5th Street (SEPTA station)

5th Street
SEPTA rapid transit station
Fifth Street station platform
Location	Fifth & Market Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′02″N 75°08′56″W / 39.9505°N 75.1488°WCoordinates: 39°57′02″N 75°08′56″W / 39.9505°N 75.1488°W
Owned by	City of Philadelphia, leased to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Market–Frankford Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1908
Electrified	700 volts DC
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station 8th Street toward 69th Street Market–Frankford Line 2nd Street toward Frankford

5th Street is a subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the corner of 5th Street and Market Street, served by SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line.

The station is known as 5th Street on the Market-Frankford Line. It is the only station on the line within the Center City Philadelphia limits where riders must exit the station and cross the street if they wish to travel in the opposite direction; no underground cross-walk is provided.

Riders departing at 5th Street have easy access to such Philadelphia landmarks as the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the National Constitution Center, the National Museum of American Jewish History, the Philadelphia Bourse^[1] and Philadelphia's Federal Courthouse.

As of 2011, 5th Street Station is one of SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line stations to be wheelchair accessible.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, fare control
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← Market–Frankford Line toward 69th Street (8th Street)
	Eastbound	→ Market–Frankford Line toward Frankford (2nd Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

SEPTA City Bus Connections

• SEPTA Routes 17, 33, 38, 44 and 48.

Image gallery

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  Site of the now demolished KYW AM Radio & TV building, where an entrance to Fifth Street station can barely be seen behind the newsstand.

References

1. philadelphiabuildings.org

External links

• SEPTA - 5th Street MFL Station
• 5th Street-Independence Station images (World-NYCSubway.org)
• 5th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View