37th Street (SEPTA station)
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37th/Spruce is a SEPTA Subway-Surface Lines trolley station. It is the last station in the tunnel before the 40th Street Portal. The entrance to go down into the Eastbound station is on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania and the entrance to go down into the Westbound station is on Spruce Street. The two stations are not on the same length of the track. Trolleys serving this station go Eastbound to Center City Philadelphia and Westbound to the Philadelphia neighborhoods of Eastwick and Angora and the Delaware County suburbs of Yeadon and Darby.
In October 2006, Penn's class of 1956 donated a new entrance for the Eastbound entrance of the station. The entrance is a replica of the Peter Witt trolleys (manufactured by J. G. Brill and Company from 1923–26) that served the university students prior to 1956. The trolleys brought commuting students to the campus as well as to Center City. The trolleys were operated by the Philadelphia Transportation Company and 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. Woodland Avenue and Locust Street became pedestrian walkways.
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toward Darby
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Subway–Surface Trolleys
Route 11
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toward Juniper
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Route 13
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toward Angora Loop
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Subway–Surface Trolleys
Route 34
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toward Eastwick Loop
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Subway–Surface Trolleys
Route 36
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