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The network includes two rapid transit lines, a light metro line, a suburban trolley line with 2 branches, a surface-running streetcar line, and a subway–surface trolley line with 5 branches, totaling 78 miles (126 km) [b] of rail service. Although some of Philadelphia's transit lines date to the 19th century and the SEPTA agency began ...
The L, [a] [4] formerly known as the Market Frankford Line, [b] is a rapid transit line in the SEPTA Metro network in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.The MFL runs from the 69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby, just outside of West Philadelphia, through Center City Philadelphia to the Frankford Transportation Center in Near Northeast Philadelphia.
On September 30, 1968, SEPTA acquired the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC), which operated a citywide system of bus, trolley, and trackless trolley routes, the Market–Frankford Line (subway-elevated rail), the Broad Street Line (subway), and the Delaware River Bridge Line (subway-elevated rail to City Hall, Camden, NJ) which became ...
Center City, Philadelphia: Philadelphia: PRT: 1936 – Operated by PATCO Speedline since 1968 9–10th & Locust: Bridge Center City, Philadelphia: Philadelphia: PTC: 1953 – Operated by PATCO Speedline since 1968 12–13th & Locust: Bridge Center City, Philadelphia: Philadelphia: PTC: 1953 – Operated by PATCO Speedline since 1968 15–16th ...
The network includes two rapid transit lines, a light metro line, a suburban trolley line with 2 branches, a surface-running streetcar line, and a subway–surface trolley line with 5 branches, totaling 78 miles (126 km) [a] of rail service. Philadelphia has the third-oldest subway system in the United States, dating back to its opening in 1907 ...
SEPTA's Subway-Surface Trolley Route 36 (a.k.a.; the Elmwood Avenue-Subway Line) is a trolley line operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) that connects the 13th Street station in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Eastwick Loop station in Eastwick section of Southwest Philadelphia, although limited service is available to the Elmwood Carhouse.
8th Street station is a subway station complex in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the intersection of 8th Street and Market Street in Center City.It is served by SEPTA's Market–Frankford and Broad–Ridge Spur (signed as Broad-Ridge Line) lines, as well as the PATCO Speedline (signed by SEPTA as the "Lindenwold Line").
Service to the closed stations resumed in June 2020. [13] [14] In 2021, SEPTA proposed rebranding their rail transit service as "SEPTA Metro", to make the system easier to navigate. Under this proposal, the subway–surface lines will be rebranded as the "T" lines with a green color and numeric suffixes for each service.