City Hall (SEPTA station)

City Hall
SEPTA rapid transit station

Northbound local track at City Hall Station
Station statistics
Address Market Street between 15th and Broad Streets
Lines
  Broad Street Line Local and Express
Connections SEPTA City Bus: 17, 27, 31, 32, 33, 38, 44, 48, 62, C
SEPTA Suburban Bus: 124, 125
SEPTA Regional Rail (at Suburban Station)
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened September 1, 1928
Electrified Third rail (600 volts)
Owned by SEPTA
Traffic
Passengers (2007) 57000  0% (daily)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
toward AT&T
Broad Street Line
Local
toward Fern Rock
Terminus
Broad Street Line
Express
    Free transfer    
Market–Frankford Line
Transfer at: 15th Street
toward Frankford
Subway–Surface Trolleys
Transfer at: 15th Street
toward Darby
Subway–Surface Trolleys
Transfer at: 15th Street
Subway–Surface Trolleys
Transfer at: 15th Street
Subway–Surface Trolleys
Transfer at: 15th Street
Subway–Surface Trolleys
Transfer at: 15th Street

City Hall is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is located in Center City Philadelphia underneath Philadelphia City Hall and is the busiest station on the line, serving 57,000 passengers daily.[1] City Hall station is served by Local, Express, and Special "Sport Express" trains. Entrances are located on both the east and west sides of City Hall as well as in the central courtyard.

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Interchanges

A free interchange is available between all of the subway lines here, including the 15th Street stop for the Market–Frankford Line and all SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Routes (Routes 10, 11, 13, 34 & 36).

The station is connected to the Center City Commuter Connection underground concourse, which connects to Suburban Station, thus providing access to SEPTA Regional Rail. City Hall Station is also connected to the Broad Street Line's Walnut–Locust Station, which in turn is connected to PATCO Speedline's 12–13th & Locust Station and 15–16th & Locust Station. However, no free interchange is available to any of these stations.

SEPTA Bus connections

SEPTA City Buses

SEPTA Suburban Buses

Future rehabilitation

Dating back to 1928, City Hall was an original station along the Broad Street Line. Currently, SEPTA and the City of Philadelphia are designing a US $100,000,000 refurbishment of City Hall station.[3] This refurbishment includes structural repairs, improvements in lighting and ventilation, making the station ADA accessible, and aesthetic improvements. However, the project's progression had stalled due to lack of funds.[4] In November 2011, the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation had awarded construction contracts for the restoration of the Dilworth Plaza above the station, following the eviction of the Occupy Philly protesters occupying the area. This project includes the aforementioned refurbishing and accessibility improvements for the City Hall station and the adjoining Market-Frankford and Subway-Surface stations.[5]

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References

  1. ^ "Fiscal Year 2008 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2008–2019 Capital Program" (PDF). SEPTA. 2007-05-27. http://septa.org/inside/reports/CB08_BudgetApproved.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-03. 
  2. ^ a b "Broad Street Line Schedule". SEPTA. September 5, 2010. http://www.septa.org/schedules/transit/pdf/bsl.pdf. Retrieved October 31, 2010. 
  3. ^ SEPTA (July 2005) SEPTA Capital Improvements in the City of Philadelphia. p. 11.PDF (1.96 MiB)
  4. ^ "Philadelphia projects waiting for Harrisburg dollars"
  5. ^ http://centercityphila.org/life/dilworth_plaza.php

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