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34th Street station (Market–Frankford Line)

Coordinates: 39°57′21″N 75°11′29″W / 39.95575°N 75.19132°W / 39.95575; -75.19132
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SEPTA rapid transit station
Station entrance on the southeast corner.
General information
LocationThirty-fourth & Market Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°57′21″N 75°11′29″W / 39.95575°N 75.19132°W / 39.95575; -75.19132
Owned bySoutheastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsSEPTA Routes 30 and LUCY
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
OpenedJune 20, 1956
Electrified700 volts DC
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Template:SEPTA lines

34th Street is an underground station on the Market-Frankford Line, below the intersection of 34th Street and Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the University City neighborhood of West Philadelphia. The station is on the Drexel University campus, adjacent to the Daskalakis Athletic Center, and near the University of Pennsylvania campus.

34th Street Station was built in 1956 by the Philadelphia Transportation Company as a replacement for the former 36th Street elevated station, which was built in 1907.

SEPTA bus routes at 40th Street include 31 and University City Circulation Loops, LUCY Gold and LUCY Green.

Station layout

G Street Level Entrances/Exits
M Mezzanine to entrances/exits, fare control
P
Platform level
Westbound Market–Frankford Line toward 69th Street (40th Street)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound Market–Frankford Line toward Frankford (30th Street)
Platform sign on the bottom of the staircase