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{{Short description|Philadelphia trolley lines}}
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{{Infobox rail line
| name                            = Subway–Surface Trolleys (T)
| color                           = {{rcr|SEPTA Metro|T}}
| logo                            = SEPTACityTrolley.svg
| logo_width                      = 50px
| logo2                           = SEPTA T icon.svg
| logo_width2                     = 50px
| logo_alt                        = Logo for SEPTA's subway–surface trolley lines
| image                           = File:SEPTA Subway-Surface underground.jpg
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| caption                         = A [[SEPTA Route 11|Route 11 (T4)]] trolley at [[Drexel Station at 30th Street]]
| type                            = [[Tram|Trolley]]
| system                          = [[SEPTA Metro]]
| status                          = 
| locale                          = [[Philadelphia]], [[Yeadon, Pennsylvania|Yeadon]], and [[Darby, Pennsylvania|Darby]], Pennsylvania
| start                           = [[13th Street station (SEPTA)|13th Street]] (all lines)
| end                             = {{Unbulleted list
   | [[Overbrook Loop (SEPTA station)|Overbrook]] (Route 10)
   | [[Darby Transportation Center|Darby]] (Routes 11, 13)
   | [[Angora Loop (SEPTA station)|Angora]] (Route 34)
   | [[Eastwick Loop (SEPTA station)|Eastwick]] (Route 36)
   }}
| stations                        = 8 underground stations<br />8 major surface stations
| routes                          = {{plainlist|
* {{ric|SEPTA Metro|T1}}{{nbsp}}[[SEPTA Route 10|Route 10]]
* {{ric|SEPTA Metro|T2}}{{nbsp}}[[SEPTA Route 34|Route 34]]
* {{ric|SEPTA Metro|T3}}{{nbsp}}[[SEPTA Route 13|Route 13]]
* {{ric|SEPTA Metro|T4}}{{nbsp}}[[SEPTA Route 11|Route 11]]
* {{ric|SEPTA Metro|T5}}{{nbsp}}[[SEPTA Route 36|Route 36]]
}}
| daily_ridership                 = 31,894 ({{abbr|FY|Fiscal year}} 2023)<ref name="ridership">{{cite web | title=Route Operating Statistics | url=https://public.tableau.com/shared/D9P89XMFT | accessdate=May 6, 2024}}</ref>
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| website                         = {{url|septa.org/schedules/T}}
| open                            = {{Start date|1906}}
| close                           = 
| reopen                          = 
| operator                        = [[SEPTA]] [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|City Transit Division]]
| character                       = [[semi-metro|Underground and surface]]
| depot                           = [[Callowhill Depot|Callowhill]], [[Elmwood Carhouse (SEPTA station)|Elmwood]]
| stock                           = [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company|Kawasaki]] [[Kawasaki Type K LRV|Type K]] LRV cars
| linelength                      = {{convert|63.7|km|abbr=out|order=flip}}<ref name="Railopenings" />
| gauge                           = {{RailGauge|5ft21/4in}} [[Pennsylvania trolley gauge]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phillytrolley.org/1974history/2-3.html|page=2|title=The history of trolley cars and routes in Philadelphia|publisher=[[SEPTA]]|date=June 1, 1974|access-date=June 11, 2014|quote=An early city ordinance prescribed that all tracks were to have a gauge of 5' 2{{citefrac|1|4}}".}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=George W.|last1=Hilton|first2=John Fitzgerald|last2=Due |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J2zH-zcuU-MC&pg=PA51 |title=The Electric Interurban Railways in America|publisher=Stanford University Press|date=January 1, 2000|isbn=9780804740142|access-date=2014-06-10|quote=Worst of all, not all city systems were built to the standard American and European gauge of 4'-8{{citefrac|1|2}}". Pittsburgh and most other Pennsylvania cities used 5'-2{{citefrac|1|2}}", which became known as the Pennsylvania trolley gauge. Cincinnati used 5'-2{{citefrac|1|2}}", Philadelphia 5'-2{{citefrac|1|4}}", Columbus 5'-2", Altoona 5'-3", Louisville and Camden 5'-0", Canton and Pueblo 4'-0", Denver, Tacoma, and Los Angeles 3'-6", Toronto an odd 4'-10{{citefrac|7|8}}", and Baltimore a vast 5'-4{{citefrac|1|2}}".}}</ref>
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The '''SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines''' are a collection of five [[SEPTA]] [[tram|trolley]] lines that operate on street-level [[Tramway track|tracks]] in [[West Philadelphia]] and [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania]], and also [[semi-metro|underneath]] [[Market Street (Philadelphia)|Market Street]] in [[Philadelphia]]'s [[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City]]. The lines, '''Routes 10, 11, 13, 34, and 36''', collectively operate on about {{convert|39.6|mi|km}} of route.<ref name="Railopenings">{{cite web | url=http://www.septa.org/ | last=Smith | first=Bill W. Jr. | title=U.S. Urban Rail Transit Lines Opened From 1980 | website=SEPTA.org | pages = 1–100 | format=PDF | date=November 2011 | access-date=November 2, 2013}}</ref>

