Girard (SEPTA Broad Street Line station)

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Girard is a subway station on the SEPTA Broad Street Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is an express station, with four tracks and two central platforms. This is the last station where southbound riders can transfer freely between the Ridge Spur line and the Main Line, and the two trains commonly meet here and wait for one another. Girard station is located in a very busy commercial strip along Girard Avenue, and also serves the southern most sections of Temple University, including Philadelphia Regency, which houses Temple students. A transfer is available to the Route 15 trolley, which provides local service along Girard Avenue.

Girard station is the 10th busiest station on the Broad Street Subway line, with 7,500 passengers a day. ^[1]

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1. ^ Fiscal Year 2008 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2008–2019 Capital Program. SEPTA (2007-05-27).

Preceding station		SEPTA		Following station
Fairmount toward Pattison		Broad Street Line Local		Cecil B. Moore toward Fern Rock
Spring Garden toward Walnut–Locust		Broad Street Line Express		Erie toward Fern Rock
Fairmount toward 8th Street		Broad Street Line Ridge Spur		North Philadelphia toward Fern Rock