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91-678: The Northeast News Gleaner was an American newspaper that billed itself as "the oldest weekly newspaper in Northeast Philadelphia ". It operated for more than a century. Known informally as the News Gleaner , and founded in 1882 by the Henry family, the publication operated from the Frankford Section of Philadelphia for 117 years. The company moved to a 32,000-square-foot (3,000 m) building on Gantry Road in

182-516: A skip-stop pattern. Stations were designated as "A" stations, "B" stations, or "All Trains" stations; trains designated as "A" trains skipped "B" stops and vice versa. Skip-stop service ended on February 21, 2020, and was replaced by expanded all-stations service three days later. The base fare for riding the line is $ 2.00 using the Travel Wallet on a SEPTA Key card and $ 2.50 using a Quick Trip. Payment of base fare includes free transfer to

273-677: A "garden suburb" quality to much of the Northeast, reducing the sense of physical density felt elsewhere in the city. Much of this development occurred east of Roosevelt Boulevard (Mayfair, Torresdale) and in Oxford Circle. After World War II , newer arrivals, armed with the mortgage benefits of the GI Bill , brought the baby boom to the Northeast. This newer population was heavily Jewish or ethnic Catholic (including Irish , Italian , Polish , and German Americans ) and completed

364-727: A 12% increase in MFL Service throughout the day. Trains run from about 5   a.m. to 1   a.m., with a timed transfer at 12:30   a.m. at City Hall station to connect with the Broad Street Line based on final trains. The Market-Frankford Owl bus service replaces the subway throughout the night Monday through Friday mornings, stopping at the same locations as the subway trains. The Market–Frankford Line runs every six minutes on weekdays (off-peak), every 10 minutes on weekends, every 12 minutes at night, and every 15 minutes during night-owl bus service. The line ran 24 hours

455-652: A SEPTA Key card are also accepted as fares. In FY 2005, 25,220,523 passengers rode the Market–Frankford Line. Weekday average ridership of 178,715 made it the busiest line in the entire SEPTA system. The Market–Frankford Line required 142 vehicles at peak hours, cost $ 86,644,614 in fully allocated expenses, and collected $ 54,309,344 in passenger revenues, for an impressive farebox recovery ratio of 63 percent. On February   11, 2008, SEPTA expanded morning and afternoon weekday service with off-peak trains running every six minutes instead of eight. This represents

546-560: A battery that may be used later. An extension of the Market–Frankford Line from Frankford to Roosevelt Boulevard and Bustleton Avenue had been proposed in 2011, but no plans or extension construction has taken place. In the City of Philadelphia's 2021 Transit Plan, one proposal in their list of possible high-capacity transit expansion plans was an infill station located between the MFL's 15th Street and Drexel stations. The 15-block area between

637-529: A day until 1991. Weekend late-night hours—5   a.m. on Friday to 1   a.m. on Monday morning—were reinstated on June   20, 2014, a change made permanent on October   8, 2014. During the COVID-19 pandemic, overnight service was replaced by the Owl bus. A local trip along the entire line takes about 40 minutes. When problems occur, trains can be sent to Express or skip stations. The original cars for

728-419: A reduced risk of electrocution for track workers and fewer disruptions due to icing conditions during winter weather. The Market–Frankford Elevated's original construction also had some marked differences from that of other US elevated systems (such as Chicago or New York City ). While those systems' elevated lines were built with rails laid on ties (sleepers) that were bolted directly to large steel girders,

819-627: A station would be feasible and highly beneficial, it would be very difficult and expensive to build. The line operated "Lifeline Service" due to the COVID-19 pandemic , with trains bypassing Millbourne , 63rd Street , 13th Street , 5th Street/Independence Hall , 2nd Street , York–Dauphin , Somerset , Tioga , and Church stations as of April 2020. All stations except 5th Street were reopened in June 2020. In 2021, SEPTA proposed rebranding their rail transit service as SEPTA Metro , in order to make

910-557: A twenty-minute headway (interval between trains) at that time. SEPTA now operates (along with the Broad Street subway) all "Owl" service using buses, but similar to the old "Owl" trains, they run between 69th Street and Frankford Transportation Center on a slightly more frequent 15-minute interval. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, some M-3s were re-gauged to work on the Norristown High Speed Line during

