Chinatown (SEPTA Broad Street Line station)

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Chinatown
Station statistics
Address 8th and Race Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lines
Broad Street Line (Ridge Spur)
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened December 21, 1932
Owned by Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Formerly Vine Station
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Terminus
 Broad Street Line
(closed)
toward Fern Rock
toward Fern Rock

Chinatown is a subway station on the Broad-Ridge Spur of SEPTA's Broad Street Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station opened on December 21, 1932, and is located at the eastern edge of Philadelphia's Chinatown at 8th and Race Streets. Corresponding to the signage in the Chinatown neighborhood, the station name signs are written in Chinese in addition to English.

The station is adjacent to the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine and the Philadelphia Police Headquarters. Franklin Square and its abandoned PATCO station are located a block east of the station. North of the station, the subway runs underneath Ridge Avenue past the abandoned Spring Garden station, to the Fairmount station, after which it joins with the main tracks of the Broad Street Subway. South of the station, the subway tracks run along 8th Street, parallel to the PATCO Speedline for two blocks, until the Broad–Ridge Spur approaches its terminus at the 8th Street station, located at 8th and Market Streets.

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