Fairmount station (SEPTA) explained

Fairmount
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Broad Street
Symbol Location:SEPTA
Symbol:SEPTA
Address:700 North Broad Street
Borough:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:39.9671°N -75.1604°W
Owned:City of Philadelphia
Operator:SEPTA
Connections: SEPTA City Bus:
Structure:Underground
Accessible:No, accessibility planned[1]
Rebuilt:1932 (Broad Ridge Spur)
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-metro
Zoom:15

Fairmount station is a subway station in the Francisville section of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is served by SEPTA's Broad Street Line (as a local stop) and the Broad-Ridge Spur.[2] There are three separate platforms. The Broad-Ridge Spur and Broad Street Line (BSL) northbound platforms connect inside the faregates, but the BSL's southbound platform cannot be reached from the other two without exiting. Such a connection once existed; the sealed-off entrance can be seen at platform level heading south towards the end of the platform. Travelers wishing to switch between the Broad-Ridge Spur and the southbound BSL must connect at Girard. The Broad-Ridge Spur platform is shortened and can only accommodate short 2-car trains; the unused part of the platform is visible from passing trains and is covered in layers of graffiti. Fairmount station on the Broad-Ridge Spur has a full mezzanine concourse extending from Wallace Street to Ridge Avenue, now abandoned.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: July 27, 2022 . Fiscal Year 2023 Capital Budget . December 13, 2022 . . 104.
  2. Web site: Fairmount Station . SEPTA . July 9, 2022.