1001-481: A whole is heavily Democratic , there is consistent competition between Republicans and Democrats in some parts of the Northeast. Republicans currently hold one State House seat, and a portion of another, in the Northeast and one non at-large Philadelphia City Council seat. As of 2019, no Republican represents any part of the Northeast in the United States Congress. All of Northeast Philadelphia

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1092-675: Is also home to a public magnet school , The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush . The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia operates Catholic schools . Catholic high schools in Northeast Philadelphia include St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls , Father Judge , Cardinal Dougherty , Northeast Catholic , and Archbishop Ryan . It was announced in October 2009 that both Cardinal Dougherty and Northeast Catholic would be closed due to decreasing enrollments. Nazareth Academy

1183-680: Is an independent Catholic high school founded and operated by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth. A free weekly newspaper, the Northeast Times , is distributed throughout the Northeast. A second free newspaper, the Northeast News Gleaner , was also printed there until it closed December 11, 2008. Two citywide newspapers, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News , both dailies, also cover

1274-742: Is in the 2nd Congressional District of Pennsylvania, and is currently represented by Brendan Boyle . In the Pennsylvania State Senate , most of the Northeast is in the 5th district , represented by Jimmy Dillon , while smaller parts are represented by Sharif Street (the 3rd district ), and Tina Tartaglione (the 2nd district ) All are Democrats. The Northeast is split among several State House districts, including those of Democrats Ed Neilson , Kevin Boyle , Pat Gallagher, Jared Solomon , Jason Dawkins , Anthony Bellmon, and Joseph Hohenstein, and Republican Martina White . In

1365-484: Is in widespread use. The demarcation line between the two sections is typically given as Pennypack Creek . Northeast Philadelphia is bounded by the Delaware River on the east, Bucks County on the north, and Montgomery County on the west. The southern limit is given as Frankford/Tacony Creek or Adams Avenue. The first European settlement in the Northeast was by Swedish farmers, who emigrated there when

1456-679: Is limited to cross-platform transfer only, as both the Broad Street subway and the Norristown High-Speed Line are standard gauge ( 4 ft  8 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 1,435 mm )) with top-contact third rail. The Market–Frankford Line and Metro-North Railroad are the only railroads in North America that use bottom-contact third rail, known as the Wilgus - Sprague system. Its advantages include

1547-502: Is now Frankford Avenue. The section is also home to many playgrounds and smaller parks, including Burholme Park. The Northeast's main highways are Interstate 95 (Delaware Expressway) and Roosevelt Boulevard ( US 1 ). Secondary major arteries include Cottman Avenue ( PA 73 ), Frankford Avenue ( US 13 ), Woodhaven Road ( PA 63 ), Grant Avenue, Oxford Avenue ( PA 232 ), State Road, Bustleton Avenue ( PA 532 ), Bridge Street, Harbison Avenue, and Academy Road. The Tacony-Palmyra Bridge ,

1638-422: Is the central interchange station for the MFL, subway–surface trolleys, and Broad Street Line . The subway–surface trolley tracks end in a loop beneath Juniper Street at Market just after crossing above the Broad Street Line. Though it now tunnels in a straight line directly beneath Philadelphia City Hall , prior to 1936, the original MFL trackage between 15th and 13th Street stations separated and looped around

1729-769: Is the only working farm left in the Philadelphia city limits. The main campus of Holy Family University is located in Northeast Philadelphia. The university, founded in 1954, has more than two thousand students. The School District of Philadelphia operates public schools in the area. Public high schools in the area include Northeast , Abraham Lincoln , Samuel S. Fels High School , Frankford , George Washington , and Swenson . Several publicly funded charter high schools also operate in Northeast Philadelphia, including Philadelphia Academy, MaST, Franklin Towne and Maritime Academy Charter High School. Northeast Philadelphia

1820-612: The 2010 census , 432,073 people live in the Northeast section of Philadelphia. ( Map ) The spur of the Irish Famine drew many Irish immigrants to the city. Today, the Irish in Philadelphia make up 14.2% of the city's population, the largest ethnicity in the city. Although there are Irish in almost every area of the city, they still are predominantly located within Northeast Philadelphia, especially in neighborhoods such as Kensington, Fishtown , and Mayfair . While Philadelphia as

