13th Street station (SEPTA)
{{Short description|Rapid transit station in Philadelphia}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| name = {{SEPTA Metro infobox header|LT|13th St}}
| style = SEPTA Metro
| image = 13th Street MFL 1.jpg
| image_caption = 13th Street station Market–Frankford Line platform
| address = 13th and Market streets
| borough = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| coordinates = {{coord|39|57|7|N|75|9|41|W|region:US-PA_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| owned = City of Philadelphia
| operator = {{ric|SEPTA}} SEPTA
| platform = 3 side platforms
| tracks = 2
| connections = {{Unbulleted list
| {{bus icon}} SEPTA City Bus: {{SEPTA bus link|17}}, {{SEPTA bus link|33}}, {{SEPTA bus link|38}}, {{SEPTA bus link|44}}, {{SEPTA bus link|48}}, {{SEPTA bus link|62}}
| {{bus icon}} SEPTA Suburban Bus: {{SEPTA bus link|124|125}}
| {{bus icon|12px|NJT Bus}} NJ Transit Bus: {{NJ bus link|313|315|316|317|400|401|402|404|406|408|409|410|412|414|417|551|555}}
}}
| structure = Underground
| parking =
| bicycle =
| accessible = {{Unbulleted list
| Market–Frankford Line: Yes{{cite web |title=13th St Station - SEPTA |url=https://www.septa.org/stations/13th-st |website=www.septa.org |access-date=23 March 2025 |language=en}}
| Subway–surface trolley lines: Yes
}}
| opened = {{Start date|1908|08|3}}
| rebuilt =
| former = 13th/Juniper Streets{{cite web |url=https://www.transitmap.net/septa-1983/ |title=SEPTA High Speed System |date=July 1983 |author=SEPTA |publisher=Transit Maps |accessdate=June 1, 2020}}
Juniper Street (subway–surface) (1908-2011)[https://web.archive.org/web/20080515215148/http://www.septa.org/maps/click_map/13th_street.html SEPTA 13th/Juniper Street MFL station (Archived; May 2008)][https://web.archive.org/web/20080829145546/http://www.septa.org/maps/click_map/juniper.html SEPTA Juniper Subway-Surface Lines Station (Archived; May 2008)]
| services_collapsible = yes
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=SEPTA Metro
|line1=L1 adj|left1=15th Street/City Hall|right1=11th Street
|line2=T1 adj|left2=15th Street/City Hall
|line3=T2 adj|left3=15th Street/City Hall
|line4=T3 adj|left4=15th Street/City Hall
|line5=T4 adj|left5=15th Street/City Hall
|line6=T5 adj|left6=15th Street/City Hall}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-metro |marker-color=#000 |zoom=15 }}
}}
13th Street station is a SEPTA rapid transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, located under Market Street between 13th and Juniper streets in Center City. The station serves the SEPTA Metro L and is the eastern terminal station for all five routes of the T.
13th Street is located on the east side of City Hall and Penn Square and is connected to the Downtown Link concourse, a collection of underground passageways serving multiple stations on the L, B, PATCO Speedline, and Regional Rail lines.{{cite web |url=https://iseptaphilly.com/blog/DowntownLink19 |title=Downtown Link Center City Concourse |publisher=SEPTA |accessdate=September 2, 2019}} The station is also served by bus routes operated by SEPTA's City Transit Division and Suburban Division, as well as NJ Transit Bus routes.
The T platform was known as Juniper Street until 2011.[https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?72929 Image 72929, nycsubway.org] The station was signed as 13th/Juniper Streets on maps at the time.
History
The station opened on August 3, 1908, as part of the first extension of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's Market Street subway.{{Cox-Upper Darby|page=16}}{{cite web |url=https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/subways-and-elevated-lines |title=Subways and Elevated Lines |last=Hepp |first=John |publisher=The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia |date=2013}} The line had originally opened a year earlier between 69th Street and 15th Street stations.
The Downtown Link and associated underground corridors surrounding the station are expected to undergo a two-year renovation project in conjunction with renovations to the B 15th Street/City Hall station platforms.{{cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2018/06/20/septa-new-city-hall-broad-street-line-concourse.html |title=See SEPTA's redesigned City Hall subway station concourse (Video) |work=Philadelphia Business Journal |date=June 20, 2018 |last=Rose |first=Kennedy |accessdate=June 1, 2020}}
L platforms
The L platforms are located one floor below ground level, connected to the Downtown Link concourse. The south concourse, accessible from the eastbound platform, features direct underground access to SEPTA's headquarters and transit museum, located at 1234 Market Street. Market–Frankford trains continue west via Market Street across the Schuylkill River to serve West Philadelphia and Upper Darby, and continue east along Market until Front Street, turning north towards Northeast Philadelphia.
T platform
File:13th Street Subway Entrance 2017.jpg
The platform for all T routes is located two stories below ground level. The station is located at the end of the subway–surface line on a balloon loop parallel to Juniper Street and features a single track with all trolleys operating in the same direction.
Inbound trolleys discharge passengers on the southernmost portion of the platform. The trolleys then proceed to pick up passengers at either Berth 1 or Berth 2. Routes 10, 11 and 13 board at Berth 1, which is located on the northernmost portion of the platform. Routes 34 and 36 board at Berth 2, which is in the center of the platform. Upon departure of the station, the track wraps around and heads west towards 15th Street station. It also features a short spur track to the northeast that was formerly used to park occasional stranded or dead trolleys. The track was recently disconnected from the main line due to unsuccessful attempts to tie it into the trolleys' communications-based train control signaling system.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
Station layout
The stations has two high-level side platforms for the Market–Frankford trains and one low-level side platform for subway–surface trolleys. Fare control and Downtown Link concourse access are both on the upper platform level.
Image gallery
File:13th Street MFL 2.jpg|Market–Frankford (L) platform and tracks
File:13th Street Subway Entrance 2017a.jpg|Market–Frankford (L) platform entrance
File:13th Street Subway Entrance 2017h.jpg|Headhouse and bus stop on the northeast corner of 13th & Market streets
References
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External links
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{{SEPTA links}}
- [https://www.google.com/maps/@39.952239,-75.1622452,3a,66.8y,63.77h,88.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sG5j6sRzaHxwI69miADDSKA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 Juniper Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
- [https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9521329,-75.161395,3a,58.9y,36.64h,91.95t,359.74r/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTD8Y5E_R9HrDIbmhCk6q3g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 13th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
- [https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9519488,-75.1599526,3a,81.9y,292.13h,101.12t,359.96r/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smBMFF3hooANLgBfJDhu-uA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 12th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
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Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1908
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