SEPTA Routes 101 and 102

Routes 101 and 102 (D1 and D2)
Media–Sharon Hill Line
Route 102 at Sharon Hill station
Overview
LocaleDelaware County, Pennsylvania
Termini
Stations52
Service
TypeLight rail
SystemSEPTA Metro
Services
  •  Route 101
  •  Route 102
Operator(s)SEPTA Suburban Division
Rolling stockSEPTA Series 100
Daily ridershipRoute 101: 3,844
Route 102: 3,888
(FY 2019)[1]
History
Opened1906
Technical
Line length11.9 miles (19.2 km)
CharacterSurface (at-grade)
Track gauge5 ft 2+12 in (1,588 mm) Pennsylvania trolley gauge[2][3]
ElectrificationOverhead lines
Route map
Map
69th Street T.C.
to 69th Street Yard / Shops
Fairfield Avenue
Walnut Street
Avon Road
Hilltop Road
Beverly Boulevard
Congress Avenue
Lansdowne Avenue
Drexel Park
Irvington Road
Drexel Hill Junction
Route 101 LowerLeft arrow
LowerRight arrow Route 102
Huey Avenue
Garrettford
School Lane
Drexel Manor
Aronimink
Marshall Road
Anderson Avenue
Creek Road
Drexelbrook
Drexeline
Baltimore Avenue
Penn Street
Scenic Road
Springfield Road
Springfield Road
Clifton–Aldan WAW
Saxer Avenue
Shisler Avenue
closed
Leamy Avenue
Providence Road
Woodland Avenue
Magnolia Avenue
Thomson Avenue
North Street
Springfield Mall
Bartram Avenue
Paper Mill Road
Andrews Avenue
I-476.svg I-476
MacDade Boulevard
Pine Ridge
Sharon Hill
Beatty Road
Providence Road
Manchester Avenue
Edgemont Street
Monroe Street
Jackson Street
Olive Street
Veterans Square
Media–Orange Street

SEPTA Routes 101 and 102 (also known as the Media–Sharon Hill Line or the D1 and D2)[4][5] are light rail lines operated by the Suburban Transit Division of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, serving portions of Delaware County. The route's eastern terminus is 69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania. Route 101 runs to Media, while Route 102 goes to Sharon Hill. Altogether, the two lines operate on approximately 11.9 miles (19.2 km) of route.[6] The lines are one of the few remaining interurban systems in the United States, along with the South Shore Line in Illinois and Indiana, the River Line in New Jersey, and the Norristown High Speed Line, also in the Philadelphia area.

Along with the Norristown High-Speed Line, formerly the Philadelphia and Western Railroad, the routes are the remaining lines of the Red Arrow Lines Trolley System once operated by the Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company (successor to the Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company); some local residents still call them "Red Arrow".

This route uses 29 Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company Type K LRV cars similar to those used on the SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines. However, unlike the city cars, the Type K cars on Routes 101 and 102 are double-ended and use pantograph collection instead of trolley poles.

  1. ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "The history of trolley cars and routes in Philadelphia". SEPTA. June 1, 1974. p. 2. Retrieved June 11, 2014. An early city ordinance prescribed that all tracks were to have a gauge of 5' 214".
  3. ^ Hilton, George W.; Due, John Fitzgerald (January 1, 2000). The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804740142. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  4. ^ "101 and 102 Official map". Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  5. ^ "SEPTA Capital Improvements in Delaware County" (PDF). SEPTA. December 2007. p. 4. Retrieved January 4, 2008.
  6. ^ Demery, Leroy W. Jr. (November 2011). "U.S. Urban Rail Transit Lines Opened From 1980" (PDF). publictransit.us. pp. 37–40. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013.

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