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Schematic map of subway–surface branches and termini. The subway–surface lines are remnants of the far more extensive streetcar system that developed in Philadelphia after the arrival of electric trolleys in 1892. Several dozen traction companies were consolidated in 1902 into the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company.
SEPTA Metro is an urban rail transit network in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority . 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 ...
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 ...
The Fern Rock Transportation Center [3] is a SEPTA rail and bus station located at 10th Street and Nedro Avenue in the Fern Rock neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1] Fern Rock serves as the northern terminus and yard for SEPTA's Broad Street Line , as well as a stop for SEPTA Regional Rail 's Lansdale/Doylestown Line , Warminster ...
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").
The Subway–Surface Trolley Lines are the remnants of an extensive pre-World War II streetcar system, similar to the Boston Green Line and San Francisco Muni Metro. The trolley lines were originally run by different companies, until their consolidation by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company in 1906. [24]
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.
On October 13, 2021, a passenger was sexually assaulted by another rider on a train running on SEPTA's Market–Frankford Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.This incident gained international attention due to the lack of calls to authorities despite several bystanders around the area, allowing the assault to carry on for over 30 minutes until an off-duty SEPTA employee reported the incident ...