Woodside Park and the Fairmount Trolley Line

The Fairmount Park Trolley Line, built and operated privately by the Fairmount Park Transit Company, carried passengers to Woodside Park, among other destinations in Fairmount Park West. This excerpt from a 1944 Philadelphia Transportation Company Map shows Woodside Park near the intersection of Ford and Monument roads, with the Belmont Reservoir in view on the map. The Woodside Station foregrounds the amusement park. The Fairmount Park Trolley operated here until 1946, when the line ceased operation and was dismantled.