Spring Garden station (Broad Street Line)
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| Location | 500 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°57′44″N 75°09′41″W / 39.9621°N 75.1615°W | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Philadelphia | |||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | SEPTA | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms cross-platform interchange | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA City Bus: 4, 16, 43 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 1, 1928 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2009-2012 | |||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Third rail (600 volts) | |||||||||||||||||
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  Spring Garden Location within Philadelphia | ||||||||||||||||||
Spring Garden station (soon to be known as Broad–Spring Garden station[1]) is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street subway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is an express station with four tracks and two island platforms. Spring Garden is the northernmost station in Center City, serving Community College of Philadelphia, the School District of Philadelphia Building, the Inquirer Building (former home of Philadelphia newspapers The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News), Ben Franklin High School and miscellaneous office buildings, restaurants, and clubs. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is ten blocks west of the station, while the Northern Liberties neighborhood lies approximately eight blocks east. Near this station is Masterman Laboratory & Demonstration School. There are numerous restaurants and shops nearby which makes this a very busy station.
Spring Garden station is the seventh busiest station on the Broad Street Line, with 10,000 riders a day.[2]
Gallery[edit]
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Spring Garden station with the Philadelphia Inquirer building and Center City buildings visible in the background -
Tiles at Spring Garden station -
Spring Garden southwest entrance
References[edit]
- ^ "SEPTA Metro Network Map" (PDF). September 19, 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ Fiscal Year 2008 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2008–2019 Capital Program. SEPTA (27 May 2007)
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