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Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum
One of the world's greatest collections of racing sports cars, with rare vehicles that actually compete in demonstration days.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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Ridley Park
Pennsylvania, United States · North America
About Ridley Park
Ridley Park is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Folcroft, 9km from Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum.
Ridley Park is in Pennsylvania, United States, with about 7,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Folcroft, about 4 km away.
Ridley Park station is a station along the Northeast Corridor. Amtrak does not stop here; only SEPTA's Wilmington/Newark Line trains serve this station. It is located at Hinckley and Morton Avenues in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, and contains a one-story station house similar to that of Media Regional Rail station builtRead more
into the embankment next to a platform, as well as a passenger drop-off area at Hinckley Avenue and Lincoln Street. Another platform also exists on the opposite side of the tracks on Ridley and Morton Avenues. Access between the two platforms is available from the nearby Ward Street Bridge just west of the station.
The current Ridley Park station was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a replacement for a much more elaborate station house which was built over the tracks by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad during the 19th century. The current station building opened in 1942 and was designed by architect Lester C. Tichy in association with designer Raymond Loewy. Historic photographs and architectural drawings of the Ridley Park station can be found in the March 1943 issue of The Architectural Forum magazine.
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What is there to see near Ridley Park?
Within an hour or so of Ridley Park: Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum (9 km), Independence Hall, Philadelphia (17 km), Liberty Bell (17 km).
Where is Ridley Park?
Ridley Park is in Pennsylvania, United States, about 4 km from Folcroft.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,035
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 39.8812, -75.3238
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AAA roadside assistance: 1-800-222-4357. Right turn on red is legal in most states unless signed otherwise.
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Worth the detour from Ridley Park
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Independence Hall, Philadelphia
The birthplace of American democracy where the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution were debated and adopted.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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Liberty Bell
Iconic cracked bell in Philadelphia that rang to mark the reading of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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