Spring Garden (SEPTA Market–Frankford Line station)

Spring Garden
SEPTA rapid transit station

An Upper Darby-bound train leaves Spring Garden Station
Location 600 North Front Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°57′38″N 75°08′25″W / 39.9606°N 75.1404°WCoordinates: 39°57′38″N 75°08′25″W / 39.9606°N 75.1404°W
Owned by City of Philadelphia
Line(s)
Platforms 1 island platform (Market-Frankford)
Tracks 2
Connections SEPTA City Buses
History
Opened May 16, 1977
Electrified 700 volts DC
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
2nd Street
toward 69th Street
Market–Frankford Line
toward Frankford

Spring Garden Station is an elevated stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the corner of 2nd Street and Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the Northern Liberties neighborhood. It is the final above-ground/outdoor stop for trains before heading into central Philadelphia.

Though SEPTA gives the address as being at 600 North Front Street, the actual location is the median of Interstate 95 over Spring Garden Street. It was built in 1977 when the Market-Frankford Line's tracks were moved to the median of newly extended Interstate 95 for a distance of about 1 mile and replaced the abandoned nearby Fairmount Avenue Station, which was built in 1922 and had been a Skip-Stop "B" station during rush hours. The new station is currently an "All-Stop" station and is nestled in between the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 95 between the highway's Girard Avenue and I-676 interchanges.

Passengers utilizing this station may access such nearby sites as Penn's Landing's Festival Pier, popular Delaware Avenue nightclubs, a branch of the Dave and Busters entertainment complex situated on the Delaware River, and a number of bars, restaurants, and shops in the nearby Northern Liberties neighborhood.

Station layout

P
Platform level		 Westbound ← Market–Frankford Line toward 69th Street (2nd Street)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound → Market–Frankford Line toward Frankford (Girard) →
M Mezzanine to entrances/exits, fare control
G Street Level Entrances/Exits

SEPTA City Bus Connections

External links

Media related to Spring Garden (SEPTA Market–Frankford Line station) at Wikimedia Commons

Spring Garden Station at night.