1911-656: The Budd Company . The PTC had designated Class A-49 cars numbered 601–646 as Class A-49, and numbers 701–924 as A-50 and A-51. All cars were re-designated as Class M-3 when SEPTA assumed operation of the line. The cars had been nicknamed "Almond Joys" by many riders as their distinctive ventilation fan housings resembled the almonds atop the Peter Paul (now Hershey's ) Almond Joy bar. These cars, while mostly an improvement in quality compared to their predecessors, had been plagued with faulty wheel frame assemblies, causing

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2002-708: The Dandenong rolling stock factory in Australia and shipped to Elmira, New York for their final assembly. Delivered between 1997 and 1999, these cars are equipped with AC traction motors , air conditioning, LCD signage, and automated announcements. All of the M-3 cars were retired after the last of the M-4's entered service, with five of the former being converted to work cars. The five remaining M-3's were later retired, with M-4 cars 1033 and 1034 replacing them for work service, and

2093-746: The L , is a rapid transit line in the SEPTA Metro network in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States. The MFL runs from the 69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby , just outside of West Philadelphia , through Center City Philadelphia to the Frankford Transportation Center in Near Northeast Philadelphia . Starting in 2024, the line was rebranded as the "L" as part of

2184-549: The Philadelphia City Council , the Far Northeast is represented by the 10th district councilman and Council Minority (Republican) Leader, Brian O'Neill . The Lower Northeast is divided among five other council districts, all represented by Democrats, including the 1st, represented by Mark Squilla , the 5th, represented by Council President Darrell Clarke , the 6th, represented by Michael Driscoll ,

2275-545: The subway–surface lines at Drexel, 15th , and 13th Street stations, and to the Broad Street Line at 15th Street. While the Broad-Ridge Spur connects at 8th St. Station , there is no longer a free-transfer passageway between the lines. Transfers are available with a SEPTA Key card; two free transfers are included. SEPTA's "TransPass" and "TrailPass" weekly/monthly zone-based passcards loaded on

2366-450: The "Market" cars (cars 69 and 163) and six of the "Frankford" cars   – cars 532, 551, 559, 583, 585, and 589   – were retained as work train cars for some time. It is currently unknown when these cars were withdrawn, but all had been removed from SEPTA property by the 1970s, with none reported to have been saved for museums. The "Market" and "Frankford" cars were replaced by a fleet of 270 new stainless steel cars built in 1960 by

2457-401: The 1960s and 1970s, as passions for and against school busing were focused on the Northeast, to address racial imbalances, especially in the city's public schools. That racial imbalance was ultimately addressed by the upward mobility enjoyed by many of the graduates of the Northeast's excellent public and parochial school systems, who made their way out of the Northeast and into the suburbs from

2548-426: The 1970s was marked in many American cities by urban decline in older, more industrial areas. This was especially true in Philadelphia, in which much of the city's North, West and South sections lost population, factories, jobs and commerce. During the postwar period, the Northeast experienced a heavy influx of growing middle-class families, and had become an almost exclusively white community. This aroused controversy in

2639-422: The 1980s onward, making room for new arrivals from the city's Latino , African American and Asian populations. In the 1980s, the Northeast developed along a separate path from much of the rest of the city. In addition to the racial differences mentioned above, the political climate in the Northeast was balanced evenly between Republicans and Democrats , while the rest of the city almost uniformly voted for

2730-564: The 2nd Street portal. The new Frankford Elevated was built with new stringers and deck installed on the original columns, thus giving not only a reduction in cost, but also reducing the street-level impact on adjoining neighborhoods. The old ballasted trackage was replaced with a direct fixation system. In addition to the new Elevated structure, all of the stations were replaced with new stations with higher boarding platforms and elevators, allowing customers with disabilities to easily board and depart from Market-Frankford trains. The reconstruction of

2821-487: The 44th Street portal between 1999 and 2009. The New Market Street Elevated was an entirely new structure, utilizing single-pillar supports in place of the old-style dual pillar design, allowing the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to undertake a planned widening project on Market Street to four lanes between 63rd Street and 44th Street. In addition to the new Elevated structure, all of

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2912-524: The 7th, represented by Maria Quiñones-Sanchez , and the 9th, represented by Anthony Phillips . The Philadelphia Police Department patrols four districts within its Northeast Division, including the 7th and 8th districts in the Far Northeast, and the 2nd and 15th in the Near Northeast. Northeast Philadelphia is home to Philadelphia Mills , formerly known as Franklin Mills, a shopping mall that

