Walnut–Locust station

{{Short description|Rapid transit station in Philadelphia}}

{{about|Center City Philadelphia subway station|the trolley station in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania|Walnut Street station (SEPTA)}}

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{{Infobox station

| name = {{SEPTA Metro infobox header|B|Walnut–Locust}}

| style = SEPTA Metro

| image = Walnut Locust 2.jpg

| image_caption = Walnut–Locust station platform

| address = 200 South Broad Street

| borough = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| coordinates = {{coord|39.9493|-75.1643|region:US-PA_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}

| owned = City of Philadelphia

| operator = {{ric|SEPTA}} SEPTA

| platform = 2 island platforms

| tracks = 4

| connections = {{Unbulleted list

| {{rint|subway}} {{rint|philadelphia|patco}} (at {{stl|PATCO|12–13th & Locust}} or {{stl|PATCO|15-16th & Locust}})

| {{Bus icon|12px|City Bus}} SEPTA City Bus: {{SEPTA bus link|4|9|12|21|27|32|42}}

}}

| opened = April 20, 1930

| structure = Underground

| accessible = Yes, except transfer to PATCO at 12-13th & Locust

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

|line1=B1 adj|left=Lombard–South|right=15th Street/City Hall

|line2=B2 adj|right2=15th Street/City Hall

|line3=B2 adj|left3=NRG|note-left3=special events|right3=15th Street/City Hall|to-left3=NRG}}

| mapframe = yes

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

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Walnut–Locust is a subway station on the SEPTA Metro B in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is located between Walnut Street and Locust Street at 200 South Broad Street in the Avenue of the Arts district of Center City, Philadelphia.

Walnut–Locust is served by local trains, special express trains for sporting events, and is the southern terminus for express trains, which reverse direction on tracks immediately south of the station. On the special service, the station is the last stop before its terminus at the NRG station.

It is the southernmost station in the Center City Concourse, the 500,000+ sq ft underground pedestrian concourse in Center City, which extends to Spruce Street.{{cite web|title=Center City Concourse Improvement Program|url=http://septa.org/rebuilding/center-city-councourses/overview.html|access-date=21 March 2018}} The concourse connects to 15th Street/City Hall, the L, T, Regional Rail and PATCO Speedline's 12–13th & Locust Station and 15–16th & Locust Station. No free interchange is available.

Passengers utilizing Walnut–Locust station may access the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the Bellevue shops and restaurants, and the Academy of Music. Seven blocks east of the station lies Washington Square, while Rittenhouse Square lies four blocks west.

History

Walnut–Locust station was built by the city of Philadelphia and opened on April 20, 1930.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/SEPTA_Broad_Street_Subway|title=world.nycsubway.org: SEPTA Broad Street Subway|website=www.nycsubway.org|access-date=2019-01-29}} This extended express trains one stop south from their initial terminus at City Hall station.

Gallery

broadstconcourse2018a.jpg|Station entrance separated from common complex

broadstconcourse20181.jpg|Platform signage

broadstconcourse2018c.jpg|Tile work at the station

File:Entrée Broad Street Line.JPG|Entrance from the northwest corner of Walnut Street and South Broad Street.

broadstconcourse.jpg|Station entrance via the South Broad Street concourse

broadstconcourse2018b.jpg|Signs pointing towards PATCO trains

broadstconcourse2018d.jpg|Entrance to station complex at Broad and Locust

broadstconcourse2018e.jpg|Transfer tunnel to PATCO trains

broadstconcourse2018f.jpg|PATCO mezzanine at 15-16 and Locust

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