injury. However, the bridge was destroyed, severing the trolley line to Chester. Buses replaced trolleys between Westinghouse Loop (Lester Road) and Chester. The remainder of the route was converted to bus operation on
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The route ran from Chester via Essington Avenue (now Industrial Highway), through a swampy area (now the John Heintz-Tinicum Wildlife Refuge Center), along the former Eastwick Avenue, then turned up Island Road (now Island Avenue), and east onto Woodland Avenue where it joined
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station in South Philadelphia instead of Center City, replacing the Route 81 bus on Passyunk Avenue. Trolley service between Center City and Westinghouse Loop was transferred to Route 36.
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At 1:18 a.m. on August 28, 1946, a crowded trolley collided with a truck on the
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During World War II, Route 37 carried thousands of industrial workers to jobs at
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The original trolley service, nicknamed the "Chester Short Line", ran between
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In the mid-1970s, due to Airport expansion and construction of
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and local streets, with a short detour along Morton Avenue to
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SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority)
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Eastwick Center began on September 13, 1988. A stop for
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SEPTA City Transit Division
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Philadelphia
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Broad Street
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Industrial Highway (PA 291)
Chester Transportation Center
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Philadelphia
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