3003-495: The City of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Railroad, a new section of tunnel from 22nd Street to 46th Street was started in 1930, which would allow for removal of the elevated structure east of 46th Street and the old Schuylkill River Bridge. Coinciding with this project, a new bridge was also to be built across the river for automobile traffic; this raised the level of the street to permit the roadway to pass over

3094-405: The City, what is now the Northeast consisted of the townships of Byberry , Delaware , Lower Dublin , Moreland , and Oxford , (largely rural areas); and the boroughs of Bridesburg , Frankford , and White Hall , which were more urbanized. While most of the land in what is now the Northeast was dedicated to farming, the presence of many creeks, along with proximity to Philadelphia proper, made

3185-623: The Class M-3 design, and it also formed the basis of a never-built R39 lightweight subway car order intended for the oldest elevated lines of the New York City Subway . Early in their service lives, some M-3 cars had fareboxes by their center side doors; these were necessary for collecting fares during the hours after midnight, when SEPTA closed cashier's booths at many stations during the era of 24-hour rapid transit service. "Night Owl" service (midnight–5:00 AM) trains operated on

3276-725: The Far Northeast in March 1999. In 2002, News Gleaner Publications was purchased by the Journal Register Company ; combined with the Northeast Breeze and the Olney Times , Journal Register's weeklies had a collective circulation of more than 120,000. On December 11, 2008, due to the economic crisis and the inability to sell the newspaper group, the papers were closed and employees were told to clear out their desks immediately without warning, one day after

3367-561: The Ferry Line, because of the multiple ferries across the river) opened on October 4, 1908, as a further extension south along the river to South Street. The only two stations on this extension were Market–Chestnut and South Street. The total cost, including road and equipment expenditures, of the Market Street subway and elevated was $ 23,072,114 (equivalent to about $ 782,401,000 in 2023). The first operating section of

3458-601: The Frankford Elevated structure was mostly complete by 2000, with the exception of the elevated section from Dyre Street (just to the south of the Bridge-Pratt terminal) to the Frankford Yard entrance. The basic design of the bearings of the reconstructed Frankford Elevated, however, was not appropriate for the repetitive loading from the train traffic. The bearing design did not take into consideration

3549-557: The Frankford Elevated was planned to extend from Arch Street (connection with PTC Market Street line) to Bridge Street, 6.4 miles (10.3 km). Construction, financed by the City of Philadelphia and managed by the Department of City Transit, was started in September 1915. At that time, construction was anticipated to require about three years. However, construction was slowed because of World War I. By February 1920, 65 percent of

3640-572: The Frankford Transportation Center. One of two airports that serve Philadelphia, Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE), is located in this section of the city. PNE is the sixth busiest airport in Pennsylvania. 40°05′14″N 74°57′42″W  /  40.0873°N 74.9616°W  / 40.0873; -74.9616 Market-Frankford Line The Market–Frankford Line ( MFL ), currently rebranding as

3731-554: The Frankford and Ferry Line terminals. Total expenditures by the city for the Frankford El "with its track, substations, equipment and certain rolling stock" was $ 15,604,000 to December   31, 1929. The planned   — and authorized   — second section of the Frankford El, Bridge Street to Rhawn Street with intermediate stations at Comly Street, Levick Street, Tyson Avenue, and Cottman Avenue, 3.0 miles (4.8 km)

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3822-563: The Market Street Elevated west from this point began In April 1904, and the line opened on March 4, 1907, from 69th Street Terminal to a loop around City Hall at 15th Street. The line was elevated west of the river and underground east of the river. The tunnel was also used by streetcar lines, now SEPTA's subway–surface lines , that entered the line just east of the river and turned around at the City Hall loop. Philadelphia

3913-662: The Market Street subway, numbered 1–135 and later designated as Class A-8 by SEPTA's predecessor, the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC), were built by the Pressed Steel Car Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., between 1906 and 1911. An additional set of cars, numbered 136–215, were built by the J.G. Brill Co. of Philadelphia, Pa., between 1911 and 1913. The Frankford Elevated portion opened in 1922 along with another set of cars, numbered 501–600, also built by Brill that year, later receiving

4004-485: The Market-Frankford's structure consisted of steel girders supporting a concrete trough deck, which then supported the more conventional railroad construction of rails laid on floating ties with loose rock ballast. This was done in an attempt to reduce noise and vibration, as well as protect the streets below from rain and "operational fluids." Before February 2020, during rush hours SEPTA operated trains in