Like [[Boston]]'s [[Green Line (MBTA)|Green Line]] and [[San Francisco]]'s [[Muni Metro]], the SEPTA trolley line is the descendant of a pre-[[World War II]] streetcar system. It also shares many similarities with the [[premetro]] and [[stadtbahn]] systems of continental Europe. Where Boston and San Francisco's systems use longer, articulated [[light rail|LRT]] vehicles, Philadelphia uses rigid vehicles roughly {{convert|4|ft|mm|0}} longer than the [[PCC streetcar]] they replaced. The lines use [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company|Kawasaki]] [[Kawasaki Type K LRV|Type K LRVs]] delivered in 1981–82. The cars are similar to those on the [[Media–Sharon Hill Line]] 100 series, SEPTA's suburban trolley routes, which were delivered around the same time. However, the subway–surface cars are single-ended and use [[trolley pole]]s, while the suburban lines use double ended cars and [[Pantograph (transport)|pantographs]] for power collection.

In 2023, [[SEPTA]] signed a contract with [[Alstom]] for 130 new low floor streetcars to be delivered. These cars are scheduled to be delivered from 2027 through 2030.

==Route description==
===Center City===
The subway opened for passenger service December 15, 1906.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Springirth |first1=Kenneth C. |title=Southeastern Pennsylvania Trolleys |date=September 29, 2008 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0738556925 |page=91 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sZCovswOeIwC&q=subway&pg=PA46 |access-date=October 17, 2020}}</ref>

Starting from their eastern terminus at [[13th Street station (SEPTA)|13th Street station]] near [[City Hall (Philadelphia)|City Hall]], the trolleys loop around in a tunnel under City Hall before stopping under [[Dilworth Park]] at [[15th Street station (SEPTA)|15th Street station]] and then realign back under [[Market Street (Philadelphia)|Market Street]].

All five routes also stop at [[19th Street (SEPTA station)|19th Street]], [[22nd Street (SEPTA station)|22nd Street]], [[30th Street Station]], and [[33rd Street (SEPTA station)|33rd Street]], which are all underground stations. From 15th to 30th Streets, they run in the same tunnel as SEPTA's [[Market–Frankford Line]], which runs express on the inner tracks while the trolleys utilize the outer ones.

Passengers may transfer free of charge to the Market–Frankford Line at 13th, 15th, and 30th Streets, as well as to the [[Broad Street Line]] at 15th Street. Connections to the [[SEPTA Regional Rail|Regional Rail]] are also available via underground passageways connecting 13th and 15th Street stations to [[Suburban Station]], one of the city's main commuter rail terminals.

===University City===
After traveling under the [[Schuylkill River]], the trolley lines provide access to [[30th Street Station]], the Philadelphia area's main intercity rail and commuter rail station, located across the street from the [[30th Street station (SEPTA subway)|trolley and rapid transit station]]. Connections are available to [[SEPTA Regional Rail]], many [[Amtrak]] services, and [[New Jersey Transit]]'s [[Atlantic City Line]]. An underground passageway that connects these two stations was closed in the 1980s due to safety concerns.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/inga_saffron/Archive_Subway_riders_get_shortchanged_at_30th_St_Station.html |title=Subway riders get shortchanged at 30th St. Station |last=Saffron |first=Inga |date=March 7, 2003 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref> In 2016, the 30th Street Station District proposed overhauling both 30th Street Station and SEPTA's trolley and Market-Frankford Line stations including, by public demand, reopening the tunnel that connects the two (currently separate) stations. Presently, passengers connecting to and from the subway–surface lines and Market-Frankford Line must walk outside to cross the busy 30th Street, and enter the other station. The timeline called for the tunnel overhaul to be part of Phase 1 and thus completed by 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://planphilly.com/articles/2016/03/15/30th-street-station-district-draft-plan-reopen-septa-tunnel-by-2020-cap-rail-yards-by-2050|title=30th Street Station District draft plan: Reopen SEPTA tunnel by 2020, cap rail yards by 2050|work=PlanPhilly {{!}} 30th Street Station District draft plan: Reopen SEPTA tunnel by 2020, cap rail yards by 2050|access-date=July 20, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

