Penn Medicine station

Penn Medicine
Penn Medicine
Location	South Street & Convention Avenue; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA
Coordinates	39°56′52″N 75°11′25″W / 39.94784°N 75.19034°WCoordinates: 39°56′52″N 75°11′25″W / 39.94784°N 75.19034°W
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Media/Elwyn Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 30, 40, 42, 49, LUCY
Construction
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	C
History
Opened	1995
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	University City (1995–2020) ; Penn Medicine–University City
Services

Penn Medicine station (formerly University City station) is a train station in the University City section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the SEPTA Regional Rail system. The station serves the area around the University of Pennsylvania, and is located at South Street and Convention Avenue. Located on the Media/Elwyn Line, it serves the Airport, Wilmington/Newark, Media/Elwyn, Manayunk/Norristown, Warminster, and West Trenton Regional Rail services. In 2013, this station saw 3,091 boardings and 2,950 alightings on an average weekday.^[1]

The station is less than a block from the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field and the Palestra. It is one block away from the medical campuses of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The rest of the University of Pennsylvania campus, Drexel University campus, and the Graduate Hospital campus and the neighborhood across the Schuylkill River are also nearby and easily accessible.

History[]

University City station was conceived in 1979 by the City of Philadelphia as Civic Center, under which name it appeared (as "proposed") on SEPTA informational maps of the 1980s. That name was no longer relevant by the time construction began in 1991. The station instead opened with the regionally descriptive name of University City on April 24, 1995.^[2]

The station has a blue and red color scheme, a nod to Penn's colors.

On January 27, 2020, SEPTA announced that the station will be renamed Penn Medicine Station after selling naming rights to Penn Medicine for $3.3 million in a 5-year deal. The name change was immediately implemented on all online maps and schedules ([1][2]), and is expected to be fully implemented by March 2020.^[3][3]

Routes served[]

Since its inception, the station has been a stop for all trains on the five SEPTA rail lines which pass through the station, including rush-hour express trains on the Wilmington/Newark and Media/Elwyn lines; thus it has an extremely high level of service at all times.^[2] Even though not all lines serve it, Penn Medicine is listed in timetables and other SEPTA literature as one of the five Center City Philadelphia (CCP) stations, and falls within the CCP/Zone 1 Regional Rail fare zone.

The station is also served by SEPTA bus route 40 which runs along South Street, and bus routes 30, 42, 49, and the LUCY Green Loop from the nearby corner of Convention Avenue and Health Sciences Drive.

In popular culture[]

The station made a brief appearance in the movie Unbreakable as Elijah (Samuel L. Jackson) falls down the stairs to the platform. It is portrayed as a subway station with turnstiles in the movie, though in reality; the station had no turnstiles at the time of filming, as "Rotogate" turnstiles were installed at the Spruce St. entrance in May 2017 in preparation for SEPTA Key Deployment on Regional Rail. The Convention Avenue entrance has regular height turnstiles and ADA gates.

Station layout[]

Penn Medicine has one high-level island platform serving both tracks.

G	Street level	Exit/entrance to South Street/Convention Avenue
P Platform level	Outbound	← Airport Line toward Airport (Eastwick) ← Media/Elwyn Line toward Elwyn (49th Street) ← Wilmington/Newark Line toward Marcus Hook, Wilmington or Newark (Darby)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Inbound	← Airport Line toward Temple University or Glenside (30th Street) → ← Manayunk/Norristown Line toward Norristown (30th Street) → ← Media/Elwyn Line toward Temple University (30th Street) → ← Wilmington/Newark Line toward Temple University (30th Street) → ← Warminster Line toward Glenside or Warminster (30th Street) → ← West Trenton Line toward West Trenton (30th Street) →

Gallery[]

Station signage
Tracks
Station entrance in 2020

References[]

^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2017-12-13. (539 KB)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Rubin, Daniel (April 21, 1995). "University City Rail Station To Open Monday". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
^ Madej, Patricia (January 27, 2020). "SEPTA's University City Station to become Penn Medicine Station in $3.3 million deal". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved January 27, 2020.

External links[]

[1] "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2017-12-13. (539 KB)

[inq95-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Rubin, Daniel (April 21, 1995). "University City Rail Station To Open Monday". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 4 October 2013.

[3] Madej, Patricia (January 27, 2020). "SEPTA's University City Station to become Penn Medicine Station in $3.3 million deal". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved January 27, 2020.

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