11th Street station (SEPTA)

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11th Street
SEPTA.svg
11th Street SEPTA Station.jpg
Station platform
Location11th & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°57′07″N 75°09′24″W / 39.952076°N 75.156612°W / 39.952076; -75.156612
Owned byCity of Philadelphia
Operated bySEPTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsSEPTA Regional Rail (at Jefferson Station)
SEPTA City Bus: 17, 23, 33, 38, 44, 45, 48, 62, 78
NJ Transit Bus: 400, 401, 402, 404, 406, 408, 409, 410, 412, 414, 417, 555
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Disabled accessPlanned[1]
History
OpenedAugust 3, 1908[2][3]
Electrified700 volts DC third rail
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
13th Street
toward 69th Street T.C.
 Market–Frankford Line 8th Street
toward Frankford T.C.
Location
11th Street is located in Philadelphia
11th Street
11th Street
Location within Philadelphia

11th Street station (signed as 11th Street–Pennsylvania Convention Center on platforms) is a subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the intersection of 11th Street and Market Street in Center City. It is served by SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line and provides a connection to SEPTA Regional Rail at Jefferson Station.

The station is part of the Downtown Link concourse, a series of underground passageways outside fare control that access stations on the Market–Frankford Line, Broad Street Line, PATCO Speedline, and Regional Rail lines.[4] 11th Street also has direct access to the Jefferson Tower and Fashion District Philadelphia shopping mall, and also serves the Pennsylvania Convention Center and the Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal.

History[]

The station opened August 3, 1908 as part of the first extension of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's Market Street Subway.[2][3] The line had originally opened a year earlier between 69th Street and 15th Street stations.[2][3]

11th Street is one of three stations on the Market–Frankford Line that is not ADA-accessible, the other two being 34th Street and Spring Garden stations.[5] The addition of elevators in the station was announced in SEPTA's 2021-2032 Capital Program proposal; the station platforms would be rehabilitated and made accessible to passengers with disabilities by 2023 at an estimated cost of $9.51 million.[1]

11th Street station tiles

Station layout[]

The station has two side platforms. A mezzanine above the platforms is divided into two sections, one inside fare control and one outside of it.

G Street level Entrance/exit, buses
M Mezzanine Connection between platforms, Downtown Link concourse[4]
P
Platform level 		Side platform with fare control 
Westbound ←      Market–Frankford Line toward 69th Street T.C. (13th Street)
Eastbound →      Market–Frankford Line toward Frankford T.C. (8th Street) →
Side platform with fare control 

Image gallery[]

  • Station entrance on 11th Street

  • Track view

  • A train bound for 69th Street Transportation Center arrives at the station

  • An entrance to station is shared with Jefferson Station on 11th Street

  • Crossover mezzanine

  • Underground station access to Jefferson Tower

  • Transfer area between Jefferson Station and 11th Street station

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Fiscal Year 2021 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2021-2032 Capital Program Proposal" (PDF). SEPTA. April 20, 2020. p. 59. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Cox, Harold E. (1967). May, Jack (ed.). The Road from Upper Darby. The Story of the Market Street Subway-Elevated. New York, NY: Electric Railroaders' Association. p. 16. OCLC 54770701.
  3. ^ a b c Hepp, John (2013). "Subways and Elevated Lines". The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
  4. ^ "Market-Frankford Line Map". SEPTA. 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.

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