33rd Street station (SEPTA)

{{short description|Subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}}

{{Infobox station

| name = {{SEPTA Metro infobox header|T|33rd St}}

| style = SEPTA Metro

| image = 33rdStreetStationSEPTA.png

| caption =

| address = 33rd and Market streets

| borough = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| coordinates = {{coord|39.955498|-75.189334|display=inline,title|region:US-PA_type:railwaystation|format=dms}}

| platform = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 2

| owned = {{ric|SEPTA}} SEPTA

| connections = {{bus icon}} SEPTA City Bus: {{SEPTA bus link|30|31|49|LUCY}}

| structure = Underground

| accessible = No

| opened = {{Start date|1955|10|15}}

| services_collapsible = yes

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=SEPTA Metro

|line2=T1 adj|left2=36th Street Portal|right2=Drexel Station at 30th Street

|line3=T2 adj|left3=36th–Sansom|right3=Drexel Station at 30th Street

|line4=T3 adj|left4=36th–Sansom|right4=Drexel Station at 30th Street

|line5=T4 adj|left5=36th–Sansom|right5=Drexel Station at 30th Street

|line6=T5 adj|left6=36th–Sansom|right6=Drexel Station at 30th Street

}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-light |marker-color=#{{rcr|SEPTA Metro|T}} |zoom=15 }}

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33rd Street station is a subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, serving all trolleys of the SEPTA Metro T.{{Williams-Philadelphia}} It is the last station of the T outbound with all lines before the T1 splits away and exits the tunnel at 36th Street Portal.{{Springirth-Philadelphia}} The stop is located on the campus of Drexel University.{{cite web |url=http://drexel.edu/about/directions/university-city-map |title=University City Campus Map |date=22 November 2021 |publisher=Drexel University}}

History

File:33rd Street station SEPTA 2018a.jpg

The station was opened in November 1955 by the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) as part of a larger project to move portions of the elevated Market Street Line and surface trolleys underground.Puckett, John L. and Mark Frazier Lloyd. {{Google books|id=OBykBwAAQBAJ|title=Becoming Penn: The Pragmatic American University, 1950–2000|page=35}}, accessed May 31, 2020. The original project to bury the elevated tracks between 23rd to 46th streets was announced by the PTC's predecessor, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, in the 1920s, but was delayed due to the Great Depression and World War II.{{cite web |url=https://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/putting-market-street-elevated-underground-0 |title=Putting the Market Street Elevated Underground |work=West Philadelphia Collaborative History |author=John L. Puckett |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education |access-date=June 2, 2020}} The PTC's revised project also included a new subway–surface tunnel for subway–surface trolleys underneath the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, continuing from the original western portal at 23rd and Market streets to new portals at 36th and Ludlow streets for Route 10 and 40th Street and Baltimore Avenue for other routes.

On April 11, 1988, a trolley derailed at the station, injuring 27 people.{{cite news |url=http://www.phillytrolley.org/1980Kcars/1980Kcars08.html |title=Driver, Passenger Still Hospitalized in Crash |date=April 11, 1988 |work=Philadelphia Daily News |last=Baker |first=Paul}}

Station layout

The station has two low-level side platforms, each capable of platforming two trolleys at a time. Fares are collected on board trolleys.

References

External links

[https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/SEPTA_Subway-Surface_Streetcar_Lines Images at NYCSubway.org]

Category:SEPTA Metro T stations

Category:Railway stations in Philadelphia

Category:Railway stations in Pennsylvania at university and college campuses

Category:Railway stations located underground in Pennsylvania