43-746: Route 15 , currently rebranding as the G , is a streetcar line in the SEPTA Metro network that runs along Girard Avenue through North and West Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Service is operated by the City Transit Division of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority . As of 2024, it is the only trolley line in Philadelphia that is not part of the subway–surface trolley lines . SEPTA PCC III vehicles are used on
86-568: A gaming license on December 20, 2006 by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board . SugarHouse Casino was awarded a gaming license on December 20, 2006 by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board , along with four others. Many neighborhood residents sought to prevent the development of the casino due to quality of life issues. Residents of the Fishtown neighborhood have taken the lead in the creation and leadership of
129-547: A large HD video wall that can broadcast multiple games, six betting windows, and 22 self-serve betting kiosks. The casino offers betting on multiple sports including football, basketball, hockey, boxing, and soccer. Later in 2019, SugarHouse's parent company, Rush Street Gaming, announced that the casino would be rebranded as Rivers Casino Philadelphia, matching the name used by Rush Street's other properties, including Rivers Casino Pittsburgh . The new brand name became official on October 29. On July 17, 2019, SugarHouse conducted
172-484: A nearby highway expansion. Trolley service was originally anticipated to return in late 2021. As of August 2023, six of the 18 cars were restored but still not enough to resume trolley service. SEPTA expected trolleys would be in service in late 2023. However, that goal was also not met. Trolleys finally returned to service on June 16, 2024. The Girard Avenue Line's 8.4 miles (13.5 km) route runs along Girard Avenue and Richmond Street. The western terminus of Route 15
215-417: A partial restoration of trolley service starting September 10, 2023. However, citing the need for more operator training, the agency has delayed the restoration, though still expected to resume trolley service sometime in late 2023. The restoration has since been pushed back to spring 2024. In June, SEPTA announced eight restored trolleys will resume service alongside buses on June 16, 2024. All stations are in
258-494: A soft launch for online gambling in Pennsylvania; the testing period lasted two days. Online gambling offered by SugarHouse consists of slot machines and table games, with online poker to launch at a later date. Rivers Casino offers the following dining options: The Event Center at Rivers Casino is home to concerts and entertainment performances. Live music is also available at Jack's Bar & Grill. The Rivers Casino
301-574: A two-day test period. Official sports betting began two days later. SugarHouse became the first casino in the Philadelphia area to offer sports betting. The casino initially operated out of a temporary sportsbook . On May 28, 2019, SugarHouse Casino became the first casino in Pennsylvania to offer online sports betting within the state. The permanent $ 5 million, 5,700-square-foot (530 m ) BetRivers Sportsbook opened in October, consisting of
344-515: Is also a natural turnback point due to high ridership turnover at Front Street and Girard for the Market-Frankford Line. The loop was the temporary eastern terminus of Route 15 until SEPTA finished replacing track on Richmond between Girard Ave and Ann Street between spring and late 2012, due to Interstate 95 -related reconstruction along Richmond Street (see section below). With resumption of trolley service on June 16, 2024, this loop
387-555: Is at the intersection of Girard Avenue and 63rd Street , and instantly passes by Carroll Park . The next landmark is Cathedral Cemetery, where both Route 15 and Girard Avenue briefly overlap with US 30 ( Lancaster Avenue ) and the SEPTA Route 10 trolley. The line leaves Lancaster Avenue and resumes its way along Girard Avenue. After crossing over the Philadelphia–Harrisburg line at the intersection with Belmont Avenue,
430-710: Is cumbersome and presents a significant source of delays across the line during regular operation. The first trolley is expected to be delivered from Alstom in the Spring of 2027, with the last trolley from the base order to be delivered some time in 2030. SEPTA does not plan on reconstructing the Route 15 for its Trolley Modernization Program until 2041 at the earliest. As of July 7, 2023, the I-95 reroute work had been substantially completed, but trolley service not yet restored. WHYY reported that SEPTA officials had stated that several of
473-505: The Brookville Equipment Company at a cost of $ 1.3 million per trolley in 2003-2004. The rebuilt trolley includes the addition of air conditioning and regenerative braking , as well as a widened center door with a wheelchair lift for ADA compliance. The restoration of trolley service was delayed because of a long fight with local residents on 59th Street, which the trolleys needed to travel down in order to access
