5th Street (SEPTA Market–Frankford Line station)

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5th Street

5th Street station platform
Station statistics
Address 5th & Market Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lines
Market–Frankford Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Market–Frankford Line
toward Frankford

5th Street is a subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the corner of 5th Street and Market Street, served by SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line.

The station is known as 5th Street on the Market-Frankford Line. It is the only station on the line within the Center City Philadelphia limits where riders must exit the station and cross the street if they wish to travel in the opposite direction; no underground cross-walk is provided.

Riders departing at 5th Street have easy access to such Philadelphia landmarks as the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the National Constitution Center, the Philadelphia Bourse [1] and Philadelphia's Federal Courthouse.

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