5th Street (SEPTA Market–Frankford Line station)

5th Street SEPTA rapid transit station
Fifth Street station platform
Station statistics
Address	Fifth & Market Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39.9505°N 75.1488°W / 39.9505; -75.1488
Lines	Market–Frankford Line
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	1908
Electrified	700 volts DC
Accessible
Owned by	City of Philadelphia, leased to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station 8th Street toward 69th Street Market–Frankford Line 2nd Street toward Frankford

5th Street is a subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the corner of 5th Street and Market Street, served by SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line.

The station is known as 5th Street on the Market-Frankford Line. It is the only station on the line within the Center City Philadelphia limits where riders must exit the station and cross the street if they wish to travel in the opposite direction; no underground cross-walk is provided.

Riders departing at 5th Street have easy access to such Philadelphia landmarks as the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the National Constitution Center, the Philadelphia Bourse and Philadelphia's Federal Courthouse.

As of 2011, 5th Street Station is one of SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line stations to be wheelchair accessible.

External links

• SEPTA - 5th Street MFL Station
• 5th Street-Independence Station images (World-NYCSubway.org)
• 5th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View