| Erie–Torresdale | |||||||||
| Style: | SEPTA | ||||||||
| Style2: | SEPTA Market-Frankford | ||||||||
| Symbol Location: | SEPTA | ||||||||
| Symbol: | SEPTA | ||||||||
| Address: | 3900 Kensington Avenue | ||||||||
| Borough: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 40.006°N -75.0961°W | ||||||||
| Owned: | Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | ||||||||
| Platform: | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||
| Connections: | SEPTA City Bus:, | ||||||||
| Structure: | Elevated | ||||||||
| Accessible: | Yes | ||||||||
| Rebuilt: | 1997[1] | ||||||||
| Former: | Torresdale | ||||||||
| Other Services Header: | Future services (2024) | ||||||||
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes | ||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||
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Erie–Torresdale station is an elevated rapid transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served by the SEPTA Market–Frankford Line. It is located at the intersection of Kensington, Erie, and Torresdale avenues in the Juniata neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia. The station is also served by SEPTA City Bus routes 3 and 56, both of which are former trolley lines.
Erie–Torresdale is part of the Frankford Elevated section of the line, which began service on November 5, 1922.[2] [3]
Between 1988 and 2003, SEPTA undertook a $493.3 million reconstruction of the 5.5mile Frankford Elevated.[4] Erie–Torresdale station was completely rebuilt on the site of the original station; the project included new platforms, elevators, windscreens, and overpasses, and the station now meets ADA accessibility requirements. The line had originally been built with track ballast and was replaced with precast sections of deck, allowing the station (and the entire line) to remain open throughout the project.[5]
The station building is located on the northwest corner of Kensington and Erie Avenues; Erie Avenue becomes Torresdale Avenue east of this intersection. There is also an exit-only staircase from the eastbound platform to southeast corner of the intersection.