All routes then stop at 33rd Street, near Drexel University. After this stop, Route 10 diverts from the other routes and emerges from the tunnel at the [[36th Street Portal]] just south of Market Street, then turns north onto 36th Street and then northwest along [[Lancaster Avenue]] and other surface streets. The other four lines make underground stops at [[36th Street station (SEPTA)|36th and Sansom streets]] and [[37th Street station (SEPTA)|37th and Spruce streets]] on the campus of the [[University of Pennsylvania]] before surfacing at the [[40th Street Portal]] near [[Baltimore Avenue]], heading southwest on surface streets.

===Points south and west===
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The Route 11 line travels along Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia and Main Street in [[Darby, Pennsylvania|Darby]]. It crosses a [[CSX Transportation]] railroad line at grade, one of very few at-grade crossing between a trolley line and a major freight rail line in the United States. (Another belongs to the [[TECO Line Streetcar|TECO streetcar]] system in [[Tampa, Florida]].)<ref>[http://ktransit.com/transit/NAmerica/useast/philadelphia/lightrail/phl-lr-rt11.htm Philadelphia Transit; Streetcars;Route 11 (Kavanaugh Transit Systems)]</ref><ref>{{cite video |people= David Wilson |date=July 6, 2003 |title=20030706 26 Main St. Crossing CSXT in Darby (6071320235) |url= https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20030706_26_Main_St._Crossing_CSXT_in_Darby_(6071320235).jpg |medium= photograph |access-date= December 31, 2015 }}</ref>

A crash on December 9, 2021, between car 9070 and a CSX freight train resulted in injuries to 7 passengers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2021/12/09/septa-trolley-csx-train-accident-delaware-county-darby-injuries/|title=6 People Injured in Accident Involving SEPTA Trolley, CSX Freight Train in Darby|date=December 9, 2021}}</ref>

===Diversion services===
All five trolleys can be diverted onto auxiliary surface tracks west of the [[40th Street Portal]] when tunnels are closed due to maintenance, an accident, or some other obstruction.

Tracks for Route 10 start at Lancaster Avenue (Route 10) and proceed southbound along 40th Street. At [[Market Street (Philadelphia)|Market Street]], the line connects to the [[Market–Frankford Line]] at its [[40th Street station (SEPTA)|40th Street station]]. The surface tracks continue southbound to [[Spruce Street (Philadelphia)|Spruce Street]], where they split either eastbound or westbound. Westbound tracks run to 42nd Street where they turn south to either Baltimore Avenue (Route 34), Chester Avenue (Route 13), or Woodland Avenue (Routes 11 and 36).

Tracks for the other four routes run northbound along 42nd Street, then turning east onto Spruce Street and then north onto 38th Street ([[U.S. Route 13 in Pennsylvania|US 13]]). From here, they travel to Filbert Street, then turn left and cross the 40th Street tracks. When Filbert Street terminates at 41st Street, the tracks turn right, and head north until reaching Lancaster Avenue.<ref>[http://www.septa.org/maps/trolley/city.html SEPTA trolley lines map]</ref>

Another set of diversionary trolley tracks begin near the [[49th Street station (SEPTA Regional Rail)|49th Street Regional Rail station]], connecting Chester Avenue to Woodland Avenue (where Routes 11 and 36 separate) by way of 49th Street.

==History==
[[File:University of Pennsylvania College Hall.jpg|right|thumb|[[College Hall (University of Pennsylvania)|College Hall]] and Logan Hall on the campus of the [[University of Pennsylvania]], as viewed from Woodland Avenue c. 1892.]]
[[File:SEPTA Subway-Surface map.png|thumb|Schematic map of subway–surface branches and termini]]
The subway–surface lines are remnants of the far more extensive streetcar system that developed in Philadelphia after the arrival of electric trolleys in 1892. Several dozen traction companies were consolidated in 1902 into the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. The PRT funneled the West Philadelphia lines into subway tunnels as they approached the city center. After the PRT declared bankruptcy in 1939, it was reopened as the [[Philadelphia Transportation Company]] (PTC), which was absorbed into SEPTA in 1968.<ref name="route34">{{cite web| url=http://studio34yoga.com/about-us/our-trolley/ | title=Studio 34's Eponymous Trolley, or, A Short History of Route 34 | access-date=March 11, 2008 }}</ref>

