| Fern Rock Transportation Center SEPTA rapid transit and regional rail station |
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| Address | Nedro Avenue and 10th Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Broad Street Line all trains
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| Connections | SEPTA City Bus: 28, 57, 70, C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform (subway) 1 island platform, 1 side platform (regional rail) |
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| Tracks | 2 (subway), 3 (regional rail) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 639 parking spaces[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 9, 1956(Broad Street Line) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | March 12, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Third rail (600 volts) (BSL) Overhead catenary wires (12,000-volt/25 Hz) (Regional Rail) |
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| Owned by | Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Fern Rock Transportation Center is a SEPTA rail and bus transportation center located at 10th Street and Nedro Avenue in the Fern Rock neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] Fern Rock serves as the northern terminus and yard for SEPTA's Broad Street Line, as well as a stop for the Lansdale/Doylestown, Warminster, and West Trenton SEPTA Regional Rail Lines. Four SEPTA bus lines also serve Fern Rock Transportation Center.
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Fern Rock Transportation Center became the northern terminus of the Broad Street Line in 1956, when the Broad Street Line was extended north from the original northern terminus at Olney Transportation Center by the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) and the City of Philadelphia. Fern Rock Transportation Center also hosts the yard and maintenance facilities for the Broad Street Line.
All local and express trains on the Broad Street Line terminate at Fern Rock Transportation Center. All the Special Sport Express trains that run to the Sports Complex at AT&T Station also originate at Fern Rock. Broad-Ridge Spur trains usually serve Fern Rock only during non-peak hours and on Saturdays.
It is now known as the Dead End because it is the last stop and everyone usually gets before it. However it it still manages to be extremely croweded day and night. Especially the 70 bus. The geniuses thought it to be a good idea to make people walk up and then walk down steps in order to get to their train. This makes usually makes people late or makes them run and try to pry open train doors leading to injuries and embarrassment.
Fern Rock Transportation Center serves the Warminster Line, West Trenton Line line, and the Lansdale/Doylestown Line.[3] In FY 2005, there were an average of 928 boardings and 798 alightings per weekday at the Regional Rail station at Fern Rock Transportation Center.[4]
The current SEPTA Regional Rail station at Fern Rock Transportation Center, located along the SEPTA Main Line, was built in March 1992 to accommodate Regional Rail commuters displaced during SEPTA's 1992/1993 Railworks reconstruction project. The new station replaced former Reading Railroad stations Fern Rock and Tabor, respectively located north and south of the new station. It has high-level platforms and is handicap-accessible, being directly connected to the subway station by a ramp from the subway platform. While passengers can readily transfer between the Broad Street Line and the Regional Rail Line at Fern Rock, such a transfer requires payment of a separate fare of the subway and regional rail, unless the rider possesses a SEPTA Trailpass, which can be used for travel on both subway and regional rail.
Four bus routes serve Fern Rock Transportation Center. Fern Rock Transportation Center serves as the western terminus for the bus routes 28 and 70.[5][6] Fern Rock is also the northernmost terminus for the route 57 bus.[7] Alternating SEPTA C buses also terminate at 11th Street and Nedro Avenue, a block east of Fern Rock Transportation Center.[8]
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