11th Street station (SEPTA)
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 11th Street station | |||||||||||||
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| Other names | 11th Street–Pennsylvania Convention Center | ||||||||||||
| Location | 11th and Market Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°57′07″N 75°09′24″W / 39.952076°N 75.156612°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | No, planned[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | August 3, 1908[2][3] | ||||||||||||
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11th Street station (signed as 11th Street–Pennsylvania Convention Center on platforms) is a subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the intersection of 11th and Market Streets in Center City. It is served by SEPTA's Market–Frankford Line and provides a connection to SEPTA Regional Rail at Jefferson Station.
The station is part of the Downtown Link concourse, a series of underground passageways outside fare control that access stations on the Market–Frankford Line, Broad Street Line, PATCO Speedline, and Regional Rail lines.[4] 11th Street also has direct access to the Jefferson Tower and Fashion District Philadelphia shopping mall, and also serves the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
History
[edit]The station opened August 3, 1908 as part of the first extension of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's Market Street Subway.[2][3] The line had originally opened a year earlier between 69th Street and 15th Street stations.[2][3]
11th Street is one of three stations on the Market–Frankford Line that is not ADA-accessible, the other two being 34th Street and Spring Garden stations.[5] The addition of elevators in the station was announced in SEPTA's 2021–2032 Capital Program proposal; the station platforms would be rehabilitated and made accessible to passengers with disabilities by 2023 at an estimated cost of $9.51 million.[1] In 2022, SEPTA revised the project's budget to $23.81 million and estimated construction would be complete by 2025.[6] The project now also includes the renovation of the existing platforms, new signage, lighting, and security cameras, as well as waterproofing improvements.[6]
Station layout
[edit]The station has two side platforms. A mezzanine above the platforms is divided into two sections, one inside fare control and one outside of it.
Image gallery
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Station entrance on 11th Street -
Track view -
11th Street station tiles -
A train bound for 69th Street Transportation Center arrives at the station -
An entrance to station is shared with Jefferson Station on 11th Street -
Crossover mezzanine -
Underground station access to Jefferson Tower -
Transfer area between Jefferson Station and 11th Street station
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Fiscal Year 2021 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2021–2032 Capital Program Proposal" (PDF). SEPTA. April 20, 2020. p. 59. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
- ^ a b c Cox, Harold E. (1967). May, Jack (ed.). The Road from Upper Darby. The Story of the Market Street Subway-Elevated. New York, NY: Electric Railroaders' Association. p. 16. OCLC 54770701.
- ^ a b c Hepp, John (2013). "Subways and Elevated Lines". The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
- ^ "Downtown Link Center City Concourse". SEPTA. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ "Market-Frankford Line Map". SEPTA. 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ a b "Fiscal Year 2023 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2023–2034 Capital Program" (PDF). SEPTA. July 2022. p. 106. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
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