Olney Transportation Center

Olney Transportation Center
SEPTA rapid transit station
Location	5600 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°02′20″N 75°08′41″W / 40.0389°N 75.1447°WCoordinates: 40°02′20″N 75°08′41″W / 40.0389°N 75.1447°W
Owned by	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Broad Street Line all trains
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Connections	SEPTA City Buses Greyhound Bus Lines
Construction
Parking	no[1]
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 1, 1928
Rebuilt	1991
Electrified	Third rail (600 volts)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Logan toward AT&T Broad Street Line Local Fern Rock Terminus Erie toward Walnut–Locust Broad Street Line Express Erie toward 8th Street Broad Street Line Ridge Spur

The Olney Transportation Center (also called Olney Terminal) is a SEPTA bus terminal and the last Broad Street Line subway station before the Fern Rock Transportation Center terminus. Trains in the other direction go to South Philadelphia. It is located on Broad Street in the Logan neighborhood of Northern Philadelphia near Einstein Medical Center, La Salle University, Central High School, and the Philadelphia High School for Girls. The Olney neighborhood is a short distance east of the center. The center is named after Olney Avenue and not the neighborhood. It is the second-most traveled terminal or transportation center in SEPTA's organization.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, fare control
P Platform level	Southbound local	← Local toward AT&T (Logan)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left for local trains, right for all other trains
	Southbound express	← Ridge Spur toward 8th Street (Erie) ← Express toward Walnut–Locust(Erie) ← Sports Express toward AT&T (Erie)
	Northbound express	→ Ridge Spur toward Fern Rock (Terminus) → → Express toward Fern Rock (Terminus) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left for local trains, right for all other trains
	Northbound local	→ Local toward Fern Rock (Terminus) →

History

Originally built in 1928, Olney station was the northern terminus of the Broad Street Line until 1956, when it was extended to the Fern Rock Transportation Center. The underground subway station is accessible from both sides of Broad Street including from the bus terminal on the Eastern side of the street and has a food stand inside it. The bus terminal is outdoors with a roof on top and serves buses that serve Philadelphia County, Montgomery County, and Bucks County. It also served trolleys until mid-January 1986, and is near Sigler Travel, a Greyhound Lines bus station. Express and local trains both stop at this station. It has two island platforms, one for the two northbound tracks, and one for the two southbound tracks.

Bus connections

SEPTA City Buses

• Routes 6, 8, 16, 18, 22, 26, 55, 80, and L^[2]

Greyhound Bus Lines

Image gallery

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  The express tracks and platforms at Olney on the Broad Street Line.

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  Olney Terminal in 1984 when it still served the Route 6 trolley.

References

1. Olney T.C.
2. "Broad Street Line Schedule" (PDF). SEPTA. September 5, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.

External links

• SEPTA - Olney Transportation Center
• Olney Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View