Spring Garden station (Broad Street Line) explained

Spring Garden
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Broad Street
Symbol Location:septa
Symbol:septa
Coordinates:39.9621°N -75.1615°W
Other: SEPTA City Bus:
Tracks:4
Opened:September 1, 1928
Rebuilt:2009-2012
Structure:Underground
Accessible:Yes
Electrified:Third rail (600 volts)
Other Services Header:Future services (2024)
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-metro
Zoom:15

Spring Garden station (soon to be known as Broad–Spring Garden station[1]) is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street subway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is an express station with four tracks and two island platforms. Spring Garden is the northernmost station in Center City, serving Community College of Philadelphia, the School District of Philadelphia Building, the Inquirer Building (former home of Philadelphia newspapers The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News), Ben Franklin High School and miscellaneous office buildings, restaurants, and clubs. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is ten blocks west of the station, while the Northern Liberties neighborhood lies approximately eight blocks east. Near this station is Masterman Laboratory & Demonstration School. There are numerous restaurants and shops nearby which makes this a very busy station.

Spring Garden station is the seventh busiest station on the Broad Street Line, with 10,000 riders a day.[2]

Gallery

Spring Garden 2018.jpg|Spring Garden station with the Philadelphia Inquirer building and Center City buildings visible in the background File:Spring Garden2.jpg|Tiles at Spring Garden station Spring Garden 2018a.jpg|Spring Garden southwest entrance

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: SEPTA Metro Network Map . 7 April 2024 . September 19, 2023.
  2. Fiscal Year 2008 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2008–2019 Capital Program. SEPTA (27 May 2007)