In October 2006, [[University of Pennsylvania]]'s class of 1956 funded the construction of an innovative portal for one of the eastbound entrances of the [[37th Street station (SEPTA)|37th Street station]]: a replica of a [[Peter Witt streetcar|Peter Witt]] trolley of the kind manufactured by [[J. G. Brill and Company]] from 1923 to 1926. Operated by the Philadelphia Transportation Company, these trolleys brought university students to the campus and to [[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City]] until 1956. Routes 11, 34 and 37 ran through the Penn campus on Woodland Avenue and Locust Streets for nearly 65 years. In 1956, the trolley route was buried to enable the university to unify its campus, with Woodland Avenue and Locust Street becoming pedestrian walkways.

The subway–surface lines operated "Lifeline Service" due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania|COVID-19 pandemic]]. As of April 2020, Route 34 was completely suspended, and the remaining routes bypassed the {{stn|36th Street||SEPTA}}, {{stn|33rd Street||SEPTA}}, {{stn|19th Street||SEPTA}}, and {{stn|13th Street||SEPTA}} stations in the Market Street tunnel. Service on Route 34 resumed on May 17, 2020. Service to the closed stations resumed in June 2020.<ref name="covid">{{cite web |url=http://www.septa.org/covid-19/service-information.html |title=Service Information |publisher=[[SEPTA]] |access-date=April 14, 2020}}</ref><ref name="covid-citymap">{{cite web |url=http://www.septa.org/covid-19/img/2020-covid-service-map.pdf |title=SEPTA Transit Network Lifeline Service Schedule |publisher=[[SEPTA]] |date=April 2020 |access-date=April 14, 2020}}</ref>

In 2021, SEPTA proposed rebranding their rail transit service as "[[SEPTA Metro]]", to make the system easier to navigate. Under this proposal, the subway–surface lines will be rebranded as the "T" lines with a green color and numeric suffixes for each service. The 10, 34, 13, 11, and 36 would respectively become the T1 Lancaster Avenue, T2 Baltimore Avenue, T3 Chester Avenue, T4 Woodland Avenue, and T5 Elmwood Avenue.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vitarelli|first1=Alicia|author2=Staff|date=September 7, 2021|title=SEPTA Metro? Transit agency mulling big changes including new name, map, and signage|publisher=WPVI-TV|location=Philadelphia, PA|url=https://6abc.com/septa-transportation-public-transit-navigation-city-commuting/11007031/|accessdate=September 7, 2021}}</ref><ref name="wayfinding">{{cite web|title=Wayfinding Recommendations|url=https://planning.septa.org/projects/wayfinding-master-plan/recommendations/|publisher=SEPTA|accessdate=September 7, 2021}}</ref>
<gallery>
SEPTA T icon.svg|Proposed new logo for the subway–surface lines under the SEPTA Metro wayfinding project<ref name="wayfinding"/>
SEPTA T1 icon.svg|Proposed new logo for Route 10 under the SEPTA Metro wayfinding project<ref name="wayfinding"/>
SEPTA T2 icon.svg|Proposed new logo for Route 34 under the SEPTA Metro wayfinding project<ref name="wayfinding"/>
SEPTA T3 icon.svg|Proposed new logo for Route 13 under the SEPTA Metro wayfinding project<ref name="wayfinding"/>
SEPTA T4 icon.svg|Proposed new logo for Route 11 under the SEPTA Metro wayfinding project<ref name="wayfinding"/>
SEPTA T5 icon.svg|Proposed new logo for Route 36 under the SEPTA Metro wayfinding project<ref name="wayfinding"/>
</gallery>

