2nd Street station (SEPTA) explained

2nd Street
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Market-Frankford
Symbol Location:SEPTA
Symbol:SEPTA
Other Name:2nd Street–Penn's Landing–Old City
Address:2nd and Market Streets
Borough:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:39.9498°N -75.1436°W
Operator:SEPTA
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Connections: SEPTA City Bus:,,,
Structure:Underground
Accessible:Yes
Map Type:Philadelphia
Other Services Header:Future services (2024)
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-metro
Zoom:15

2nd Street station (signed as 2nd Street–Penn's Landing–Old City on platforms) is a subway station on the Market-Frankford Line, beneath the intersection of 2nd Street and Market Street in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the easternmost stop in Center City and also the easternmost underground stop on the line.

The station serves the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, with station signs originally reading "Olde City". The 'e' has been covered on the signs with obvious blue stickers.[1] The station also serves Penn's Landing and Spruce Street Harbor Park along the Delaware River.

2nd Street is also served by SEPTA bus routes 5, 17, 33, and 48.

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 City Hall. The station was the eastern terminal of the line until September 7 of that year, when it was extended to the elevated Market–Chestnut station along the Delaware River. It was not until November 5, 1922, when trains were extended northeast along the current route of the Market–Frankford elevated.

On June 22, 2019, a passenger fell onto the tracks and was killed by an oncoming train.[3]

Station layout

The station has two side platforms. East of the station, the tracks turn north and begin to run elevated above Front Street towards Northeast Philadelphia.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: world.nycsubway.org image img_16613.jpg . https://web.archive.org/web/20040114042044/https://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?16613 . 2004-01-14 . web.archive.org.
  2. Web site: Subways and Elevated Lines . Hepp . John . The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia . 2013.
  3. News: Person falls, dies on Market-Frankford Line tracks at SEPTA stop in Old City . Herman . Adam . June 22, 2019 . PhillyVoice . June 1, 2020.