Parkview station
SEPTA railway station
Parkview station is a SEPTA Metro rapid transit located in the Highland Park section of Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania. It serves the M. The station is located under a footbridge with access from Parkview Road at Pennock Road.
The station was opened in 1953 by the Philadelphia and Western Railroad as replacement for a bus route discontinued by the Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company. The footbridge was replaced in the late 1980s. In 1987, it was the least-used station on the line, with just 15 daily boardings.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Parkview station” is sEPTA railway station. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Parkview, station and SEPTA, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “sEPTA railway station” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4405885. Authority coordinates are 39.969, -75.274. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1953 and 1987.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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Three-step research path
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- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Parkview station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.