11th Street station (SEPTA) explained

11th Street
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Market-Frankford
Symbol Location:SEPTA
Symbol:SEPTA
Other Name:11th Street–Pennsylvania Convention Center
Address:11th and Market Streets
Borough:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates:39.9521°N -75.1566°W
Owned:City of Philadelphia
Operator:SEPTA
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:Underground
Accessible:No, planned
Other Services Header:Future services (2024)
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-metro
Zoom:15

11th Street station (signed as 11th Street–Pennsylvania Convention Center on platforms) is a subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the intersection of 11th and Market Streets in Center City. It is served by SEPTA's Market–Frankford Line and provides a connection to SEPTA Regional Rail at Jefferson Station.

The station is part of the Downtown Link concourse, a series of underground passageways outside fare control that access stations on the Market–Frankford Line, Broad Street Line, PATCO Speedline, and Regional Rail lines.[1] 11th Street also has direct access to the Jefferson Tower and Fashion District Philadelphia shopping mall, and also serves the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

History

The station opened August 3, 1908 as part of the first extension of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's Market Street Subway.[2] The line had originally opened a year earlier between 69th Street and 15th Street stations.

11th Street is one of three stations on the Market–Frankford Line that is not ADA-accessible, the other two being and stations.[3] The addition of elevators in the station was announced in SEPTA's 2021–2032 Capital Program proposal; the station platforms would be rehabilitated and made accessible to passengers with disabilities by 2023 at an estimated cost of $9.51 million.[4] In 2022, SEPTA revised the project's budget to $23.81 million and estimated construction would be complete by 2025.[5] The project now also includes the renovation of the existing platforms, new signage, lighting, and security cameras, as well as waterproofing improvements.[5]

Station layout

The station has two side platforms. A mezzanine above the platforms is divided into two sections, one inside fare control and one outside of it.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Downtown Link Center City Concourse . . September 2, 2019.
  2. Web site: Subways and Elevated Lines . Hepp . John . The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia . 2013.
  3. Web site: Market-Frankford Line Map . . 2020 . June 1, 2020.
  4. Web site: Fiscal Year 2021 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2021–2032 Capital Program Proposal . 59 . . April 20, 2020 . June 11, 2020.
  5. Web site: Fiscal Year 2023 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2023–2034 Capital Program . 106 . . July 2022 . March 19, 2023.