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| Overview | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Operational | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Philadelphia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stations | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | Rapid transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System | SEPTA Metro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operator(s) | 1928–39: Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. 1940–68: Philadelphia Transportation Co. 1968–present: SEPTA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depot(s) | Fern Rock Transportation Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Daily ridership | 79,155 (FY 2023)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | September 1, 1928 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Technical | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line length | 12.5 mi (20.1 km)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of tracks | 2–4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Character | Underground and surface | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrification | Third rail, 600 V DC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Broad Street Line (BSL),[a] currently rebranding as the B,[b] is a rapid transit line in the SEPTA Metro network in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The line runs primarily north-south from the Fern Rock Transportation Center in North Philadelphia through Center City Philadelphia to NRG station at Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia; the latter station provides access to the stadiums and arenas for the city's major professional sports teams at the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, about a quarter mile away. It is named for Broad Street, under which the line runs for almost its entire length.
The line, which is entirely underground except for the northern terminus at Fern Rock, has four tracks in a local/express configuration from Fern Rock to Walnut-Locust and two tracks from Lombard-South to the southern terminus at NRG station. It is one of only two rapid transit lines in the SEPTA Metro system overall alongside the Market–Frankford Line, though Center City Philadelphia is also served by four stations of the PATCO Speedline rapid transit line which runs from Center City Philadelphia through Camden, New Jersey to Lindenwold, New Jersey. With about 115,000 boardings[5] on an average weekday in 2019, it is the second busiest route in the SEPTA system.
The line and its trains were leased to SEPTA in 1968[6] after it assumed operation of the city transit systems from the former Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC).[7] Broad Street Line subway cars bear both the SEPTA logo and the seal of the City of Philadelphia to reflect the split ownership-operation arrangement.
- ^ "Route Operating Statistics". Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Broad Street Subway". Archived from the original on February 8, 2005. Retrieved January 22, 2005.
- ^ "How to Ride – Market–Frankford and Broad Street Lines". I SEPTA Philly. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ "SEPTA Metro: Unification and Reorganization". SEPTA. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 27, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
- ^ "Student Voices: Phila. threatens to seize subways from SEPTA". Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2007.
- ^ SEPTA. "SEPTA history". Archived from the original on May 20, 2007.
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