49-819: (Redirected from Fifteenth Street ) 15th Street may refer to: 15th Street station (SEPTA) , an American rapid transit station in Philadelphia 15th Street – Prospect Park (IND Culver Line) , a local station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway Fifteenth Street, a street in Fayetteville, Arkansas carrying the state highway designation Arkansas Highway 16 See also [ edit ] Fifteenth Street Financial Historic District Topics referred to by
98-629: A bicycle sidepath. The HIA recommends making an extension of the Broad Street Line a priority, and recently, the extension has garnered much support. A report in the 1940s proposed an extension of the Locust St. subway to West Philadelphia. This line would have run under one of the streets presently served by the subway-surface system. Presumably, the current subway-surface lines would have been converted to bus operation and would have been used to feed this line. It appears that this proposal
147-469: A day until it was eliminated in 1991; it was reinstated on June 20, 2014, for Friday and Saturday overnights only on a trial basis. It was made permanent on October 8, 2014, due to the line successfully carrying an extra 10,000 riders on the Broad Street Line during the weekend overnight periods. This was eliminated again in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The local portion of
196-501: A new park-and-ride station built next to the Fern Rock shops began in 1956, and the line was extended further south to Pattison Avenue in 1973 to serve the recently completed Sports Complex . The total cost of the original segment, "Olney Avenue to South Street," was stated at $ 102 million. Although the Broad Street Line was originally planned in the 1920s to be a 4-track facility for its entire length (Fern Rock portal to Snyder),
245-520: A survey report, prepared in 1948, discussing a need for an extension of the Broad Street line from Erie Avenue to the vicinity of Pennypack Circle (see Roosevelt Boulevard ). Subway car destination signage even included station and terminus names for major streets along Roosevelt Boulevard such as Rhawn Street, in the newer "South Broad" cars. An expansion into another part of the City could better use
294-439: A train terminates at Walnut–Locust or NRG station. Additionally, SEPTA stated they would pilot neighborhood maps in stations and prioritize the deployment of real-time information signage and on mobile apps. Both the City of Philadelphia and SEPTA have studied extending the Broad Street Line along Roosevelt Boulevard, in order to serve a growing population in the northeast section of the city. The city government's archives contain
343-668: A tunnel shell running south under 8th Street then west under Locust Street to 18th Street (reusing parts of the never-completed Center City loop constructed in 1917) was completed in 1933 but not outfitted for service. Bridge Line service from 8th and Market to Camden began on June 7, 1936, sharing the Ridge Spur platforms at 8th and Market and splitting off from the Ridge Spur just south of Chinatown station. Beginning in June 1949, Ridge Spur and Bridge Line trains were through-routed at 8th and Market. The unused Locust Street tunnel
392-532: Is connected to 15th Street by the Downtown Link underground concourse. The concourse also connects to Regional Rail lines at Suburban Station . It is the busiest station on the Market–Frankford Line, with 29,905 boardings on an average weekday. The station is in the very heart of Center City Philadelphia . City Hall lies across the street from the station, and attractions such as Love Park ,
441-531: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages 15th Street station (SEPTA) 15th Street station is a subway station in Philadelphia . It is served by SEPTA 's Market–Frankford Line and all routes of the subway–surface trolley lines. A free interchange also provides access to the Broad Street Line at City Hall station , which
490-459: Is the second busiest route in the SEPTA system. The line and its trains were leased to SEPTA in 1968 after it assumed operation of the city transit systems from the former Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC). Broad Street Line subway cars bear both the SEPTA logo and the seal of the City of Philadelphia to reflect the split ownership-operation arrangement. Service on the northern half of
539-614: The Benjamin Franklin Bridge to Camden connect to it, then proceeds south under 8th Street. At its southern terminus at 8th and Market streets , passengers may transfer to the Market–Frankford Line and the PATCO Speedline . The spur operates Mondays through Saturdays from 6 am to 9 pm, running two-car trains (though platforms can fit five cars). Ridge Spur service to 8th and Market streets began on December 21, 1932. As part of that project,
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#1732802413927588-650: The Broad Street Line . In 2003, SEPTA rebuilt the station escalators, for which a lawsuit was filed by the Disabled in Action of Pennsylvania, citing that renovating one critical component would require the rest of the station complex (including the City Hall station on the Broad Street Line) to be renovated for ADA accessibility as per building code requirements. As such, SEPTA would be required to make
