Broad–Spring Garden station
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Location | 500 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°57′44″N 75°09′41″W / 39.9621°N 75.1615°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Philadelphia | |||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 island platforms cross-platform interchange | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | September 1, 1928 | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2009-2012 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | Third rail (600 volts) | |||||||||||||||
Previous names | Spring Garden (1928–2025) | |||||||||||||||
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Broad–Spring Garden station is a subway station on the SEPTA Metro B in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is an express station with four tracks and two island platforms. Spring Garden is the northernmost station in Center City, serving Community College of Philadelphia, the School District of Philadelphia Building, the Inquirer Building (former home of Philadelphia newspapers The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News), Ben Franklin High School and miscellaneous office buildings, restaurants, and clubs. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is ten blocks west of the station, while the Northern Liberties neighborhood lies approximately eight blocks east. Near this station is Masterman Laboratory & Demonstration School. There are numerous restaurants and shops nearby which makes this a very busy station.
Broad–Spring Garden station is the seventh busiest station on the B, with 10,000 riders a day.[1]
Gallery
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Broad–Spring Garden station with the Philadelphia Inquirer building and Center City buildings visible in the background
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Tiles at Broad–Spring Garden station
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Broad–Spring Garden southwest entrance
References
[edit]- ^ Fiscal Year 2008 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2008–2019 Capital Program. SEPTA (27 May 2007)
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