SEPTA was among twenty-one winners of this year's Preservation Achievement Awards, which are presented annually to outstanding restoration and revitalization projects by the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia.

Projects recognized by the award range dramatically in size. The rehabilitation of Philadelphia's Main Post Office was one of the larger projects, and some individual homeowners were recognized for restoring historic homes.

The Allens Lane Train Station was one of six train stations cited by the awards committee. Queen Lane Station, also on the Chestnut Hill West line, was also among them.

John Andrew Gallery, the executive director of the Preservation Alliance, said in a statement, “The 2011 awardees, ranging from large multi-million-dollar restorations to smaller residential projects, are all excellent examples of historic preservation at work and continue to demonstrate the importance to historic preservation to the economy of the region.”

SEPTA and the other awardees will be recognized at a special luncheon on May 17 in the Wanamaker Building downtown, according to the Preservation Alliance's website

A complete list of the 2011 award recipients can be found here.