Spring Garden (SEPTA Market–Frankford Line station)

For other uses, see Spring Garden station (disambiguation).

Spring Garden

SEPTA rapid transit station

An Upper Darby-bound train leaves Spring Garden Station

Location

600 North Front Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Coordinates

39°57′38″N 75°08′25″W / 39.9606°N 75.1404°WCoordinates: 39°57′38″N 75°08′25″W / 39.9606°N 75.1404°W

Owned by

City of Philadelphia

Line(s)

Market–Frankford Line

Platforms

1 island platform (Market-Frankford)

Tracks

Connections

SEPTA City Buses

History

Opened

May 16, 1977

Electrified

700 volts DC

Services

Preceding station		SEPTA		Following station
2nd Street toward 69th Street		Market–Frankford Line		Girard toward Frankford

Spring Garden Station is an elevated stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the corner of 2nd Street and Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the Northern Liberties neighborhood. It is the final above-ground/outdoor stop for trains before heading into central Philadelphia.

Though SEPTA gives the address as being at 600 North Front Street, the actual location is the median of Interstate 95 over Spring Garden Street. It was built in 1977 when the Market-Frankford Line's tracks were moved to the median of newly extended Interstate 95 for a distance of about 1 mile and replaced the abandoned nearby Fairmount Avenue Station, which was built in 1922 and had been a Skip-Stop "B" station during rush hours. The new station is currently an "All-Stop" station and is nestled in between the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 95 between the highway's Girard Avenue and I-676 interchanges.

Passengers utilizing this station may access such nearby sites as Penn's Landing's Festival Pier, popular Delaware Avenue nightclubs, a branch of the Dave and Busters entertainment complex situated on the Delaware River, and a number of bars, restaurants, and shops in the nearby Northern Liberties neighborhood.

Station layout

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

SEPTA City Bus Connections

SEPTA Routes 25 and 43.

External links

Media related to Spring Garden (SEPTA Market–Frankford Line station) at Wikimedia Commons

Spring Garden Station at night.

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