Riverfront in Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Wilmington Station
Pennsylvania Railroad, Owner
Furness and Evans, Architects
Restored in 1984
under the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project
Federal Railroad Administration
State of Delaware Department of Transportation
Funding agencies
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Owner
De Leuw, Cather/Parsons, Program Managers
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Architects
Moeckel Carbonell Associates, Inc., Architects
Erected 1984 by Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation; Department of Transportation, State of Delaware; Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation).
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Railroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1905.
Location. 39° 44.227′ N, 75° 33.053′ W. Marker is in Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in Riverfront. It is on French Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 French St, Wilmington DE 19801, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic and on the Delmarva Peninsula. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
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Additional commentary.
1. About the train station
After additional renovations in 2011, the station was formally renamed the Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Railroad Station, in honor of then-Vice President Biden, who, while serving as Senator from Delaware, commuted to DC using the train, and advocated for its usage. However, in common parlance as of 2024, the station is usually still called Wilmington Station.
In addition to serving as Delaware's main stop on Amtrak, the station also serves as a major stop on the Wilmington/Newark line for SEPTA (Southeast Pennsylvania Transit Authority) Regional Rail. The line runs from Newark, Delaware to 30th Street Station in West Philadelphia. Note To Editor only visible by Contributor and editor
— Submitted February 11, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 9, 2024
3. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Railroad Station commonly called Wilmington Station Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 11, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 232 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 11, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on February 10, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