4095-421: The Northeast are two nationally recognized medical establishments, Friends Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer Center . Prior to its disestablishment, Ransome Airlines had its headquarters on the grounds of Northeast Philadelphia Airport . The first school was founded in the Northeast in 1723 by Silas Crispin, Thomas Holme 's son-in-law. The Northeast is home to Fox Chase Farm , an educational facility that

4186-467: The Northeast. A prominent geographic feature and recreation destination in Northeast Philadelphia is Pennypack Creek , which runs through Pennypack Park . The park's 1,600 acres (6.5 km ) of woodlands span the width of the Northeast, and serve as a natural oasis amid urban development. The park is home to the oldest stone arch bridge still in use in the United States, built in 1697 on what

4277-711: The Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania approved a connection between the Frankford and Market Street lines in 1919, with signals and signal tower to be built by PRT. But the Philadelphia City Solicitor determined that the connection could not be built until a contract for operation had been signed and approved by the PSC. This did not take place until 1922. The line was dedicated on November   4, 1922, and opened for service on November 5. Trains from 69th Street alternated between

4368-464: The area was a part of the New Sweden colony. They were followed by English Quakers , including Thomas Holme , who came to begin the settlement of William Penn's Pennsylvania colony in the late 1680s. In the years to follow, Northeast Philadelphia developed as a scattering of small towns and farms that were a part of Philadelphia County, but not the City of Philadelphia. Before consolidation with

4459-462: The bill failed to progress beyond this stage. As the Philadelphia economy grew stronger, and most discontented people fled to the suburbs, and a new, more popular mayor, Ed Rendell , was elected, the call for secession waned, and the section settled back into life as a part of the city. Today, the Northeast enjoys greater racial balance and relative stability. The region is uniformly developed, but like many American urban communities, it has witnessed

4550-505: The body to shake, sometimes violently, as the car moved. The cars' fan housings had provisions for air conditioning units, however, only one car, number 614, had ever been air conditioned, which the transit authority had found to be uneconomical at the time. The Budd Company subsequently licensed their stainless steel car designs to Tokyu Car Corporation of Japan, who built the Tokyu 7000 series (1st generation)  [ ja ] based on

4641-462: The borough of Millbourne . From there, it enters West Philadelphia and is elevated over Market Street until 46th Street, where it curves north and east and then descends underground via a portal at 44th Street. At 42nd Street, the tunnel returns to the alignment of Market Street. At 32nd Street, the tunnel carrying the SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines joins the MFL tunnel. The MFL tracks are in

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4732-527: The center and the trolley tracks are on the outside. Drexel consists of an island platform between the two innermost tracks for Market–Frankford Line trains, and outboard "wall" platforms for subway–surface route 10, 11, 13, 34, and 36 trolleys . After passing beneath the Schuylkill River , the next stop to the east for Market–Frankford Line trains is at 15th Street; subway–surface trolleys also have stations at 22nd Street and 19th Street. 15th Street

4823-480: The construction work had been completed and 15 percent was under contract. Of the remainder, plans had been completed for ten percent, leaving approximately ten percent of construction "yet to be arranged for". The superstructure had been completed between Dyre Street (south of Pratt Street) to a point just north of Arch Street. However, only two stations had been completed, and six had not been started. Signals, substations and cars had "yet to be arranged for". In 1919,

4914-501: The delivery of the N-5 cars. In the early 1990s, the Market–Frankford Line was in need of new rolling stock. The M-3 cars were approaching the end of their expected useful lifespan, as well as being increasingly scrutinized for their shaky ride quality and lack of air conditioning. SEPTA placed an order for 220 new rail cars, each costing $ 1.29   million. These cars, designated Class M-4, were manufactured by Adtranz (now Alstom ) at

5005-549: The designation Class A-15. The two rail lines were soon merged, resulting in a combined fleet of 315 cars (215 Market Street cars, 100 Frankford cars). By 1960, when the PTC began replacing the cars, the Market Street cars had been in operation for 56 years, thus having the longest lifespan of any Philadelphia subway cars, surpassing that of the original Broad Street subway fleet, which had 54 years of operation. The Frankford cars phased out at 38 years of operation. After retirement, two of

