Erie (SEPTA station)

Erie
SEPTA rapid transit station
Location 3700 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
Coordinates 40°00′33″N 75°09′04″W / 40.0093°N 75.1512°W / 40.0093; -75.1512Coordinates: 40°00′33″N 75°09′04″W / 40.0093°N 75.1512°W / 40.0093; -75.1512
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s)
  Broad Street Line Local
  Broad Street Line Express
  Broad Street Line Ridge Spur
Platforms 2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks 4
Connections SEPTA City Bus: 16, 23, 53, 56, SEPTA Route H, SEPTA Route XH, also formerly serve SEPTA Route 65 formerly Route E & Route XA
Construction
Disabled access Cross-platform transfers only
History
Opened September 1, 1928.
Electrified Third rail (600 volts) (BSL)
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

Erie is an express station on the Broad Street Subway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since Erie is an express station, it has four tracks and two central platforms, with express and Ridge Spur trains operating on the inner tracks and local trains operating on the outer tracks. This station has two mezzanine levels located above the track level. One is an entrance/exit mezzanine which holds turnstiles and the token booth, while the other is exit-only. The station is located near the former Luzerne Depot, a former trolley barn which became an all bus garage, and is now a cardboard recycling plant.[1]

As of 2007, Erie station had approximately 6,842 boardings a day, making it the fourth busiest station on the line.[2]

There is a flying junction north of Erie Station; originally built for a proposed Roosevelt Boulevard extension of the Broad Street Line, it served as the northbound terminus for the Broad-Ridge Spur until service was extended to Fern Rock.

Station layout

G Street Level Entrances/Exits
M Mezzanine to entrances/exits, fare control
P
Platform level		 Southbound local ← Local toward AT&T (Allegheny)
Island platform, doors will open on the left for local trains, right for all other trains
Southbound express ← Ridge Spur toward 8th Street (North Philadelphia)
← Express toward Walnut–Locust (Girard)

← Sports Express toward AT&T (Girard)

Northbound express → Ridge Spur toward Fern Rock (Olney) →
→ Express toward Fern Rock (Olney) →
Island platform, doors will open on the left for local trains, right for all other trains
Northbound local → Local toward Fern Rock (Hunting Park) →

References

  1. ↑ Luzerne Depot; SIA Philadelphia Car Barn Tour (PhillyTrolley.org)
  2. ↑ PCPC North Broad St. Transportation and Access Study, June 2007.

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