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#1732790450374516-627: The Callowhill Depot , over parking on the street. During the reconstruction of the line the surrounding neighborhoods, through grassroots coalitions, worked to improve the Girard Avenue streetscape through beautification and marketing projects. Since service returned in 2005, the 15 line has spurred various development projects as well as renewed investment along the corridor. In 2018 a comprehensive analysis of SEPTA's surface operations called for abandonment of trolley operations citing
559-780: The City of Philadelphia . Other transit in the United States: SEPTA Metro SEPTA Metro is an urban rail transit network in and around Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, United States, operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ( SEPTA ). The network includes two rapid transit lines, a light metro line, a surface-running trolley line, and a subway–surface trolley line, totaling 78 miles (126 km) of rail service. Although some of Philadelphia's transit lines date to
602-1048: The Girard Avenue Bridge over the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park and Norris Street in Richmond , with an extension authorized west over the bridge to Lancaster Avenue . The line opened from Second Street to 31st Street in July 1859. The company was sold at foreclosure and reorganized as the Fairmount Park and Delaware River Passenger Railway on June 14, 1864, and was merged into the Germantown Passenger Railway ( Route 23 Germantown Avenue) on February 15, 1866. Extensions were opened east to Palmer Street in 1866 (looping via Palmer, Beach, and Shackamaxon Streets) and to Norris Street in 1875. The People's Passenger Railway leased
645-600: The Market–Frankford Line 's Girard Station , and then crosses Frankford Avenue, one of the two streets the line is named after. In 2011, SEPTA completed a new loop for Route 15 at the intersection of Frankford and Delaware Avenues, reached via new trackage down Frankford from Girard. On April 29, 2012, SEPTA began using this loop. This loop is across from the Rivers Casino which opened in September 2010, and
688-625: The Market–Frankford Line , Broad Street Line , subway–surface trolley lines , Route 15 trolley, Media–Sharon Hill Line , and Norristown High Speed Line will be referred to as the L, B, T, G, D, and M, respectively. In September 2021, SEPTA officials proposed to rebrand its rail transit services to make the system easier to navigate. The lines included the Market–Frankford Line , Broad Street Line , subway–surface trolley lines , Norristown High Speed Line , Route 15 trolley, and Media–Sharon Hill Line . Under this proposal, new maps, station signage, and line designations would be created. Under
731-662: The SEPTA Route 23 bus line (which was originally a trolley line that may be restored in the future; however SEPTA has removed all connecting track & overhead wires for Route 23 at this location in 2014 completely ending any connection to the North Philadelphia Trolley Network). Directly east of the SEPTA Main Line overpass at 9th Street, Route 15 passes by the Girard Medical Center. At Front Street Route 15 runs beneath
774-680: The Westmoreland Loop , on the southwest corner of the intersection of Richmond Street and Westmoreland Street. In addition to the Frankford and Delaware loop, two other short-turn loops exist: at 41st & Parkside, just west of the Philadelphia Zoo, and at 26th & Girard (a bidirectional "in-line" cutback utilizing 26th and Poplar Streets and Girard and College Avenues). No scheduled runs use these loops. Another such loop, located at Richmond Street & Cumberland Avenues,
817-477: The "B1 Broad Street Local". The express service would become the "B2 Broad Street Express", the special service would become the "B2 Express Sports Special", and spur service would become the "B3 Broad–Ridge Express". Services along the current subway–surface, Norristown High-Speed Line, Route 15 trolley, and Routes 101 and 102 suburban trolley trunk would become the "T Lines", "M Lines", "G Lines", and "D Lines" respectively. SEPTA budgeted $ 40 million to June 2023 for
860-563: The 1990s using Kawasaki cars from Route 10 temporarily made surplus by water main replacement along the surface portion of Route 10. The 15 line returned to trolley service on September 4, 2005, after having been served by buses for thirteen years. To prepare for the resumption of trolley service, SEPTA spent a total of $ 100 million, including rehabilitating the tracks and repairs to the overhead wires . The rolling stock for Route 15 consists of PCC II cars, which are 1947 St. Louis Car -built PCC streetcars that had been completely rebuilt by
903-462: The 19th century and the SEPTA agency began operations in 1965, the transit network itself had no formal name until 2024, when it was named "SEPTA Metro" as part of an effort to make the system easier to navigate . The effort is also replacing each line's name with a single letter, plus a number to denote various service patterns. After a two-year transition that will replace signage throughout the system,
