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30th Street Station, officially William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, is a major intermodal transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The station opened in 1933 as Pennsylvania Station–30th Street , replacing the 1881 Broad Street station as the Pennsylvania Railroad 's main station in the city.
This is a route-map template for 30th Street Station, a Philadelphia railway station.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The Pennsylvania Railroad World War II Memorial is a monument on the main concourse of 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It commemorates the 1,307 Pennsylvania Railroad employees who died in World War II .
The 30th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City.It was opened on December 13, 1873 as the replacement for the original northern terminus of the Ninth Avenue Line at 29th Street, which was built in 1868 [2] The station which was originally built by the New York Elevated Railroad Company had two levels.
The viaduct on the map near 30th Street Station. The viaduct extends over a total length of 8,140 feet (2,480 m) in the north-south direction and can be reached at both ends via railroad embankments. It makes a gentle left turn, which is required by the layout of the tracks around 30th Street Station around and ultimately by the Schuylkill itself.
Of particular interest for redevelopment have been the large rail yards near 30th St. Station, now owned by Amtrak. Several plans were made to cover and build over this area. As of 2015, most of these plans, including a baseball stadium [ 28 ] and grounds for a World's fair [ 29 ] have been scrapped, but a new plan called " 30th Street Station ...
The 30th Street Station District Plan is a long-range, joint master planning effort led by Amtrak, Brandywine Realty Trust, Drexel University, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to develop a comprehensive vision for the future of the 30th Street Station District in the year 2050 and beyond.
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