13th Street station (SEPTA)

13th Street station is a SEPTA subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, located under Market Street between 13th and Juniper Streets in Center City. The station serves the Market–Frankford Line and is the eastern terminal station for all five routes of the subway–surface trolley lines.

13th Street
13th Street station Market–Frankford Line platform
General information
Location13th and Market Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°57′7″N 75°9′41″W
Owned byCity of Philadelphia
Operated bySoutheastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Platforms3 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Accessible
  • Market–Frankford Line: Yes
  • Subway–surface trolley lines: No
History
OpenedAugust 3, 1908 (August 3, 1908)[1][2]
Previous names13th/Juniper Streets[3]
Juniper Street (subway–surface) (1908-2011)[4][5]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
15th Street
toward 69th Street T.C.
 Market–Frankford Line 11th Street
toward Frankford T.C.
15th Street
toward 36th Street Portal or 40th Street Portal
 Subway–surface trolley lines Terminus
Location
13th Street is located in Philadelphia
13th Street
13th Street
Location within Philadelphia

13th Street is located on the east side of City Hall and Penn Square and is connected to the Downtown Link concourse, a collection of underground passageways serving multiple stations on the Market–Frankford Line, Broad Street Line, PATCO Speedline, and Regional Rail lines.[6] The station is also served by bus routes operated by SEPTA's City Transit Division and Suburban Division, as well as NJ Transit Bus routes.

The subway–surface platform was known as Juniper Street until 2011.[4][5][7] The station is signed as 13th/Juniper Streets on historical system maps.[3]

History

The station opened on August 3, 1908, as part of the first extension of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's Market Street subway.[1][2] The line had originally opened a year earlier between 69th Street and 15th Street stations.[1][2]

The Downtown Link and associated underground corridors surrounding the station are expected to undergo a two-year renovation project in conjunction with renovations to the Broad Street Line's City Hall station.[8]

Market–Frankford Line platforms

The Market–Frankford Line platforms are located one floor below ground level, connected to the Downtown Link concourse.[6] The south concourse, accessible from the eastbound platform, features direct underground access to SEPTA's headquarters and transit museum, located at 1234 Market Street. Market–Frankford trains continue west via Market Street across the Schuylkill River to serve West Philadelphia and Upper Darby, and continue east along Market until Front Street, turning north towards Northeast Philadelphia.

Subway–surface trolley platform
Subway–surface platform in 2017, showing the station's current name

The subway–surface trolley platform for Routes 10, 11, 13, 34, and 36 is located two stories below ground level, and is accessible only by escalator or stairway from the Market–Frankford platforms. The station is located at the end of the subway–surface line on a balloon loop parallel to Juniper Street and features a single track with all trolleys operating in the same direction.

Inbound trolleys discharge passengers on the southernmost portion of the platform. The trolleys then proceed to pick up passengers at either Berth 1 or Berth 2. Routes 10, 11 and 13 board at Berth 1, which is located on the northernmost portion of the platform. Routes 34 and 36 board at Berth 2, which is in the center of the platform. Upon departure of the station, the track wraps around and heads west towards 15th Street station. It also features a short spur track to the northeast that was formerly used to park occasional stranded or dead trolleys. The track was recently disconnected from the main line due to unsuccessful attempts to tie it into the trolleys' communications-based train control signaling system.

Station layout

The stations has two high-level side platforms for the Market–Frankford trains and one low-level side platform for subway–surface trolleys. Fare control and Downtown Link concourse access[6] are both on the upper platform level.

G Street level Entrances/exits, buses
B1 Side platform with fare control, doors open on the right Disabled access
Westbound ←      Market–Frankford Line toward 69th Street T.C. (15th Street)
Eastbound →      Market–Frankford Line toward Frankford T.C. (11th Street) →
Side platform with fare control, doors open on the right Disabled access
B2 Side platform, doors open on the right
Westbound ←      Subway–surface trolley lines toward West Philadelphia (15th Street)
  • Market–Frankford platform and tracks
    Market–Frankford platform and tracks
  • Market–Frankford platform entrance
    Market–Frankford platform entrance
  • Headhouse and bus stop on the northeast corner of 13th & Market streets
    Headhouse and bus stop on the northeast corner of 13th & Market streets

References
  1. Cox, Harold E. (1967). May, Jack (ed.). The Road from Upper Darby. The Story of the Market Street Subway-Elevated. New York, NY: Electric Railroaders' Association. p. 16. OCLC 54770701.
  2. Hepp, John (2013). "Subways and Elevated Lines". The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
  3. SEPTA (July 1983). "SEPTA High Speed System". Transit Maps. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  4. SEPTA 13th/Juniper Street MFL station (Archived; May 2008)
  5. SEPTA Juniper Subway-Surface Lines Station (Archived; May 2008)
  6. Image 72929, nycsubway.org
  7. Rose, Kennedy (June 20, 2018). "See SEPTA's redesigned City Hall subway station concourse (Video)". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
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