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The PATCO Speedline, signed in Philadelphia as the Lindenwold Line and also known colloquially as the PATCO High Speed Line, [5] [6] [7] is a rapid transit route operated by the Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO), which runs between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden County, New Jersey.
The system comprises five trolley services that operate on street-level tracks in West Philadelphia and Delaware County, and also underneath Market Street in Philadelphia's Center City. The services—T1 (Route 10), T2 (Route 34), T3 (Route 13), T4 (Route 11), and T5 (Route 36)—collectively operate on about 39.6 miles (63.7 km) of route. [2]
SEPTA has the seventh-largest U.S. rapid transit system in the nation by ridership, and the fifth-largest overall transit system in the nation, with about 302 million annual unlinked trips as of 2018. [7] It controls 290 active stations, over 450 miles (720 km) of track, 2,350 revenue vehicles, and 196 routes. [8]
A PATCO Speedline train eastbound at 8th Street station. The PATCO Speedline is a grade-separated system linking Philadelphia to the cities of Camden, Haddonfield, and Lindenwold in New Jersey. The Speedline has a daily ridership of 38,000, [28] and is the primary transit link between South Jersey and Philadelphia.
Owned by PATCO Speedline since 1968; Connection to River Line Light Rail: City Hall (Camden) Bridge Camden: Camden: PRT: 1936 – Owned by PATCO Speedline since 1968 Fairmount Avenue MFL Lower North Philadelphia: Philadelphia: PRT: 1922 1977 Replaced by Spring Garden in 1977 Franklin Square: Bridge Center City, Philadelphia: Philadelphia: PRT ...
The system covers a total route length of 280 miles (450 km), with 13 service lines and 155 stations. [2] The stations' distances from Center City Philadelphia can be determined by their fare zones. Stations in Center City are part of the CC zone, with outlying zones numbered 1 through 4, plus a zone for stations in New Jersey (NJ zone). [3]
On May 12, 2009, New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine, in conjunction with the Delaware River Port Authority (the agency which manages the PATCO Speedline), announced plans to review ways to expand and enhance the Atlantic City Line, in which the DRPA would "examine opportunities to improve this system including the development of a Transfer ...
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 ...