11th Street station (SEPTA)

Rapid transit station in Philadelphia February 2025 January 2025 L 11th St SEPTA Metro File:SEPTA M-4 1179 at 11th Street station.jpeg 11th Street station 11th and Market Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. 39.952076 -75.156612 region:US-PA_type:railwaystation inline,title dms City of Philadelphia SEPTA SEPTA 2 side platforms 2 Temporarily closed rail philadelphia SEPTA Regional Rail (at Jefferson) SEPTA City Bus: 17, 23, 33, 38, 44, 45, 48 NJ Transit Bus: 316 400 401 402 404 406 408 409 410 412 414 417 555 Underground Starting in 2027 1908 08 3 2026–2028 SEPTA Metro L1 adj 13th Street 8th–Market yes 15 #SEPTA Metro L rail-metro 11th Street station is a temporarily closed subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the intersection of 11th and Market Streets in Center City. It is served by SEPTA Metro's L and provides a connection to SEPTA Regional Rail at Jefferson Station. The station is part of the Downtown Link concourse, a series of underground passageways outside fare control that access stations on the L, B, PATCO Speedline, and Regional Rail lines.https://iseptaphilly.com/blog/DowntownLink19 Downtown Link Center City Concourse SEPTA September 2, 2019 11th Street also has direct access to the Jefferson Tower and Fashion District Philadelphia shopping mall, and also serves the Pennsylvania Convention Center. History The station opened August 3, 1908 as part of the first extension of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's Market Street Subway.16https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/subways-and-elevated-lines Subways and Elevated Lines Hepp John The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia 2013 The line had originally opened a year earlier between 69th Street and 15th St/City Hall stations. 11th Street is one of three stations on the Market–Frankford Line that is not ADA-accessible, the other two being 34th Street and Front-Spring Garden stations.http://www.septa.org/maps/transit/mfl.html Market-Frankford Line Map SEPTA 2020 June 1, 2020 The addition of elevators in the station was announced in SEPTA's 2021–2032 Capital Program proposal; the station platforms would be rehabilitated and made accessible to passengers with disabilities by 2023 at an estimated cost of $9.51 million.http://septa.org/strategic-plan/FY2021-Capital-Budget-Proposal_04-20-2020.pdf Fiscal Year 2021 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2021–2032 Capital Program Proposal 59 SEPTA April 20, 2020 June 11, 2020 In 2022, SEPTA revised the project's budget to $23.81 million and estimated construction would be complete by 2025.https://planning.septa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SEPTAFY2023CapitalBudgetandFY2023-2024Capital-Program_Final_07-27-2022.pdf Fiscal Year 2023 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2023–2034 Capital Program 106 SEPTA July 2022 March 19, 2023 The project now also includes the renovation of the existing platforms, new signage, lighting, and security cameras, as well as waterproofing improvements. The station is to be temporarily closed from September 5, 2026 through August 30, 2027 to allow for the faster completion of these renovations, which by 2026 were planned to cost $44 million.Sharber Cory Renovations will close SEPTA's 11th Street MFL stop for more than a year WHYY 2026-08-11 https://whyy.org/articles/11th-street-station-septa-closing-elevators/ 2026-08-15Lynch Cherise SEPTA to close 11th Street Station for $44M accessibility project. See renderings NBC 10 Philadelphia 2026-08-06 https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/transportation-and-transit/septa-accessibility-project-11th-street-station/4444294/ 2026-08-15 Construction is planned to be substantially completed by June 2028.L Trains Bypassing 11th St Station, Sept. 5, 2026-Aug. 2027 https://wwww.septa.org/news/11th-st/ septa.org 6 August 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260806161125/https://wwww.septa.org/news/11th-st/ 6 August 2026 Station layout The station has two side platforms. A mezzanine above the platforms is divided into two sections, one inside fare control and one outside of it. Image gallery Pre-renovation References External links 11th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View y Category:SEPTA Metro L stations Category:Railway stations in Philadelphia Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1908 Category:Market East, Philadelphia Category:Railway stations located underground in Pennsylvania Category:1908 establishments in Pennsylvania