5096-411: The development of the region, filling in undeveloped areas of Rhawnhurst and Bell's Corner and developing the previously rural Far Northeast. As older sections of the city lost populations of young families, the Northeast's school-age population swelled, requiring rapid expansion of schools, libraries, cinemas, shopping, transportation, restaurants and other needed amenities. The period from 1945 through

5187-463: The first production cars arriving spring 2029 and the final production cars arriving by spring 2031. On December   26, 1961, one man died and 38 others were injured when four cars of a train derailed while rounding the curve just north of York-Dauphin Station. The deceased was identified as Earl Giberson, a 64-year-old man. On March   7, 1990, four people died and another 162 injured when

5278-474: The foundation of City Hall (eastbound trains passed around the south side and westbound trains passed around the north side). Parts of that original alignment are now used by subway–surface cars as they pass south of City Hall en route to 13th Street station (as well as the bridgework in the ceiling of the southbound platform of the City Hall stop on the Broad Street line). The Market Street tunnel continues east to Front Street and then turns north, where it rises in

5369-424: The implementation of SEPTA Metro , wherein line names are simplified to a single letter. The Market-Frankford Line is the busiest route in the SEPTA system; it had more than 170,000 boardings on an average weekday in 2019. The line has elevated and underground portions. The Market–Frankford Line begins at 69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby . The MFL heads east at ground level and passes north of

5460-400: The interaction of the concrete haunches with the steel stringers when loaded by the passing train; and the concrete has started to fracture and drop onto the street below. The problem was first discovered in 1997, but at that time was simply attributed to faulty construction, without evaluation of the root cause. As a temporary fix, SEPTA has installed 10,000 metal mesh belts on the underside of

5551-700: The last of the remaining M-3's had been scrapped by 2005. Two of the M-3's have been preserved, cars 606 and 618 at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum and the Trolley Museum of New York (previously Seashore Trolley Museum until 2024), respectively. These cars represent the only preserved examples of Market-Frankford line rolling stock. In February 2017, SEPTA temporarily removed about 90 M-4 cars from service after inspections revealed cracks and signs of fatigue in load-bearing bolsters and associated components. On July 4, 2022, SEPTA began

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5642-416: The last train departing South Street at 7:00   p.m. Thereafter, the line was closed and dismantled. A replacement bus service was started in 1943 to serve wartime traffic, and continued in operation until 1953. The old interlocking tower and stub of the junction with the Ferry Line survived until the realignment into the median of I-95 in 1977. As part of a program of railroad improvements undertaken by

5733-489: The latter party. As a result, many Northeasters became more and more discontented with the high city taxes and a perceived imbalance in the services they received for them. This discontent grew to give rise to a secessionist movement, led by State Senator Frank "Hank" Salvatore , among others. Salvatore introduced a bill in the State Senate to allow the Northeast to become a separate county called Liberty County, but

5824-466: The line follows to its end). Just north of Pratt Street, a curve to the north brings the line to its terminus at the Frankford Transportation Center, which replaced the original Bridge & Pratt Streets terminal. The original subway tunnel from Philadelphia City Hall to the portal at 23rd Street, as well as the bridge to carry the line across the Schuylkill River , just north of Market Street , were built from April 1903 to August 1905. Construction on

5915-463: The line is at the Frankford Transportation Center , Frankford Avenue and Bridge Street. Three commuter rail lines also serve the Northeast. An extension of the Broad Street Line along Roosevelt Boulevard has been proposed, Roosevelt Boulevard Subway . Many SEPTA bus routes and all three of its trackless trolley routes run through the Northeast, although north-south buses run more frequently than west-east ones. Most north-south routes terminate at

6006-420: The lineside block signals except at interlockings. The Market-Frankford line is unusual as subway–elevated systems go. Notable features include being built with Pennsylvania trolley gauge of 5 ft  2 + 1 ⁄ 4  in ( 1,581 mm ), and in its use of bottom-contact or underrunning third rail . As such, any possible future physical connection to other rapid-transit lines in Philadelphia

6097-423: The loss of manufacturing, factory conversions to marginal retail "outlets," and growing vacancies along shopping avenues, especially in the southern part of the region. During the housing boom of the first decade of the 21st century, property tax advantages granted to new construction within the city limits led to a growth in residential units and an escalation of existing home prices in the Northeast. According to

