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Today, the Main Line is another name for the western suburbs of Philadelphia along Lancaster Avenue (U.S. Route 30) and the former main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad and extending from the city limits to, traditionally, Bryn Mawr and ultimately Paoli, [12] an area of about 200 square miles (520 km 2).
Penn planned the city to stretch between the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, and his grid plan of present-day Center City followed a 22-by-8-block pattern. [1] The plan included a large square in the center of the town (present day location of Philadelphia City Hall), and four public squares near each corner of the city. [1]
Although some of Philadelphia's transit lines date to the 19th century and the SEPTA agency began operations in 1965, the transit network itself had no formal name until 2024, when it was named "SEPTA Metro" as part of an effort to make the system easier to navigate. The effort is also replacing each line's name with a single letter, plus a ...
Center City, Philadelphia: Philadelphia: PRT: 1908 Formerly known as 5th Street 8th–Market† Center City, Philadelphia: Philadelphia: PRT: 1908 (MFL) 1932 (BRS) PATCO Jefferson Station: 11th Street: Center City, Philadelphia: Philadelphia: PRT: 1908 Jefferson Station: 13th Street† Center City, Philadelphia: Philadelphia: PRT: 1908 Formerly ...
The City Transit Division of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) operate almost all of Philadelphia's public transit, including all six trolley, three trackless trolley, and 70 bus lines within city limits. Some of the bordering municipalities are served by the City Transit division, despite not being part of the city.
The Broad Street Line (BSL), [a] currently rebranding as the B, [b] is a rapid transit line in the SEPTA Metro network in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.The line runs primarily north-south from the Fern Rock Transportation Center in North Philadelphia through Center City Philadelphia to NRG station at Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia; the latter station provides access to the ...
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As of 2024, it is the only trolley line in Philadelphia that is not part of the subway–surface trolley lines. SEPTA PCC III vehicles are used on the line. The line was first opened in 1859 as a horse car line operated by the Richmond and Schuylkill River Passenger Railway, and electrified in 1895, with extensions in 1902 and 1903. [8]