The Market-Frankford line is an essential part of traveling for many people on a daily basis. Living on 46th street made me realize how much people rely on this method of transportation. Every morning as I walk to the train station on my way to school, I see students, parents, people heading out for work, etc. The station also has many bus stops surrounding it. The corners of the blocks always have people on them throughout the day. Even though many people have cars, some need to take the train to get where they need to go. They leave their cars parked near the station and get on the train. Early in the morning and during rush hour this place gets crowded from people going to their daily destinations. I catch the train at 7:55am every morning to go to school. Usually I see the same people there at that same time. We all have different destinations yet we meet at the same place. This place has the power to bring people together and we don’t even see it.
Every morning as I speed walk to the train station, I constantly check my phone to see the time on my phone. The only thing running through my head is making it to the station before the train comes. The time becomes 7:54am as I take the escalators up and I have my trans pass ready in my hand to swipe. After that, I skip the second pair of escalators to rush up the steps instead as I hear the sound of the train approaching. I make it just in time as the train arrives and the doors open. I rush in and take my spot standing next to the opposite doors of the train. I then try to calm my breath down by breathing slowly as all the rush of getting to the train has left me breathless. I almost never sit on the train on my way to school because of how crowded it is in the morning. I get off at 30th street to take the eastbound trolleys to get to school. Here again is another spot where people from all over come to gather at one spot heading in different directions. As the trolley approaches I check the time and see it’s about 8:02am and I still have time left to make it to school. I let other people get ahead of me so that I could be in the front to get out quickly at 22nd Street. From there I walk the rest of the way to school. Where kids from all over the city come to the wonderful learning institution of SLA.
Now that I have explained my trip to school in a very detailed manner, I’d like to take a moment to say that I used to be afraid of taking the train. I never really understood it until one of friends at school showed me and encouraged me to take the train instead of the bus. Personally, I liked to visualize where I was going so going underground was at first scary. Now that I’m used to and know more about transportation, it’s the only method I use to get around most of the time. I moved into the neighborhood of 46th street about a year ago. I learned how much people here rely on the public transportation provided in the area. I often see that when the trains are down or buses are delayed, it makes a huge impact. You see large groups of people surrounding the area and trying to figure out how to get to their destinations and what is going on with SEPTA.
Every morning as I speed walk to the train station, I constantly check my phone to see the time on my phone. The only thing running through my head is making it to the station before the train comes. The time becomes 7:54am as I take the escalators up and I have my trans pass ready in my hand to swipe. After that, I skip the second pair of escalators to rush up the steps instead as I hear the sound of the train approaching. I make it just in time as the train arrives and the doors open. I rush in and take my spot standing next to the opposite doors of the train. I then try to calm my breath down by breathing slowly as all the rush of getting to the train has left me breathless. I almost never sit on the train on my way to school because of how crowded it is in the morning. I get off at 30th street to take the eastbound trolleys to get to school. Here again is another spot where people from all over come to gather at one spot heading in different directions. As the trolley approaches I check the time and see it’s about 8:02am and I still have time left to make it to school. I let other people get ahead of me so that I could be in the front to get out quickly at 22nd Street. From there I walk the rest of the way to school. Where kids from all over the city come to the wonderful learning institution of SLA.
Now that I have explained my trip to school in a very detailed manner, I’d like to take a moment to say that I used to be afraid of taking the train. I never really understood it until one of friends at school showed me and encouraged me to take the train instead of the bus. Personally, I liked to visualize where I was going so going underground was at first scary. Now that I’m used to and know more about transportation, it’s the only method I use to get around most of the time. I moved into the neighborhood of 46th street about a year ago. I learned how much people here rely on the public transportation provided in the area. I often see that when the trains are down or buses are delayed, it makes a huge impact. You see large groups of people surrounding the area and trying to figure out how to get to their destinations and what is going on with SEPTA.