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Spring Garden station (Broad Street Line)

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Owned by
  
SEPTA

Opened
  
1 September 1928

Electrified
  
Third rail (600 volts)

Disabled access
  
Yes

Owner
  
SEPTA

Tracks
  
4

Spring Garden station (Broad Street Line)

Location
  
500 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Line(s)
  
Broad Street Line Local   Broad Street Line Express

Platforms
  
2 island platforms cross-platform interchange

Connections
  
SEPTA City Bus: 4, 16, 43

Address
  
Philadelphia, PA 19123, United States

Similar
  
Walnut–Locust station, AT&T Station, Fern Rock Transportation Center, Tasker–Morris station, Girard station

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.

References

Spring Garden station (Broad Street Line) Wikipedia