Suburban Station

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Suburban Station
SEPTA Regional Rail commuter station
Suburban Station Facade.jpg
Front entrance of Suburban Station
Location 16th Street & JFK Boulevard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owned by SEPTA
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Platforms 5 island platforms
Tracks 8
Connections Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.City Bus SEPTA City Bus: 2, 4, 16, 17, 27, 31, 32, 33, 38, 44, 48, 62, 121
Suburban Bus SEPTA Suburban Bus: 124, 125
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone C
History
Opened September 28, 1930
Rebuilt January 9, 2007 (completion)
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 24,198 (Weekday)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA.svg SEPTA   Following station
Airport Line
Terminus
Chestnut Hill East Line
Chestnut Hill West Line
toward Cynwyd
Cynwyd Line Terminus
Fox Chase Line
toward Fox Chase
Lansdale/Doylestown Line
toward Doylestown
Manayunk/Norristown Line
toward Elwyn
Media/Elwyn Line
toward Thorndale
Paoli/Thorndale Line
toward Trenton
Trenton Line
Warminster Line
toward Warminster
West Trenton Line
toward West Trenton
toward Newark
Wilmington/Newark Line
  Former services  
BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak
toward Harrisburg
Keystone Service
Silverliner Service
toward 
Silverliner Service (1973-1975)
toward 
Pennsylvania Railroad
toward Paoli
Paoli Line Terminus
toward Pottsville
Schuylkill Branch
toward West Chester
West Chester Branch
toward Wilmington
Wilmington Line
Chestnut Hill Line
toward Trenton
Trenton Line
Suburban Station Building
File:Suburban station.JPG
Aerial view of Suburban Station
Suburban Station is located in Pennsylvania
Suburban Station
Location 1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Built 1929
Architect Graham, Anderson, Probst & White; Stewart, Joseph, & Co.
Architectural style Art Deco
NRHP Reference # 85001962[1]
Added to NRHP September 05, 1985

Suburban Station is an art deco office building and underground commuter rail station in Penn Center, Philadelphia. Its official SEPTA address is 16th Street and JFK Boulevard.[2] The station is owned and operated by SEPTA and is one of the three core Center City stations on the SEPTA Regional Rail. The station was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad to replace the original Broad Street Station and opened on September 28, 1930.

History

The station opened as a stub-end terminal for Pennsylvania Railroad trains serving Center City Philadelphia, intended to replace the above-ground Broad Street Station in this function. The station's full name was originally Broad Street Suburban Station. One Penn Center served as the headquarters of the PRR from 1930 to 1957.

From 1973 to 1981 the Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) provided service to the station with its Silverliner Service. From 1973-1975 the Silverliner Service ran from Harrisburg to the North Philadelphia station.[3] In 1975, Silverliner service was extended to New York City. However, with the extension the routing was altered such that all trains would stop at the 30th Street Station both before and after stopping this station.[4] In 1981 the Silverliner Service was re-branded the Keystone Service.[5] Amtrak ended service to the station in 1988.[6]

Plans for a tunnel to link the Pennsylvania and Reading commuter lines were floated as early as the 1950s, but funding to seriously study the project did not start until the late 1960s. The project languished in the 1970s due to lack of funding until federal money was appropriated during Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo's time in office.

Suburban Station was originally a stub-end terminal station with 8 tracks and 4 platforms until 1984 when the Center City Commuter Connection project extended four of those tracks eastward to the new Market East Station (now Jefferson Station), widened two of the existing platforms, realigned the tracks and added a fifth platform. The recently renovated 21-story building above is also the core of the Penn Center office complex, and is known as One Penn Center at Suburban Station. The office building attained an Energy Star Rating in 2009.[7]

BLT Architects transformed Suburban Station in 2006. The station was redesigned to make navigation easier and adapt to current pedestrian traffic.[8] Upgrades included increased retail space, a reactivated and improved HVAC system, and a restored/refurbished waiting area. The station is now in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The Comcast Center, situated on the north half of its block near Arch Street, adds a "winter garden" on the south side, which serves as a new back entrance to the station, with the commuter rail tracks about 50 feet below street level.

Services

File:Suburban Station Platforms.jpg
Regional Rail Platforms

All SEPTA Regional Rail trains stop at this station. All run through except those on the Cynwyd Line as well as some limited/express trains which terminate on one of the stub-end tracks at this station. Through trains usually change crews at this station.

The station has an extensive concourse level above track level. This concourse has SEPTA ticket offices, retail shops and restaurants, and access to other SEPTA stations and to several Center City buildings. The connections include the Broad Street Line at the City Hall station and the Market-Frankford Line and Subway-Surface Lines at the 15th Street station.

Station layout

B1 Concourse Waiting area, ticketing, shops, exits
B2
Track
level
Track 0 [Limited use]
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Track 1 Manayunk/Norristown Line toward Norristown (Jefferson)

Fox Chase Line toward Fox Chase (Jefferson)
Lansdale/Doylestown Line toward Doylestown (Jefferson)

Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Track 2 Warminster Line toward Warminster (Jefferson)

West Trenton Line toward West Trenton (Jefferson)
Chestnut Hill East Line toward Chestnut Hill East (Jefferson)

Track 3 Media/Elwyn Line toward Elwyn (30th Street Station)

Wilmington/Newark Line toward Newark (30th Street Station)
Airport Line toward Airport (30th Street Station)
Chestnut Hill West Line toward Chestnut Hill West (30th Street Station)

Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Track 4

Trenton Line toward Trenton Transit Center (30th Street Station)
Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Thorndale (30th Street Station)

Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Track 5 [Limited use]
Track 6

Cynwyd Line toward Cynwyd (30th Street Station)

Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Track 7

Paoli/Thorndale Line express to/from Thorndale (30th Street Station)

References

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  2. SEPTA | Suburban Station
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  8. BLTa Architects: Suburban Station

External links

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