33rd Street station (SEPTA) explained

33rd Street
Symbol:septa
Symbol Location:septa
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Trolley
Address:33rd and Market Streets
Borough:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:39.9555°N -75.1893°W
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Owned:Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Connections: SEPTA City Bus:
Structure:Underground
Accessible:No
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services2 Header:Future services (2024)
Other Services2 Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-light
Zoom:15

33rd Street station is a subway station in Philadelphia. It is located on the campus of Drexel University and serves all routes of the SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines. It is the last station of the subway–surface lines with all lines before the Route 10 splits away and exits the tunnel at 36th Street. The stop is located on the campus of Drexel University.[1]

History

The station was opened in November 1955 by the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) as part of a larger project to move portions of the elevated Market Street Line and surface trolleys underground.[2] The original project to bury the elevated tracks between 23rd to 46th streets was announced by the PTC's predecessor, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, in the 1920s, but was delayed due to the Great Depression and World War II.[3] The PTC's revised project also included a new subway–surface tunnel for subway–surface trolleys underneath the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, continuing from the original western portal at 23rd and Market streets to new portals at 36th and Ludlow streets for Route 10 and 40th Street and Baltimore Avenue for other routes.

On April 11, 1988, a trolley derailed at the station, injuring 27 people.[4]

Station layout

The station has two low-level side platforms, each capable of platforming two trolleys at a time. Fares are collected on board trolleys.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: University City Campus Map . 22 November 2021 . Drexel University.
  2. Puckett, John L. and Mark Frazier Lloyd., accessed May 31, 2020.
  3. Web site: Putting the Market Street Elevated Underground . West Philadelphia Collaborative History . John L. Puckett . . June 2, 2020.
  4. News: Driver, Passenger Still Hospitalized in Crash . April 11, 1988 . . Baker . Paul.