Girard (SEPTA Broad Street Line station)

Girard
SEPTA rapid transit station

BSL Girard Avenue exit
Station statistics
Address 1200 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
Lines
  Broad Street Line Local
  Broad Street Line Express
  Broad Street Line Ridge Spur
Connections      SEPTA Route 15 (Girard Avenue Trolley)
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened September 1, 1928
Rebuilt 2009-in progress
Electrified Third rail (600 volts) (BSL)
Owned by SEPTA
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
toward AT&T
 Broad Street Line
Local
toward Fern Rock
Broad Street Line
Express
toward Fern Rock
toward 8th Street
 Broad Street Line
toward Fern Rock

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.[1]

Girard station is the 10th busiest station on the Broad Street Subway line, with 7,500 passengers a day. [2]

References

  1. ^ "Broad Street Line Schedule". SEPTA. September 5, 2010. http://www.septa.org/schedules/transit/pdf/bsl.pdf. Retrieved October 31, 2010. 
  2. ^ Fiscal Year 2008 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2008–2019 Capital Program. SEPTA (2007-05-27).

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