Walnut–Locust station
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Location | 200 South Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°56′57″N 75°09′51″W / 39.9493°N 75.1643°WCoordinates: 39°56′57″N 75°09′51″W / 39.9493°N 75.1643°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Philadelphia | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | SEPTA | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms cross-platform interchange | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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Disabled access | Yes (transfer to PATCO at 12th-13th & Locust not accessible) | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | April 20, 1930 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | Third rail (600 volts) | |||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Walnut–Locust Location within Philadelphia |
Walnut–Locust/Avenue of the Arts (also Walnut–Locust) is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is located between Walnut Street and Locust Street at 200 South Broad Street in the Avenue of the Arts district of Center City, Philadelphia.
Walnut–Locust is served by local trains, special express trains for sporting events, and is the southern terminus for express trains, which reverse direction on tracks immediately south of the station. On the special service, the station is the last stop before its terminus at the NRG station.
It is the southernmost station in the Center City Concourse, the 500,000+ sq ft underground pedestrian concourse in Center City, which extends to Spruce Street.[1] The concourse connects to City Hall Station, the Market–Frankford Line, Subway–Surface Trolley Lines, Regional Rail and PATCO Speedline's 12–13th & Locust Station and 15–16th & Locust Station. However, no free interchange is available.
Passengers utilizing Walnut–Locust station may access the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the Bellevue shops and restaurants, and the Academy of Music. Seven blocks east of the station lies Washington Square, while Rittenhouse Square lies four blocks west.
History[]
Walnut-Locust station was built by the city of Philadelphia and opened on April 20, 1930.[2] This extended express trains one stop south from their initial terminus at City Hall station.
Station layout[]
G | Street Level | Entrances/Exits |
M | Mezzanine | To entrances/exits, fare control, bicycle parking (before and after fare control), Center City Concourse passageway to PATCO at 15–16th & Locust[3] |
P Platform level |
Southbound local | ← Broad Street Line toward NRG (Lombard – South) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
Southbound Express | ← Broad Street Line alighting passengers only ← Broad Street Line toward NRG (special events only) (Terminus) | |
Northbound express | → Broad Street Line toward Fern Rock (City Hall) → | |
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
Northbound local | → Broad Street Line toward Fern Rock (City Hall) → |
References[]
- ^ "Center City Concourse Improvement Program". Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "world.nycsubway.org: SEPTA Broad Street Subway". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ^ "Downtown Link Center City Concourse". SEPTA. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
External links[]
- SEPTA - Walnut-Locust BSL Station
- Walnut Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Locust Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Spruce Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Gallery[]
Station entrance separated from common complex
Platform signage
Tile work at the station
Entrance from the northwest corner of Walnut Street and South Broad Street.
Station entrance via the South Broad Street concourse
Signs pointing towards PATCO trains
Entrance to station complex at Broad and Locust
Transfer tunnel to PATCO trains
PATCO mezzanine at 15-16 and Locust
- SEPTA Broad Street Line stations
- Railway stations in Philadelphia
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1930
- Railway stations located underground in Pennsylvania