Girard station (Broad Street Line) explained

Girard
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Broad Street
Symbol Location:SEPTA
Symbol:SEPTA
Address:1200 North Broad Street
Borough:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:39.9715°N -75.1594°W
Owned:City of Philadelphia
Operator:Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:4
Structure:Underground
Accessible:Yes
Rebuilt:2009–2012
Other Services Header:Future services (2024)
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-metro
Zoom:15

Girard station (soon to be known as Broad–Girard station[1]) is a subway station on the SEPTA Broad Street Line in the Francisville section of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is an express station, with four tracks and two central platforms. This is the last station where southbound riders can transfer freely between the Ridge Spur line and the Main Line, and the two trains commonly meet here and wait for one another. Girard station is located in a very busy commercial strip along Girard Avenue, and also serves the southernmost sections of Temple University. A transfer is available to the Route 15 trolley, which provides local service along Girard Avenue.[2]

Girard station is the 10th busiest station on the Broad Street subway line, with 7,500 passengers a day.[3]

The station was featured prominently in the 2019 sci-fi movie In the Shadow of the Moon.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: SEPTA Metro Network Map . 7 April 2024 . September 19, 2023.
  2. Web site: Broad Street Line Schedule. October 31, 2010. . September 5, 2010.
  3. Fiscal Year 2008 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2008–2019 Capital Program. SEPTA (2007-05-27).