Spring Garden (SEPTA Broad Street Line station)

Spring Garden
SEPTA rapid transit station
Mezzanine Level at Spring Garden Station. This station is currently being renovated.
Location	500 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′44″N 75°09′41″W / 39.9621°N 75.1615°WCoordinates: 39°57′44″N 75°09′41″W / 39.9621°N 75.1615°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, 43
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 1, 1928
Rebuilt	2009-2012
Electrified	Third rail (600 volts)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Race-Vine toward AT&T Broad Street Line Local Fairmount toward Fern Rock Race-Vine toward Walnut–Locust Broad Street Line Express Girard toward Fern Rock

Spring Garden is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street Subway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is an express station with four tracks and two island platforms. Spring Garden is the northernmost station in Center City, serving Community College of Philadelphia, the School District of Philadelphia Building, the Inquirer Building (home of Philadelphia newspapers the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News), Ben Franklin High School and miscellaneous office buildings, restaurants, and clubs. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is ten blocks west of the station while the Northern Liberties neighborhood lies approximately eight blocks east. Near this station is Masterman Laboratory & Demonstration School. There are numerous restaurants and shops nearby which makes this a very busy station.

Spring Garden station is the seventh busiest station on the Broad Street Line, with 10,000 riders a day.^[1]

Station layout

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

References

1. Fiscal Year 2008 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2008–2019 Capital Program. SEPTA (27 May 2007)

External links

• SEPTA - Spring Garden BSL Station
• Spring Garden Street entrance from Google Maps Street View