== Rolling stock ==

=== Active fleet ===
{{Main article|Kawasaki Type K LRV}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Year built
!Manufacturer
!Model
!Image
!Length
!Width
!Routes served
!Quantity
|-
|1980–1982
|[[Kawasaki Heavy Industries|Kawasaki]]
|[[Kawasaki Type K LRV|Series 9000]] (K-car)
|[[File:SEPTA Elmwood Depot Island Ave.JPG|268x268px]]
|{{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on|sigfig=2}}
|{{convert|102|in|m|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}
|10, 11, 13, 34, 36
|111 (1 scrapped)<ref>{{Cite web |title=nycsubway.org: SEPTA Subway-Surface Streetcar Lines |url=https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/SEPTA_Subway-Surface_Streetcar_Lines#Roster |access-date=February 12, 2024 |website=www.nycsubway.org}}</ref>
|}
The entire subway–surface network is run using Kawasaki Series 9000 light rail vehicles, nicknamed "[[Kawasaki Type K LRV|K-cars]]". These K-cars are the only modern [[Uni-directional vehicle|unidirectional streetcars]] in the United States, featuring a single cab and doors on the right side only. Introduced in the early-1980s, they replaced the [[PCC streetcar]] which had served Philadelphia in one form or another since 1940. While the other American subway–surface systems, the [[Green Line (MBTA)|MBTA Green Line]] and [[Muni Metro]], collaborated with Boeing on the [[US Standard Light Rail Vehicle|SLRV]], Philadelphia was able to avoid that vehicle's misfortune due to the system's delays in deciding on a vehicle and finalizing funding.

No vehicles have been added to the fleet since the 1980s, but the fleet was refurbished by SEPTA staff around 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philadelphia Trolley Tracks: History of the 1980 Kawasaki trolleys |url=http://www.phillytrolley.org/1980Kcars/1980Kcars.html |access-date=February 12, 2024 |website=www.phillytrolley.org}}</ref> Vehicles include air conditioning, large windows, door-opening sensors for the rear doors, and an automated system to display and announce upcoming stops.  

K-Car no. 9000 was painted in a special heritage scheme in March 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@SEPTA_SOCIAL |date=March 14, 2024 |title=SEPTA_SOCIAL on X: "SEPTA has painted Kawasaki LRV No. 9000 into its original historic paint scheme. LRV 9000 entered service on the Route 11 in November 1980. We would like to thank Woodland Shops dedication employees for doing a magnificent job on this car!" |url=https://twitter.com/SEPTA_SOCIAL/status/1768326212529615155 |access-date=March 14, 2024 |website=X, formerly known as Twitter}}</ref>

===Future rolling stock===
In 2023, SEPTA awarded Alstom Transportation a $714.2 million contract to furbish 130 new low-floor trolleys,<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 23, 2023 |title=SEPTA Board Awards Contract for Purchase of New Trolley Fleet {{!}} SEPTA |url=https://wwww.septa.org/news/septa-board-awards-contract-for-purchase-of-new-trolley-fleet/ |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority |language=en-US}}</ref> with an option for 30 more. The trolleys will be of Alstom's [[Alstom Citadis|Citadis]] family and will be 80 feet in length and fully ADA-compliant, which the current Kawasaki trolleys from the early 1980's are not. The trolleys will be distributed among SEPTA's subway–surface lines and its Route 15 in Philadelphia, and its Routes 101 and 102 in neighboring Delaware County. The first trolley is expected to be delivered from Alstom in the Spring of 2027, with the last trolley to be delivered some time in 2030.

==Routes==
All routes terminate at [[15th Street station (SEPTA)|15th Street station]] between 12:30&nbsp;a.m. and 5:00&nbsp;a.m. when 13th Street is closed. On Sunday evenings and during unexpected diversions, all routes are diverted to surface streets and terminate at 40th and Filbert Streets and then are directed to walk a quarter of a block south on 40th Street to the Market-Frankford Line at [[40th Street station (SEPTA)|40th Street station]]. Former trolley routes, which have since been replaced with [[SEPTA City Bus|bus service]], are shaded in gray.

