Somerset (SEPTA station)

Somerset
SEPTA rapid transit station
Location	2800 Kensington Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°59′30″N 75°07′20″W / 39.9916°N 75.1222°W / 39.9916; -75.1222Coordinates: 39°59′30″N 75°07′20″W / 39.9916°N 75.1222°W / 39.9916; -75.1222
Owned by	City of Philadelphia
Line(s)	Market–Frankford Line
Platforms	2 side platforms (Market-Frankford)
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Buses
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Disabled access	Yes
Electrified	700 volts DC
Services
Pedestrian bridges Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Huntingdon toward 69th Street Market–Frankford Line Allegheny toward Frankford

Somerset Station is an elevated stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the intersection of Kensington Avenue and Somerset Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the Kensington neighborhood. During peak hours, the station is served by "B" trains only.

Like the nearby Huntingdon Station, Somerset is located over a five-way intersection, which is northeast of a high truss bridge over a Conrail freight line. Access to the station from street-level can be found at the southwest and southeast corners of Kensington Avenue and Somerset Street. Unlike Huntingdon, no access is available from D Street.

The station is adjacent to the corner of Kensington and Somerset, named by Philadelphia Weekly in 2007 as the number one drug corner in the city. The corner itself is dominated by sales of hypodermic needles and the methadone-like detox medication Suboxone, with referrals readily available to one of the many heroin dealers on nearby blocks.

Station layout

SEPTA City Bus Connections

• SEPTA Routes 3 and 54.

External links

• SEPTA - Somerset MFL Station
• Philadelphia Weekly - Top 10 Drug Corners
• Somerset MFL Station (WorldNYCSubway.org)
• Somerset Street entrance from Google Maps Street View