6188-481: The median of I-95 . The rail line and freeway share an elevated embankment for about 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.8 km), including Spring Garden station, which replaced Fairmount station on the Frankford Elevated in 1977. The line then heads under the southbound lanes and over Front Street for about a mile on an elevated structure. The elevated structure then turns northeast onto Kensington Avenue, which after about 2 miles (3.2 km), merges with Frankford Avenue (which

6279-453: The new Market Street Bridge, there was insufficient clearance to pass any cars under the elevated, and no service would ever be provided over the new tracks. Subway construction resumed in 1947, and the current configuration opened on November   6, 1955. The old elevated structure was removed by June   20, 1956. While the track was redirected into the new subway, a short stub of the old elevated structure remained at 45th Street until

6370-591: The northeast and the neighborhoods surrounding them. These demographic changes, along with the building of the Market-Frankford Line train and new arterial highways, such as the Roosevelt Boulevard , brought new middle class populations to the lower half of the Northeast. Vast tracts of row homes were built in that section of the Northeast for new arrivals in the 1920s and 1930s, typically with small, but valued front lawns, which impart

6461-682: The only Delaware River crossing in Philadelphia not operated by the Delaware River Port Authority (thus resulting in a cheaper toll), allows one to drive between the Tacony section of the city and Palmyra, New Jersey . The Northeast is also served by SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line , often called the "Frankford El" or "the El" because portions of the rail line are elevated above streets below, including Frankford and Kensington avenues. The northernmost and easternmost terminus of

6552-406: The original skip-stop configuration, in addition to the A and B stops shown on the map above, 2nd and 34th Street were "A" stations, and Fairmount (replaced by Spring Garden) was a "B" station; the A and B designations at these stations were changed to "All-Stop" because of increased patronage in the 1990s. As I-95 was built through Center City Philadelphia in the late 1970s, part of the Frankford El

6643-513: The paper printed what turned out to be their last issue. Northeast Philadelphia Due to the size of the Northeast, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission divides it into two regions called Lower Northeast and Far Northeast, the names being derived from their distance from Center City . The term Near Northeast is not used colloquially; Lower Northeast is more commonly used, but the term Far Northeast

6734-530: The process to obtain a new M-5 fleet to replace the M-4 cars. The Federal Transit Administration gave SEPTA $ 317 million in February 2024 to fund the purchase of the new rolling stock. As per the SEPTA Board Meeting documents for July 25, 2024, SEPTA will order 200 M-5 cars from Hitachi Rail STS , with two option orders of 20 cars each. The pilot cars are expected to arrive in fall 2028, with

6825-410: The rear three cars of six-car train #61 derailed after leaving what was then 30th Street station westbound at 8:20   a.m. It is believed that one of the traction motors dropped out of the rear truck on the third car (M3) somewhere between 15th and 30th Street stations, and it became entangled in a switch immediately upon leaving 30th Street station. The front truck of the fourth car (M3 #818) followed

6916-444: The reconstruction of the Market Street Elevated in 2008. In addition to extending the Market Street subway tunnel west to 46th Street, with new stations at 30th, 34th and 40th streets, a new trolley tunnel was built under Market, Ludlow and 36th streets and the former Woodland Avenue, leading to a new western portal at 40th Street for routes 11, 13, 34 and 36 (route 10 trolleys use a separate portal at 36th and Ludlow). New stations for

7007-418: The same design as the Frankford Elevated, so it does not share any of the Frankford design flaws. In 2003, the Bridge-Pratt terminal was closed and replaced with the new Frankford Transportation Center . After Bridge-Pratt closed, the station platforms and the remaining unrebuilt elevated structure above Frankford Avenue and Bridge Street were demolished. The new $ 160   million Frankford terminal facility

7098-459: The stations (including Millbourne) were again replaced with new stations having higher boarding platforms and elevators, allowing customers with disabilities to easily board and depart from trains. The reconstruction of the Market St. Elevated superstructure was completed in 2008, and the last station, 63rd Street, was completed and reopened on May   4, 2009. The Market St. Elevated is not of

7189-416: The structure. Estimates for a permanent fix placed the cost at about $ 20   million, and SEPTA has filed suit against the engineering companies that contributed to the design flaw to recover part of the repair cost. Work on the permanent fix is currently underway. SEPTA then undertook a $ 567   million complete reconstruction of the Market Street Elevated between 69th Street Transportation Center and