Routes 11 and 34 do not have overnight service.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Route
!Length in<br>{{nowrap|miles (km)<ref name="SEPTA-Stats">{{cite web | title = SEPTA - Spring 2012 Route Statistics | publisher = Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | url = http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/route-statistics.pdf | year = 2012 | access-date = June 28, 2013}}</ref>}}
!Service began
!Service ended
!Western terminus
!Eastern terminus
!Main streets of travel
!Depot
!Notes
|-
![[SEPTA Route 10|10]]
|5.9 (9.5)
|{{circa|1887}}
|
|[[Overbrook, Philadelphia|Overbrook]]: [[63rd Street and Malvern Avenue station|63rd–Malvern]]
|rowspan=9|[[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City]]:<br>[[15th Street station (SEPTA)|15th–Market]] (12:30-5:00am)<br>{{nowrap|[[40th Street station (SEPTA)|40th–Market]] (Sundays after 10pm)}}<br>[[13th Street station (SEPTA)|13th–Market]] (all other times)
|63rd Street, Lansdowne Avenue, Lancaster Avenue
|[[Callowhill Depot|Callowhill]]
|
|-
![[SEPTA Route 11|11]]
|6.7 (10.8)
|1858
|
|rowspan=2|[[Darby, Pennsylvania|Darby]] [[Darby Transportation Center|Transportation Center]]
|Woodland Avenue
|[[Elmwood Carhouse (SEPTA station)|Elmwood]]
|
|-
![[SEPTA Route 13|13]]
|6.9 (11.1)
|
|
|Chester Avenue
|[[Elmwood Carhouse (SEPTA station)|Elmwood]]
|Some trips terminate at [[Yeadon Loop station|Yeadon Loop]] in [[Yeadon, Pennsylvania|Yeadon]]
|- style="background:#dfdfdf;"
![[SEPTA Route 30|30]]
|
|
|1915
|[[Haddington, Philadelphia|Haddington]]: 65th & Vine Streets
|Haverford Avenue, Vine Street
|[[Callowhill Depot|Callowhill]]
|Rerouted and replaced by bus service
|- style="background:#dfdfdf;"
![[SEPTA Route 31|31]]
|
|
|1956
|[[Overbrook Park, Philadelphia|Overbrook Park]]: Lansdowne & Haverford Avenues Loop
|63rd Street, Market Street
|[[Callowhill Depot|Callowhill]]
|Replaced by bus service
|-
![[SEPTA Route 34|34]]
|4.8 (7.7)
|1890
|
|[[Angora, Philadelphia|Angora]]: [[61st Street station (SEPTA)|61st–Baltimore]]
|Baltimore Avenue
|[[Elmwood Carhouse (SEPTA station)|Elmwood]]
|
|-
![[SEPTA Route 36|36]]
| 7.0 (11.3)
|1904
|
|[[Eastwick, Philadelphia|Eastwick]]: [[80th Street-Eastwick station|80th–Eastwick]]
|Island Avenue, Elmwood Avenue
|[[Elmwood Carhouse (SEPTA station)|Elmwood]]
|Some trips terminate at [[73rd Street station|73rd–Elmwood]] station in [[Eastwick, Philadelphia|Eastwick]]
|- style="background:#dfdfdf;"
![[SEPTA Route 37|37]]
|
|
|1955
|[[Chester, Pennsylvania|Chester]]: 3rd & Crosby Streets
|[[Pennsylvania Route 291|Industrial Highway]], Eastwick Avenue, Woodland Avenue 
|[[Woodland Carhouse|Woodland]]
|Replaced by bus service
|- style="background:#dfdfdf;"
![[SEPTA Route 38|38]]
|
|
|1955
|[[Parkside, Philadelphia|Parkside]]: 48th Street & Parkside Avenue Loop
|Parkside Avenue, 40th Street, Baring Street
|[[Callowhill Depot|Callowhill]]
|Replaced by bus service
|}
[[File:septa34trolley.jpg|thumb|300px|The interior of a route 34 trolley in the Center City tunnel]]
[[File:Philly36thStPortal.jpg|thumb|300px|Trolley entering the tunnel at 36th St Portal]]

==See also==
{{Portal|Philadelphia}}
* [[Pennsylvania gauge]]
*[[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes]]
*[[West Philadelphia Streetcar Suburb Historic District]]

==References==
<references />

==External links==
{{Attached KML |display=title,inline}}
{{Commons category|SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley Lines}}
*[http://www.septa.org/schedules/trolley/index.html SEPTA subway and trolley schedules]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080309002905/http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=194 Map of subway–surface lines in West Philadelphia]
*[http://www.publictransit.us/ptlibrary/trafficdensity/data/PPhiladelphia.htm Tramway, Light Railway and LRT in Philadelphia (PublicTransit.US)]
*[http://www.chicagorailfan.com/phlhisc.html Transit Systems in Philadelphia] and [http://www.chicagorailfan.com/maptijpe.html Southeast Pennsylvania Electric Railway map (Chicago Railfan.net)]
*[http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/SEPTA_Subway-Surface_Streetcar_Lines WorldNYCSubway.org – SEPTA Subway–Surface Streetcar Lines]
*[http://subway-surface-improvements.webnode.com/ A Better Subway Surface System]

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