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#1732790450374946-593: The I-95 viaduct. Route 15 east of Frankford Avenue to the Frankford and Delaware Avenue station and the SugarHouse Casino will be served by a shuttle bus for the duration of the project, which is expected to last through 2018. On January 21, 2020, SEPTA officials announced that buses would be replacing the streetcars along the whole route for a period of at least 18 months. In 2021, SEPTA proposed rebranding their rail transit service as "SEPTA Metro" to make
989-514: The New Kensington CDC . The 1,300,000-square-foot (120,000 m ) casino complex is located on the 22-acre (8.9 ha) site of the former Jack Frost Sugar Refinery, hence the "SugarHouse" name; and on a site where a British Revolutionary Era fort was once located. Phase I, estimated at $ 550 million, includes a casino floor with 3,000 slot machines , and tables, along with a variety of retail and dining outlets. Future phases of
1032-487: The Richmond & Cumberland loop which will be removed. Also part of the project is the construction of four separate bridges for Conrail tracks over a realigned Richmond Street to replace the low-clearance nuisance bridge left over from the former Port Richmond Yard. The new bridges, rationalized in width to current Conrail trackage, will provide much greater road clearance by virtue of being relocated away from underneath
1075-593: The city had the right to lease the land where the casino was to be located. The city's Mayor Michael Nutter revoked the SugarHouse license in January, and the city's lawyers claimed the city never had the authority to issue the license in the first place. The owners of SugarHouse Casino argued that the city could not legally revoke a license to build on the riverbank. On August 22, the Supreme Court ruled that
1118-478: The ex-Electric Traction Company Bridesburg Line on Richmond Street – in 1903, and eventually replaced the Bridesburg Line entirely to Bridesburg . In 1992, SEPTA replaced trolley service along Routes 15, 23 , and 56 with buses . PCC cars were first introduced to Route 15 on Sundays (and later on Saturdays as well ) in 1948 using postwar cars at Callowhill Depot that would have been otherwise idle on
1161-495: The existing Subway – Surface lines, along with the Media–Sharon Hill Line , with an option for 30 more. These 30 extra trams, if ordered, would replace the existing PCC-III trolleys on Route 15. The trolleys would be of Alstom's Citadis family and would be 80 feet in length and low-floor (and therefore fully ADA-compliant). While the existing PCC-III trolleys are ADA-compliant as a result of their wheelchair lift, this lift
1204-547: The line on October 1, 1881, and leased the Girard Avenue Railway (chartered May 17, 1894) on June 22, 1896, extending the line west to 60th Street in 1900. The Union Traction Company leased the People's Passenger Railway on July 1, 1896, giving it control over almost all the street railways in Philadelphia. Girard Avenue cars were extended west to 63rd Street and east to Allegheny Avenue – the latter extension along
1247-677: The line passes by the Philadelphia Zoo near Exit 342 on the Schuylkill Expressway before crossing the Schuylkill River over the Girard Avenue Bridge . After entering Brewerytown, Route 15 loops partially around the south side of Girard College , but rejoins Girard Avenue again, and passes by the former Saint Joseph's Hospital. The first mass transit crossing the line encounters is the Broad Street Line 's Girard Station , and two blocks from there crosses
1290-499: The line started being operated by buses due to major reconstruction. West of Frankford Avenue, the line was still run by PCC II cars. Trolleys terminated at Frankford and Delaware Avenues (Northern Liberties Loop) while buses terminated at Girard Station under the Market-Frankford Line . As of January 2020, the full line is being substituted by a bus bridge to allow for rolling stock maintenance, track repairs, and
1333-436: The line. The line was first opened in 1859 as a horse car line operated by the Richmond and Schuylkill River Passenger Railway , and electrified in 1895, with extensions in 1902 and 1903. Service was " bustituted " in 1992, along with Route 23 (Germantown Avenue-11th and 12th Streets) and Route 56 (Torresdale-Erie Avenues). On September 4, 2005, trolley service was restored. On April 29, 2012, east of Frankford Avenue,
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1376-410: The now twice refurbished PCC-II cars were in testing on the route and "at least" eight would be ready by "the end of the summer [2023]." [...] "The plan is to use trolleys and buses to serve Route 15, which allows us to deploy the restored trolleys while maintaining frequency on the route,” a SEPTA spokesperson told Billy Penn. As of August 2023, six of the cars had been restored, and SEPTA had announced