637-595: The Center City Commuter Connection . Spring Garden station , by then exit-only, was closed on September 10, 1989, due to safety concerns. Never drawing high ridership, the spur has been proposed for closure on several occasions. The 2014 closure of the Gallery Mall , adjacent to 8th and Market station, caused ridership on the spur to drop by 25%. All stations are located in the city of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Stations on
686-738: The Penn Center area, and the Comcast Center are within walking distance. 15th Street was the original eastern terminus of the Market–Frankford subway–elevated, which was opened by the Philadelphia Transportation Company on August 3, 1907, and ran west to 69th Street in Upper Darby . In 1908, the Market–Frankford Line was extended eastward to Market-Chestnut (now closed), meaning 15th Street
735-450: The 15th Street/City Hall station complex. Construction at 15th Street station began in 2016 and was expected to be complete in 2018, with the reconstruction of City Hall station beginning in 2019. Construction at 15th Street station concluded on October 21, 2019. In addition to new elevators and other infrastructure upgrades, the Market–Frankford platforms received new LED -illuminated artwork by Ray King . The remaining two phases of
784-640: The Broad Ridge Spur ranges from 7 minutes during peak hours to 20 minutes off-peak. A two-track spur of the Broad Street Line, known as the Broad–Ridge Spur , diverges from the main line at Fairmount . Originally known as the Ridge–8th Street subway , the line follows Ridge Avenue, southeastward from the intersection of Broad Street, Ridge and Fairmount Avenues to a two-level junction beneath 8th and Race Streets, where tunnels leading to and from
833-422: The Broad Street Line carries a headway of 8 minutes or less during the daytime all day weekdays, 10–12 minutes all day on weekends and major holidays, and 12 minutes in the evenings. Weekend night service consists of a 20-minute frequency, while owl bus service early weekday mornings utilize a 15-minute frequency. The express portion of the line ranges from seven minutes during peak hours to 12 minutes off-peak, while
882-546: The Broad Street Line, between City Hall and Olney Avenue , opened on September 1, 1928. While the original subway tunnel had been finished to just north of the present-day Lombard-South station, service to the Walnut-Locust station did not begin until 1930, and the Lombard-South station entered service in 1932. Service from that point south to Snyder Avenue began on September 18, 1938. Service to
931-635: The Broad Street subway system's stations have been closed. The Spring Garden station on the Ridge Avenue spur line was closed in 1989. The Franklin Square station on the PATCO route was closed in 1953, reopened in 1976 for the US Bicentennial, then closed again in 1979. It is scheduled to reopen (after a major renovation) in 2024. The Broad Street Line is one of only two rapid transit lines in
980-735: The Broad Street subway was the B-1 cars built in 1926–27 by the J.G. Brill Company . The Pressed Steel Car Company supplied an additional set in 1938 collectively known as the B-2's. The JG Brill Company also built and delivered 26 deluxe art-deco streamlined subway cars to the Delaware River Joint Commission in early 1936 for use on its Bridge Line from 8th and Market into Camden, NJ via the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. These cars were designed to be compatible with
1029-689: The EPA. In December 2001, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission supported extending the Broad Street Line along Roosevelt Blvd. to Bustleton Avenue, where it would be joined by the Market–Frankford Line , extended from its Frankford terminal (now the rebuilt Frankford Transportation Center ). The estimated cost had ballooned to $ 3.4 billion. Currently, the Broad Street Line terminates southbound at NRG station at Pattison Avenue and three major stadiums. With
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#17328024139271078-601: The Market Street cars built for what ultimately became the Market–Frankford Line . Although the line was a host for the UMTA's State of the Art Car program , real replacements for the Broad Street cars did not come until late 1982, when SEPTA introduced new "B-IV" cars built by Kawasaki , which are currently the only cars operating the line. The cars are 67ft 6in long, 10ft 1.5in wide, and 12ft 3in tall. A local trip along
1127-408: The Market–Frankford Line's own 13th Street , 11th Street , and 8th Street stations. However, no free interchange is available to any of these stations. Only the City Hall station on the Broad Street Line can be accessed inside fare control. All five subway–surface trolley lines stop at 15th Street station. The trolley platforms are located on either side of the Market–Frankford Line tracks, with
1176-553: The SEPTA Rail Transit network. Part of the proposal, SEPTA proposed rebranding their rail transit service as "SEPTA Metro", in order to make the system easier to navigate. Under this proposal, services along the Broad Street Line will be rebranded as the "B" lines with an orange color. Each service utilizing the trunk would receive a numeric suffix. Local service would be known as the B1 Broad Street Local,
