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15th Street station is a subway station in Philadelphia.It is served by SEPTA's Market–Frankford Line and all routes of the subway–surface trolley lines. A free interchange also provides access to the Broad Street Line at City Hall station, which is connected to 15th Street by the Downtown Link underground concourse.
Passengers may transfer free of charge to the Market–Frankford Line at 13th, 15th, and 30th Streets, as well as to the Broad Street Line at 15th Street. Connections to the Regional Rail are also available via underground passageways connecting 13th and 15th Street stations to Suburban Station, one of the city's main commuter rail terminals.
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 ]
The Market–Frankford Line (MFL), [a] currently rebranding as the L, [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.
Weekday service extended to 30th Street Station by consolidating Routes 14 (former streetcar) and D-1 (University City to 30th Street Station) Extended to Lansdowne & Haverford Avesnues on January 13, 1991; Extended to 69th Street Terminal on September 8, 1996. 40th and Market 31 [41] City Hall: 76th Street and City Avenue
Terminal stations Avg. weekday ridership (FY 2023) [15] South/West North/East Market–Frankford Line: Rapid transit: All Stops 69th Street: Frankford: 107,651 Broad Street Line: Rapid transit: Local: NRG: Fern Rock: 79,155 Express: Walnut–Locust NRG (limited) Spur: 8th–Market: Subway–Surface Trolleys: Subway/ surface: Route 10: 63rd ...
Hundreds of people in various states of undress cruised the streets of Philadelphia to cheers from onlookers Saturday evening in the 15th annual Philly Naked Bike Ride. The ride used to be held in ...
Passengers arriving at Broad Street Station could make connections to the rest of the city on the numerous trolley lines on Market Street and 15th Street, or on Philadelphia's east–west Market-Frankford Subway-Elevated Line (beginning in 1907) or the north–south Broad Street Subway starting in 1928. The latter two were heavy rail lines that ...