34th Street (SEPTA station)

34th Street
SEPTA rapid transit station

Station entrance on the southeast corner.
Location Thirty-fourth & Market Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°57′21″N 75°11′29″W / 39.95575°N 75.19132°W / 39.95575; -75.19132Coordinates: 39°57′21″N 75°11′29″W / 39.95575°N 75.19132°W / 39.95575; -75.19132
Owned by Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections SEPTA Routes 30 and LUCY
Construction
Structure type Underground
History
Opened June 20, 1956
Electrified 700 volts DC
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
toward 69th Street
Market–Frankford Line
toward Frankford

34th Street is an underground station on the Market-Frankford Line, below the intersection of 34th Street and Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the University City neighborhood of West Philadelphia. The station is on the Drexel University campus, adjacent to the Daskalakis Athletic Center, and near the University of Pennsylvania campus.

34th Street Station was built in 1956 by the Philadelphia Transportation Company as a replacement for the former 36th Street elevated station, which was built in 1907.

SEPTA bus routes at 40th Street include 31 and University City Circulation Loops, LUCY Gold and LUCY Green.

Station layout

G Street Level Entrances/Exits
M Mezzanine to entrances/exits, fare control
P
Platform level
Westbound Market–Frankford Line toward 69th Street (40th Street)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound Market–Frankford Line toward Frankford (30th Street)

External links

Platform sign on the bottom of the staircase


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