7280-407: The system easier to navigate. Under this proposal, services along the Market–Frankford Line will be rebranded as the "L" line with a blue color. As with many other rail lines, the signal system on the Market–Frankford Line has progressed from the original lineside block signals using semaphores, to three-aspect Type D color light (green, over yellow, over red) signals, to cab signaling, eliminating

7371-456: The third car, while the rear truck of the fourth car took the diverging track, causing the car to shear halfway upon striking the steel pillars separating the tracks beyond the switch. On February   21, 2017, a train derailed at the 69th Street Station loop after it crashed into a stopped train and caused a third train on an adjacent track to derail, seriously injuring one of the operators and injuring three others. On September 16, 2017,

7462-813: The towns of the Northeast suitable for industrial development. The Northeast's first factory was the Rowland Shovel Works on the Pennypack Creek . In 1802, it produced the first shovel made in the United States. More mills and factories followed along the Pennypack and Frankford Creeks , and traces of the mill races and dams remain to this day. The most famous of these factories was the Disston Saw Works in Tacony , founded by English industrialist Henry Disston , whose saw blades were world-renowned. By 1854, Philadelphia County

7553-548: The trolleys were constructed at 22nd, 30th, 33rd (between Market and Ludlow), 36th (at Sansom), and 37th (at Spruce) streets. The 24th Street trolley station and tunnel portal was abandoned. The tunnel mouth was visible from Market Street until the Philadelphia Electric Company (now PECO ) built the PECO Building on the site in 1969. Skip-stop operation began on January   30, 1956. In

7644-525: The two stations was cited as being a major part of Philadelphia's Central business district since the 1960's. The plan stated that an infill station on the Market-Frankford Line in this part of the city would not only provide better access for major developments, but it would also create transfer opportunities with frequent north-south bus routes on 19th and 20th Streets. However, the 2021 Transit Plan said that while initial studies showed such

7735-501: The underground tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad near their new 30th Street Station. This resulted in a reduction of vertical clearance under the old elevated structure from 20 feet (6.1 m) to only 8 feet (2.4 m), which was expected to be only a temporary problem until the new subway tunnel was complete. Funding ran out before the subway extension could be finished. Although streetcar tracks were installed in

7826-404: Was incorporated into the city. In spite of the political incorporation, the Northeast retained its old development patterns for a time, and the dense populations and urban style of housing that marked older, more traditional sections of the city had not yet found their way there. In the first three decades of the 20th century, rapid industrialization led to the growth of industrial sections of

7917-498: Was built on a tract of land off Frankford Avenue formerly part of the adjacent bus and trackless trolley service depot. In November 2011, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), through its competitive Fiscal Year 2011 Sustainability Initiative, awarded $ 1.4   million to SEPTA to install a "wayside energy storage system" on the Market–Frankford Line. The system stores energy from braking trains in

8008-651: Was built on what was once Liberty Bell Park Racetrack , and is one of the most visited attractions in the state. The lower sections of the Northeast still boast pleasant shopping avenues lined by stores and restaurants, such as Castor Avenue. Major shopping centers along Cottman Avenue include, the Cottman-Bustleton Center, and the Roosevelt Mall which opened in 1964 at Cottman Avenue and the Roosevelt Boulevard. Also present in

8099-547: Was not built. Following the opening of the Delaware River Bridge in 1926, traffic on the Delaware Ave branch declined sharply. Evening, Sunday and holiday service was discontinued on January   24, 1937. Sunday and holiday service was restored from May   30 to September   13, 1937, and again from July   3 to September   12, 1938. The last day of service was May   6, 1939, with

8190-480: Was relocated to I-95's median, and the Fairmount station was replaced by Spring Garden , on May   16, 1977. Skip-stop operation, which was only available during rush hours on weekdays, was discontinued on February   21, 2020. Between 1988 and 2003, SEPTA undertook a $ 493.3   million complete reconstruction of the Frankford side of the Market–Frankford Line between Frankford Transportation Center and

8281-448: Was unusual in that the construction of its initial downtown subway was undertaken using Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. (PRT) private capital with no contribution from public funds. Extensions took the subway east to 2nd Street on August 3, 1908, and via a portal at 2nd street and several elevated curves it reached the Delaware River between Market Street and Chestnut Street on September 7, 1908. The Delaware Avenue Elevated (also called

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