1225-883: The United States outside of New York City to use separate local and express tracks for a significant length, the other being Chicago's North Side Main Line from Armitage north, used by Purple Line express trains. During early 2020, the line operated "Lifeline Service" due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania . From April 2020, trains bypassed the Logan , Wyoming , Susquehanna–Dauphin , Fairmount , Spring Garden , Chinatown , Lombard–South , and Tasker–Morris stations. All stations were reopened by July 2020. In September 2021, SEPTA proposed updating wayfinding across
1274-520: The capacity of the four-track trunk line. In 1964, the city proposed a nine-mile (14 km), $ 94 million extension of the Broad Street line along Roosevelt Blvd. in conjunction with a new Northeast Expressway to be built by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Development was limited to the building of one subway station by Sears, Roebuck and Company in 1967, at its complex on Roosevelt Boulevard at Adams Avenue, at
1323-450: The configuration built in the northern half of the line. Provisions for flying junctions exist in the tunnels at three locations: north of Olney station, north of Erie station, and between Tasker-Morris and Snyder stations. These were to connect to planned but never built extensions to the north, northeast, northwest and southwest. Tracks were laid in the upper levels of the flying junctions north of Olney and Erie; these have been used over
1372-608: The cost of $ 1 million, in anticipation of future service. This station was destroyed when the facility was demolished in October 1994. Ultimately the Northeast Expressway was never built, due to lack of funds, and the subway extension remained a paper concept. On September 10, 1999, SEPTA filed a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Northeast Extension with
1421-493: The entire line takes about 35 minutes. Trains run from approximately 5:00 am to 1:00 am, with a timed transfer at 12:30 am at City Hall station to connect with the Market Frankford Line based on final trains. The Broad Street Owl bus service replaces the subway throughout the night Monday through Friday mornings, stopping at the same locations as the subway trains. The line itself ran 24 hours
1470-730: The express and special service as the B2 Broad Street Express and B2 Express Sport Special, and the Broad–;Ridge Spur as the B3 Broad–Ridge Express. Following public feedback, SEPTA revised the Wayfinding Master Plan. Rather than being referred to as the B Lines, the current Broad Street Line would become the B Line. Express and special services would be consolidated into the B2 Broad Street Express, with signage letting riders know whether
1519-839: The grade of the Market–Frankford Line tracks, as trolleys loop underneath the MFL at 13th Street station . Broad Street Line The Broad Street Line ( BSL ), currently rebranding as the B , is a rapid transit line in the SEPTA Metro network in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States. The line runs primarily north-south from the Fern Rock Transportation Center in North Philadelphia through Center City Philadelphia to NRG station at Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia ;
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1568-437: The inbound platform south of the MFL and the outbound platform north of it. Because the platforms are located within fare control, riders do not need to tap SEPTA Key cards upon boarding the trolleys like some of the other underground trolley stations. There are four side platforms , two high-level for the Market–Frankford Line and two low-level for the subway–surface trolley lines. The trolley tracks are located slightly below
1617-565: The latter station provides access to the stadiums and arenas for the city's major professional sports teams at the South Philadelphia Sports Complex , about a quarter mile away. It is named for Broad Street , under which the line runs for almost its entire length. The line, which is entirely underground except for the northern terminus at Fern Rock, has four tracks in a local/express configuration from Fern Rock to Walnut-Locust and two tracks from Lombard-South to
1666-641: The other Broad Street cars, and could run in multiple with them. After the Bridge Line became part of the PATCO Lindenwold Hi-Speedline in late 1968, 23 of these former "Bridge Line" cars were sold to the City of Philadelphia in 1969 to be used on the Broad Street subway, and were designated as the B-3's, until they were retired by early 1984. The first set has had the second longest lifespan of any subway car in Philadelphia, after that of
1715-451: The project, which will upgrade City Hall station and the corridors between the two stations, is yet to be completed. The Market–Frankford Line platforms are attached to the Downtown Link concourse, a series of underground pedestrian walkways that provide access to SEPTA Regional Rail 's Suburban Station , the Broad Street Line 's Walnut–Locust stations , the PATCO Speedline 's 12–13th & Locust and 15–16th & Locust stations , and
1764-609: The redevelopment of the Philadelphia Naval Yard directly to the south, a Health Impact Assessment report was issued in March of 2012 to determine if extending the line to the Naval Yard would be a viable option for commuters. It determined that extending the line to the Naval Yard would more than halve the number of private cars commuting back and forth, with the remainder taking the proposed subway line and/or using
