34th Street (SEPTA station)
34th Street | |||||||||||
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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°WCoordinates: 39°57′21″N 75°11′29″W / 39.95575°N 75.19132°W | ||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
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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
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