1419-669: The permits were legal. Groundbreaking on the project began on October 9, 2009. The casino opened on September 23, 2010. On July 22, 2014, SugarHouse casino broke ground on a project to expand the casino floor, add restaurants, add a parking garage, and bring more amenities to the riverfront. The expansion opened on May 9, 2016. SugarHouse began offering online gambling in New Jersey in 2016. In fall 2018, SugarHouse added online sports betting in New Jersey. On December 13, 2018, sports betting began at SugarHouse Casino with
1462-679: The planned rollout of SEPTA Metro in 2024. The first updated signs were installed at Drexel Station at 30th Street in February 2024. Other transit in the United States: SugarHouse Casino Rivers Casino Philadelphia , formerly SugarHouse Casino , is a casino entertainment development along the Delaware River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 's Fishtown neighborhood, one of five stand-alone casinos awarded
1505-636: The project include a 500-room hotel with health spa, a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m ) event center, and expanded dining and retail facilities. It was estimated that SugarHouse Casino would generate in excess of $ 1 billion in gaming taxes to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia over the first five years of operation. On April 15, 2008, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court convened in Philadelphia to determine if
1548-580: The prominent anti-casino organizations, including Casino Free Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Neighborhood Alliance, and Neighbors Allied for the Best Riverfront. On the other side, Fishtown Action (FACT), the largest membership organization in the nearby community with over 600 members, has continuously supported the casino project. This support is largely in part because of a community benefits agreement along with
1591-451: The proposed nomenclature, trunk lines would receive a letter and a color, with services having a numeric suffix and service name, to make wayfinding easier. Services on the current Market–Frankford Line, for instance, would be called the "L Lines" and colored blue, with local service becoming the "L1 Market–Frankford Local". Services along the current Broad Street Line would become the "B Lines" and colored orange, with local service becoming
1634-445: The rail car's inability to get around double-parked cars and other obstacles. Route 15 east of the new Northern Liberties loop is being rebuilt as part of a reconstruction project for Interstate 95 . The components of the I-95 project related to Route 15 include reconstruction of Girard Avenue's bridge over Aramingo Avenue, and widening and partial realignment of Richmond Street. All the tracks in these areas will be replaced, except for
1677-702: The rebranding. In March 2022, SEPTA revised the SEPTA Metro proposal based on community feedback collected during September and October 2021. Under the amended proposal, each lettered service will be known as "Line" rather than "Lines". Special service along the Broad Street Line would become part of the "B2 Broad Street Express", with service being differentiated by their end terminals. Real-time information will be presented at stations on screens. Stations with shared names would be renamed to avoid confusion. SEPTA upgraded its website in late 2023, before
1720-569: The system easier to navigate. Under this proposal, services along the Girard Avenue Line will be rebranded as the "G" lines with a yellow color, each receiving a numeric suffix. Local service would become the G1 Girard Avenue Local. Following a period of public comment, Route 15's proposed name was simplified to "G Line." In 2023, SEPTA awarded Alstom Transportation the contract to furbish 130 new low-floor trams for
1763-481: The weekend. They provided all service on the 15 in June 1955 after a cascade of postwar cars from other lines occurred when used PCC cars were purchased from St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri . Service was cut back to Richmond & Westmoreland on February 24, 1956. PCCs provided all trolley service until SEPTA replaced the trolleys with buses on September 13, 1992. Trolley service returned briefly to Route 15 later in
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1806-575: Was frequently used when Richmond Street was blocked by trucks which failed to heed warning signs and flashing lights for a low bridge underneath the former Reading Port Richmond Yard of Conrail Shared Assets Operations . This loop has since been removed. Cars returning to Callowhill Depot turn off Girard at 60th Street. The Richmond and Schuylkill River Passenger Railway was chartered by the Pennsylvania General Assembly on March 26, 1859, to operate along Girard Avenue between
1849-508: Was only used for select bus trips. Girard Avenue ends at Exit 23 on I-95, so Route 15 moves beneath the highway onto Richmond Street, parallel to I-95 until it crosses over the street from the north side to the south side before Exit 25, the interchange with Allegheny Avenue, where it connects to the SEPTA Route 60 bus, another former trolley line. The road runs along the Richmond Playground before Route 15's eastern terminus at
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