Spring Garden station (Broad Street Line)
Spring Garden | ||||||||||||||||||||
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General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 500 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°57′44″N 75°09′41″W / 39.9621°N 75.1615°W | |||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | SEPTA | |||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 island platforms cross-platform interchange | |||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||
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Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | September 1, 1928 | |||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2009-2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | Third rail (600 volts) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Spring Garden is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street Subway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is an express station with four tracks and two island platforms. Spring Garden is the northernmost station in Center City, serving Community College of Philadelphia, the School District of Philadelphia Building, the Inquirer Building (home of Philadelphia newspapers the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News), Ben Franklin High School and miscellaneous office buildings, restaurants, and clubs. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is ten blocks west of the station while the Northern Liberties neighborhood lies approximately eight blocks east. Near this station is Masterman Laboratory & Demonstration School. There are numerous restaurants and shops nearby which makes this a very busy station.
Spring Garden station is the seventh busiest station on the Broad Street Line, with 10,000 riders a day.[1]
Station layout
G | Street Level | Entrances/Exits |
M | Mezzanine | to entrances/exits, fare control |
P Platform level |
Southbound local | ← Local toward NRG (Race – Vine) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
Southbound express | ← Express toward Walnut – Locust (special event service to NRG) (Race – Vine) | |
Northbound express | → Express toward Fern Rock (Girard) → | |
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
Northbound local | → Local toward Fern Rock (Fairmount) → |
Gallery
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Spring Garden Station with the Philadelphia Inquirer building and Center City buildings visible in the background
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Tiles at Spring Garden Station
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Spring Garden southwest entrance
References
- ^ Fiscal Year 2008 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2008–2019 Capital Program. SEPTA (27 May 2007)
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