5th Street station (SEPTA)

5th Street/Independence Hall

Fifth Street station eastbound entrance
Location Fifth & Market Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°57′02″N 75°08′56″W / 39.9505°N 75.1488°W / 39.9505; -75.1488Coordinates: 39°57′02″N 75°08′56″W / 39.9505°N 75.1488°W / 39.9505; -75.1488
Owned by City of Philadelphia, leased to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s)
  Market–Frankford Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Philadelphia PHLASH
Construction
Structure type Underground
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 1908
Electrified 700 volts DC
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
toward 69th Street
Market–Frankford Line
toward Frankford
Market–Frankford Line
 A 
Market–Frankford Line
 B 

5th Street/Independence Hall station is a subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the corner of 5th Street and Market Street, served by SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line.

The station is known as 5th Street/Independence Hall on the Market-Frankford Line. It is the only station on the line within the Center City Philadelphia limits where riders must exit the station and cross the street if they wish to travel in the opposite direction; no underground cross-walk is provided.

Riders departing at 5th Street/Independence Hall have easy access to such Philadelphia landmarks as the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the National Constitution Center, the National Museum of American Jewish History, the Philadelphia Bourse[1] and Philadelphia's Federal Courthouse.

As of 2011, 5th Street/Independence Hall Station is one of SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line stations to be wheelchair accessible.

Station layout

G Street Level Entrances/Exits
M Mezzanine to entrances/exits, fare control
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ← Market–Frankford Line toward 69th Street (8th Street)
Eastbound → Market–Frankford Line toward Frankford (2nd Street) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

SEPTA City Bus Connections

References

  1. ↑ philadelphiabuildings.org


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