Race–Vine (SEPTA station)

Race-Vine
SEPTA rapid transit station
BSL Race-Vine northbound platform
Location	300 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA
Coordinates	39°57′30″N 75°09′44″W / 39.9582°N 75.1623°WCoordinates: 39°57′30″N 75°09′44″W / 39.9582°N 75.1623°W
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Broad Street Line Local   Broad Street Line Express
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 4, 16 NJT Bus: 400, 401, 402, 404, 406, 408, 410, 412, 414, 417 (at Broad & Cherry Streets)
Construction
Structure type	underground
Disabled access	Cross-platform transfers only
History
Opened	September 1, 1928
Electrified	Third rail (600 volts)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station City Hall toward AT&T Broad Street Line Local Spring Garden toward Fern Rock City Hall toward Walnut–Locust Broad Street Line Express

Race-Vine is a rapid transit passenger rail station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line.^[1] It is located at 300 North Broad Street(PA 611) in Philadelphia, and serves both local and express trains. The station is named after Vine Street, which today acts as frontage roads along Interstate 676 and nearby Race Street, although the given address is closer to westbound Vine than Race. This stop is also used as the Pennsylvania Convention Center stop for the Broad Street Line (signs will direct passengers to the appropriate exits, although riding the Broad Street Line one stop further south to City Hall and then connecting to the Market–Frankford Line East toward Frankford and then exiting at 11th Street station will bring passengers right inside the Convention Center and The Gallery at Market East).

In addition to the Convention Center and other sights on the westernmost edge of Chinatown, the Race-Vine station serves several office buildings, Magee (Thomas Jefferson University) Rehabilitation Center, Roman Catholic High School, the School of Nursing campus of Drexel University, and Hahnemann University Hospital.

Passengers may connect to SEPTA City Bus Routes 4,16, and 27 here, in addition to a number of NJ Transit bus routes, which board on the northeast corner of Broad Street and Vine Street. Until the mid-90's there was a concourse leading you up Broad Street from City Hall to Race Street side of the station.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, fare control
P Platform level	Southbound local	← Local toward AT&T (City Hall)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left for local trains, right for express trains
	Southbound express	← Express toward Walnut–Locust (City Hall) ← Sports Express toward AT&T (City Hall)
	Northbound express	→ Express toward Fern Rock (Spring Garden) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left for local trains, right for express trains
	Northbound local	→ Local toward Fern Rock (Spring Garden) →

References

1. "Official web page".

External links

Media related to Race–Vine (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA - Race-Vine BSL Station
• Vine Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Race Street entrance from Google Maps Street View