Frankford and Delaware Avenue station explained

Frankford and Delaware
Symbol Location:septa
Symbol:septa
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Trolley
Coordinates:39.9646°N -75.1344°W
Other: SEPTA City Bus:
Platform:sidewalk platform
Tracks:2
Opened:2012
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-light
Zoom:15

Frankford and Delaware Avenue station, also known as the Northern Liberties Loop and soon to be known as Frankford–Delaware station,[1] is a SEPTA Route 15 trolley station in Philadelphia, United States, located in the Port Richmond neighborhood. The station serves the area surrounding Rivers Casino Philadelphia.

The loop opened in 2012 to serve SEPTA Route 15 trolleys. In that same year, Route 15 was redirected to this loop, due to the reconstruction of Interstate 95 (I-95) near Richmond Street. The I-95 reconstruction project caused the trolleys to be redirected to Frankord and Delaware Avenue station, while service to the Richmond-Westmoreland Streets Loop was replaced with buses.[2] From 2020 until 2024, the whole of SEPTA Route 15 ran with buses, due to the SEPTA PCC IIs needing refurbishment.[3] However, on June 16, 2024, eight newly-refurbished SEPTA PCC III cars, alongside buses, returned to service on the whole of Route 15.[4]

Gallery

File:NorthernLibertiesLoop.jpg|The Northern Liberties Loop File:SugarHouse casino.jpg|Rivers Casino Philadelphia is visible from the Frankford and Delaware Avenue stationFile:FrankfordDelaware.jpg|Close up of the trolley station

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Network Map - SEPTA Metro . . 19 June 2024 . 19 September 2023.
  2. Web site: SEPTA Route 15 Trolley Detour in Fishtown, Port Richmond . 95revive.com . PennDOT District 6 . pdf . January 2016 . March 19, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140226212125/http://95revive.com/girard-avenue-interchange-overview.aspx . February 26, 2014 .
  3. Web site: SEPTA taking Girard Ave. trolley off the rails; 78 percent of fleet can't pass inspection . January 2020 . January 23, 2020 .
  4. Web site: Myers . Michelle . 'The Tesla of trolleys': Behold the return of SEPTA's cream-and-green 1947 trolleys . www.inquirer.com . . 17 June 2024 . en . 16 June 2024.