13th Street station (SEPTA)

Rapid transit station in Philadelphia February 2025 February 2025 LT 13th St SEPTA Metro 13thSt L1 platform T banner jpg.jpg 13th Street L1 Eastbound platform 13th and Market streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 39 57 7 N 75 9 41 W region:US-PA_type:railwaystation inline,title dms City of Philadelphia SEPTA SEPTA 3 side platforms 2 SEPTA City Bus: 17, 33, 38, 44, 48 SEPTA Suburban Bus: 124 125 12px NJT Bus NJ Transit Bus: 316 400 401 402 404 406 408 409 410 412 414 417 555 Underground L,T: Yes13th St Station - SEPTA https://www.septa.org/stations/13th-st www.septa.org 23 March 2025 en 1908 08 3 13th/Juniper Streetshttps://www.transitmap.net/septa-1983/ SEPTA High Speed System July 1983 SEPTA Transit Maps June 1, 2020Juniper Street (subway–surface) (1908-2011)SEPTA 13th/Juniper Street MFL station (Archived; May 2008)SEPTA Juniper Subway-Surface Lines Station (Archived; May 2008) yes SEPTA Metro L1 adj 15th Street/City Hall 8th–Market 8th Street 15th Street/City Hall 11th Street Temporarily closed T1 adj 15th Street/City Hall T2 adj 15th Street/City Hall T3 adj 15th Street/City Hall T4 adj 15th Street/City Hall T5 adj 15th Street/City Hall yes 15 #000 rail-metro 13th Street station is a SEPTA rapid transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, located under Market Street between 13th and Juniper streets in Center City. The station serves the SEPTA Metro L and is the eastern terminal station for all five routes of the T. 13th Street is located on the east side of City Hall and Penn Square and is connected to the Downtown Link concourse, a collection of underground passageways serving multiple 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 The station is also served by bus routes operated by SEPTA's City Transit Division and Suburban Division, as well as NJ Transit Bus routes. The T platform was known as Juniper Street until 2011.Image 72929, nycsubway.org The station was signed as 13th/Juniper Streets on maps at the time. History The station opened on 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 Street stations. The Downtown Link and associated underground corridors surrounding the station are expected to undergo a two-year renovation project in conjunction with renovations to the B 15th Street/City Hall station platforms.https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2018/06/20/septa-new-city-hall-broad-street-line-concourse.html See SEPTA's redesigned City Hall subway station concourse (Video) Philadelphia Business Journal June 20, 2018 Rose Kennedy June 1, 2020 L platforms left|thumb|L1 Eastbound fare zone dividers with original PTC trolley in SEPTA headquarters The L platforms are located one floor below ground level, connected to the Downtown Link concourse. The south concourse, accessible from the eastbound platform, features direct underground access to SEPTA's headquarters and transit museum, located at 1234 Market Street. Market–Frankford trains continue west via Market Street across the Schuylkill River to serve West Philadelphia and Upper Darby, and continue east along Market until Front Street, turning north towards Northeast Philadelphia. T platform left|thumb|Subway–surface platform in 2017, showing the station's current name The platform for all T routes is located two stories below ground level. The station is located at the end of the subway–surface line on a balloon loop parallel to Juniper Street and features a single track with all trolleys operating in the same direction. Inbound trolleys discharge passengers on the southernmost portion of the platform. The trolleys then proceed to pick up passengers at either Berth 1 or Berth 2. Routes 10, 11 and 13 board at Berth 1, which is located on the northernmost portion of the platform. Routes 34 and 36 board at Berth 2, which is in the center of the platform. Upon departure of the station, the track wraps around and heads west towards 15th Street station. It also features a short spur track to the northeast that was formerly used to park occasional stranded or dead trolleys. The track was recently disconnected from the main line due to unsuccessful attempts to tie it into the trolleys' communications-based train control signaling system.June 2020 Station layout The stations has two high-level side platforms for the Market–Frankford trains and one low-level side platform for subway–surface trolleys. Fare control and Downtown Link concourse access are both on the upper platform level. Image gallery References External links Juniper Street entrance from Google Maps Street View 13th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View 12th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View y y y y y y autocollapse Category:SEPTA Metro L stations Category:SEPTA Metro T stations 13th Juniper Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1908 Category:Railway stations located underground in Pennsylvania Category:1908 establishments in Pennsylvania