2nd Street station (SEPTA)

2nd Street station (signed as 2nd Street–Penn's Landing–Old City on platforms) is a subway station on the Market-Frankford Line, beneath the corner of 2nd Street and Market Street in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the easternmost stop in Center City and also the easternmost underground stop on the line.

2nd Street
SEPTA rapid transit station
Station platform
Location	2nd & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39.9498°N 75.1436°W / 39.9498; -75.1436
Owned by	City of Philadelphia (leased to SEPTA)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 5, 17, 33, 48
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	August 3, 1908[1][2]
Electrified	700 volts DC third rail
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station 5th Street / Independence Hall toward 69th Street Market–Frankford Line Spring Garden toward Frankford
Location
2nd Street Location within Philadelphia

The station serves the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, with station signs originally reading "Olde City". The 'e' has been covered on the signs with obvious blue stickers.[3] The station also serves Penn's Landing and Spruce Street Harbor Park along the Delaware River.

2nd Street is also served by SEPTA bus routes 5, 17, 33, and 48 also serve the station.

History

The westbound platform elevator 2nd Street, designed by Murphy Levy Wurman

The station opened August 3, 1908 as part of the first extension of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's Market Street Subway.[2][1] The line had originally opened a year earlier between 69th Street and City Hall.[2][1] The station was the eastern terminal of the line until September 7 of that year, when it was extended to the elevated Market–Chestnut station along the Delaware River.[2] It was not until November 5, 1922, when trains were extended northeast along the current route of the Market–Frankford elevated.[2]

On June 22, 2019, a passenger fell onto the tracks and was killed by an oncoming train.[4]

Station layout

The station has two side platforms. East of the station, the tracks turn north and begin to run elevated above Front Street towards Northeast Philadelphia.

G	Street level	Entrance/exit, buses
M	Mezzanine	Connection between platforms
P Platform level	Side platform with fare control
	Westbound	←      Market–Frankford Line toward 69th Street (5th Street/Independence Hall)
	Eastbound	→      Market–Frankford Line toward Frankford (Spring Garden) →
	Side platform with fare control

References

1. Hepp, John (2013). "Subways and Elevated Lines". The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
2. 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.
3. May 2000 image of 2nd Street Station by Peggy Darlington (WorldNYCSubway.org)
4. Herman, Adam (June 22, 2019). "Person falls, dies on Market-Frankford Line tracks at SEPTA stop in Old City". PhillyVoice. Retrieved June 1, 2020.

External links

• Media related to 2nd Street station (SEPTA) at Wikimedia Commons
• SEPTA – 2nd Street Station
• 2nd Street-Penn's Landing Station images (World-NYCSubway.org)
• 2nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View