Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal
{{Short description|Intercity bus station in Philadelphia}}
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| name=Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal
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| image_caption=Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal in November 2018
| address=618 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107
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| bus_operators= {{rint|bus}} {{rint|US|Greyhound}} Greyhound Lines
{{rint|bus}} Fullington Trailways
{{rint|bus}} Martz Trailways
{{rint|bus}} Peter Pan Bus Lines
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{{rint|subway}} {{rint|philadelphia|MFL}} at 11th Street
{{bus icon|12px|City Bus}} SEPTA City Bus
{{bus icon|12px|NJT Bus}} NJ Transit regional and suburban buses to South Jersey
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| status=Closed
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The Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal was the primary intercity bus station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station's function relocated to 618 Market Street between Sixth and Seventh Streets in Center City Philadelphia. Prior to relocating to its current Market Street location on June 27, 2023, the terminal was located at 1001 Filbert Street in Center City Philadelphia.
In 2013 the terminal was the third-busiest Greyhound bus station in the U.S.{{cite web|url=http://www.greyhound.com/en/about/factsandfigures.aspx|title=Top Ten Busiest Terminals Based on Passenger Volume in 2013|publisher=Greyhound Lines, Inc.|access-date=2010-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204033120/http://www.greyhound.com/en/about/factsandfigures.aspx|archive-date=2010-12-04|url-status=dead}}
The station contained seating areas, a full service ticket counters, a snack bar, food and beverage vending machines, televisions, video games, pay telephones, and restrooms.
History
The site of the Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal was originally the location of the Harrison Stores building, which burned down in 1984 while under renovation. In 1985, the building was demolished and replaced with the bus station. Prior to this, the Greyhound bus station was at the current site of the BNY Mellon Center at 1735 Market Street.{{Cite news |last=DiStefano |first=Joseph N. |title=Proposed Sixers arena site would expand across Filbert Street |url=https://www.inquirer.com/business/sixers-arena-expands-chinatown-greyhound-station-filbert-street-20220801.html |access-date=2022-08-02 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |language=en}}
On August 2, 2022, it was announced that the Philadelphia 76ers planned to buy the site of the Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal in order to construct the 76 Place at Market East arena that was planned to open in 2031 (the arena project was abandoned in January 2025{{cite news|url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/sixers-arena-south-philly-center-city-20250112.html|title=The 76ers have struck a deal with Comcast Spectacor to stay in South Philly and abandon plans for a Center City arena|date=January 13, 2025|access-date=January 13, 2025|first1=Jake|last1=Blumgart|first2=Sean|last2=Collins|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}). Walsh As a result, the Greyhound terminal would have to relocate, with possible locations including the former Philadelphia Police Department headquarters at 750 Race Street and the area of 30th Street Station.
On June 27, 2023, Greyhound moved their bus terminal from 10th and Filbert streets to a storefront along Market Street between 6th and 7th streets. The move was made as part of Greyhound shifting from a model with terminal bus stops to curbside bus stops. The bus terminal along Market Street, which serves Greyhound, Peter Pan, and Flixbus, consists of a building with ticket machines and an office staffed by agents, with the buses stopping along the curb. The terminal does not have restrooms or a shelter to protect riders waiting for buses from the elements. The relocation of the bus terminal has drawn criticism from riders.{{cite news|last=Rinde|first=Meir|title=Greyhound's bus station move leads to dead-end on Cuthbert and crowds of customers on Market|publisher=BillyPenn|date=July 6, 2023|url=https://billypenn.com/2023/07/06/greyhound-philadelphia-relocates-bus-station-center-city/|access-date=July 6, 2023}}
Former services
=National provider=
File:Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal bus gates November 2018.jpeg
- Greyhound Lines, the primary intercity bus carrier in the United States, Greyhound provided direct, one seat ride service between the bus terminal and a number of cities and towns both within and outside of Pennsylvania. Some of those cities and large towns include:
- In Pennsylvania, Allentown, Doylestown, Easton, Harrisburg, Norristown, Pittsburgh, Scranton, Stroudsburg
- Outside of Pennsylvania, Albuquerque, Atlantic City, Baltimore, Boston, Columbus, Dayton, Denver, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Newark, New York, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Richmond, St. Louis, Washington, Wilmington
Greyhound also provided connecting service to other in-state and out-of-state destinations via transfers.
=Interregional providers=
File:NJT bus Philadelphia.jpg bus at Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal]]
Various interregional bus companies also provided direct service to and from the Philadelphia bus terminal. The companies and some of the key locations they served included:
- Fullington Trailways - Allentown, Bloomsburg, Clearfield, Danville, DuBois, Hazleton, Harrisburg, Jim Thorpe, King of Prussia, Lewisburg, Lewistown, Lehighton, Lock Haven, Philipsburg, Quakertown, State College, Williamsport
- Martz Trailways - Allentown, Quakertown, Scranton, White Haven, Wilkes-Barre
- Peter Pan Bus Lines - Baltimore, New York City, Washington, D.C. (pooled service with Greyhound ended 27 September 2017){{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/08/29/greyhound-peter-pan-will-split-and-rivals-again/NUe8YqNnDgxpsPjHhn2HWO/story.html|title=Greyhound, Peter Pan will split up and be rivals again - The Boston Globe|work=BostonGlobe.com|access-date=September 14, 2017}}
Like Greyhound, the Trailways providers' services connect with other bus routes in the Greyhound/Trailways system to allow trips to other regional and national destinations.
Connections
The Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal offered connections to SEPTA Regional Rail at Jefferson Station and the Market–Frankford Line at 11th Street station. Several SEPTA bus routes ({{SEPTA bus link|17|23|33|38|44|47m|48}}, and {{SEPTA bus link|61}}) stop one block away from the terminal on Market Street. In addition. several NJ Transit bus routes ({{NJ bus link|400|401|402|404|406|410|412|414|417|551}}, and {{NJ bus link|555}}) stop in Center City Philadelphia as close as one block from the Greyhound Bus Terminal on Market Street. NJ Transit formerly provided regional bus service to the Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal via routes {{NJ bus link|313|315|316|317|408|409}}, and {{NJ bus link|551}}. NJ Transit service to Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal ended on February 28, 2022 due to the reconfiguration of the bus station. The 551 bus was changed to start at 10th and Market streets while the remaining buses were changed to start at the Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden, New Jersey, with free transfers to buses operating into Philadelphia.{{cite web|title=UPDATE: Bus Route Nos. 313, 315, 317, 408, 409 & 551: Bus Service Changes at Greyhound Terminal in Philadelphia – Beginning Monday, February 28, 2022|publisher=NJ Transit|url=https://www.njtransit.com/service-advisory/1481092|access-date=March 30, 2022}}