1813-622: The restoration of Dilworth Park above the station, following the eviction of the Occupy Philly protesters occupying the area; this contract includes the accessibility improvements for the station. SEPTA awarded construction contracts for the improvements in January 2012. Phase 1 of project consisted of a restoration of the Dilworth Park plaza, creating a "gateway" to the SEPTA transit station and installing elevators connecting to
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1911-485: The southern terminus at NRG station. It is one of only two rapid transit lines in the SEPTA Metro system overall alongside the Market–Frankford Line , though Center City Philadelphia is also served by four stations of the PATCO Speedline rapid transit line which runs from Center City Philadelphia through Camden, New Jersey to Lindenwold, New Jersey . With about 115,000 boardings on an average weekday in 2019, it
1960-576: The station ADA accessible. SEPTA and the City of Philadelphia had been proposing a $ 100 million refurbishment of City Hall station, which included structural repairs, improvements in lighting and ventilation, aesthetic improvements, as well as ADA improvements; however, this project's progression had stalled due to lack of available funding. In November 2011, the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation awarded construction contracts totaling $ 50 million for
2009-512: The street and Market–Frankford platforms at 15th Street. Later phases upgraded 15th Street station, City Hall station, and inter-station connections, and made them ADA compliant. The total cost of the project rose to $ 55 million, with most of it coming from a federal grant , and the rest from additional contributions by the City of Philadelphia and non-profit organizations, including the William Penn Foundation . The project
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2058-532: The tunnel was built with provision for 4 tracks only from the portal to just north of Lombard-South. At the time of opening, the outer 2 tracks were built along this length, whereas the inner 2 express tracks were built only in two sections, from the Fern Rock portal/shops to just south of Olney, and from Girard to their terminus just north of Lombard South. To close the gaps, the two inner express tracks were laid from Erie to Girard in 1959, and again from Olney to Erie in 1991. From Lombard-South station south to Snyder,
2107-534: The tunnel was constructed differently – only the eastern half of the line was built. The track currently used for southbound trains is actually the northbound express track. The extension in 1973 to Pattison station (now called NRG station) continued this arrangement. Space exists under the western half of Broad Street for the construction of the western half of the tunnel, which would include the remaining 2 tracks and additional island platforms for southbound local and express trains. The resulting infrastructure would match
2156-419: The years to store out-of-service trains and as layover points for express and Ridge Spur trains. The NRG Station contains a lower level platform (very narrow compared to the very wide upper level platform), built to accommodate additional trains for large crowds at sporting events. Seldom used for passenger service in recent years, these tracks are most often used to store rolling stock and work trains. Two of
2205-422: Was completed on February 15, 1953; Bridge Line trains were extended to a new terminus at 15th–16th Street station with two intermediate stops, while Ridge Spur trains reverted to running between 8th Street and Girard. In January 1954, due to low ridership, off-peak service and Saturday again began operating between Girard and Camden, with a shuttle train operating between 8th and 16th stations. Sunday service
2254-403: Was no longer the eastern terminal. The original routing of the tracks curved around the foundations of the ornate City Hall building above, but was rebuilt into a straightened alignment in the mid-1930s in an effort to improve travel time. In 1936, an underground concourse opened connecting the 15th Street to City Hall station , which opened eight years previously along with early portions of
2303-404: Was originally scheduled to have been completed July 2014, but was delayed due stairways, duct banks, and pipes encountered by construction crews that did not appear in any blueprints. The renovated Dilworth Park opened on September 4, 2014. In 2013, the passage of PA Act 89 (Transportation Funding Law) has allowed SEPTA to move forward with the $ 147 million BLT Architects -designed renovation of
2352-716: Was replaced by the extension of the subway portion of the subway-surface system in the 1950s. The same report also proposed a northwest extension. This would have branched off at the North Philadelphia station and would have taken over the Pennsylvania Railroad 's Chestnut Hill Branch which is still operated today as part of the SEPTA Regional Rail system as the Chestnut Hill West Line . The first set of rail cars for
2401-490: Was suspended at that time due to minimal usage. Ridge Spur service was suspended from August 23 to 27, 1968, as tracks were switched to a new upper-level terminal platform at 8th Street station to allow conversion of the 8th–Locust Street subway into the Lindenwold High-Speed Line (PATCO Speedline). The Ridge Spur was closed from February 1981 to September 6, 1983, during construction of
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