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The SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines are a collection of five SEPTA trolley lines that operate on street-level tracks in West Philadelphia and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and also underneath Market Street in Philadelphia's Center City. The lines, Routes 10, 11, 13, 34, and 36, collectively operate on about 39.6 miles (63.7 km) of route. [2]
The original fleet of ten 23-foot-2-inch (7.06 m) Brill "Rail-less Cars" of 1923–24 was replaced in 1935 by eight Brill T30 vehicles, another short vehicle. With the conversion of the major Ridge Avenue route (61) to trolley buses in 1941, Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) again turned to Brill for the needed additional vehicles.
This is a route-map template for SEPTA Route 23, a Philadelphia bus and former trolley route.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The lines included the Market–Frankford Line, Broad Street Line, subway–surface trolley lines, Norristown High Speed Line, Route 15 trolley, and Media–Sharon Hill Line. [3] [4] Under this proposal, new maps, station signage, and line designations would be created.
Major stops along the route include Oxford Circle and the Alma Loop in Castor, which is near a shopping center and a junior high and senior high school. It is one of three surviving routes of the Philadelphia trolley bus system. The trackless trolleys (or trolleybuses) replaced trolley cars (streetcars) on the route on in June 25, 1950. [2]
The western terminus of Route 15 is at the intersection of Girard Avenue and 63rd Street, and instantly passes by Carroll Park. The next landmark is Cathedral Cemetery, where both Route 15 and Girard Avenue briefly overlap with US 30 (Lancaster Avenue) and the SEPTA Route 10 trolley. The line leaves Lancaster Avenue and resumes its way along ...
37th Street station, also known as 37th Street/Spruce Street/Woodland Avenue station, is a SEPTA subway–surface lines trolley station in Philadelphia.It is westernmost station of the subway–surface tunnel and carries Routes 11, 13, 34, and 36.
Trolley buses on route 29 in 1968. Route 29 is a former streetcar and trackless trolley line and current bus route, operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.