Eastwick Loop (SEPTA station)

Eastwick Loop
SEPTA tram station
Restroom at the center of Eastwick Loop
Location	Island Road @ Eightieth Street & Eastwick Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°53′56″N 75°14′22″W / 39.8988°N 75.2394°WCoordinates: 39°53′56″N 75°14′22″W / 39.8988°N 75.2394°W
Owned by	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Subway–Surface Trolleys Route 36
Electrified	Overhead lines
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Terminus Subway–Surface Trolleys Route 36 Elmwood Carhouse toward 13th Street

The Eastwick Loop is the Western terminus of the SEPTA Subway-Surface Route 36 trolley at Island Road near the former 80th Street intersection in the Eastwick neighborhood of Southwest Philadelphia. Trolleys run from here to Center City Philadelphia. The station is near Island Avenue and I-95. The Eastwick Station of the SEPTA Regional Rail Line to Philadelphia International Airport is within walking distance of the station. From the Eastwick Loop, the trolleys travel in a reserved, unpaved median along Island Avenue until entering the street at Buist Avenue. There are a series of unnamed stations on that portion of the line.

History

Eastwick Loop in its current form was established during the 1980s. Prior to that point the western terminus of the Route 36 trolley was moved around to several locations in southwestern Philadelphia. Service was cut back to 94th Street & Eastwick Avenue on September 9, 1956, then again to 88th Street on August 15, 1962, and a third time to 84th Street on January 5, 1966. Service was restored to 88th Street on December 11, 1972, before being truncated to its current terminus at 80th Street on April 26, 1975. In 1985, Island Avenue was converted into a new bridge over the SEPTA Airport Line near the station, and the intersection of 80th Street and Eastwick Avenue was replaced by a frontage road loop on the north side of the tracks.^[1] Today's current trolley loop is located on the northwest corner of this bridge. Some of the former termini of the line are now located within the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum.

References

1. ISLAND AVENUE over SEPTA; FRONTAGE ROAD - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (UglyBridges.com)

External links

• SEPTA Route 36 Map

A pair of Route 36 trolleys stop at the platform before crossing the Island Avenue frontage road into the loop.