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30th Street Station, officially William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, is a major intermodal transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The station opened in 1933 as Pennsylvania Station–30th Street , replacing the 1881 Broad Street station as the Pennsylvania Railroad 's main station in the city.
The 30th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City.It was opened on December 13, 1873 as the replacement for the original northern terminus of the Ninth Avenue Line at 29th Street, which was built in 1868 [2] The station which was originally built by the New York Elevated Railroad Company had two levels.
The Pennsylvania Railroad World War II Memorial is a monument on the main concourse of 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It commemorates the 1,307 Pennsylvania Railroad employees who died in World War II .
Of particular interest for redevelopment have been the large rail yards near 30th St. Station, now owned by Amtrak. Several plans were made to cover and build over this area. As of 2015, most of these plans, including a baseball stadium [ 28 ] and grounds for a World's fair [ 29 ] have been scrapped, but a new plan called " 30th Street Station ...
This is a route-map template for 30th Street Station, a Philadelphia railway station.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The ASCE plaque in Jefferson Station City plaque in Jefferson Station. The Center City Commuter Connection (CCCC), commonly referred to as "the commuter tunnel", is a passenger railroad tunnel in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The tunnel was built to connect the stub ends of the two separate regional commuter rail systems, which were originally operated by Pennsylvania Railroad and ...
The viaduct on the map near 30th Street Station. The viaduct extends over a total length of 8,140 feet (2,480 m) in the north-south direction and can be reached at both ends via railroad embankments. It makes a gentle left turn, which is required by the layout of the tracks around 30th Street Station around and ultimately by the Schuylkill itself.
Trolley platform at 30th Street. Drexel Station at 30th Street opened on November 6, 1955 by the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC), [3] built as a replacement for the elevated 32nd Street station that had opened in 1907 as part of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's original Market Street subway–elevated line from 69th Street T.C. to 15th Street, which was elevated west of 23rd ...