46th Street station (SEPTA)

46th Street station is an elevated SEPTA rapid transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located above the intersection of Farragut, 46th, and Market Streets in the Mill Creek neighborhood of West Philadelphia, and serves the Market-Frankford Line.

46th Street
SEPTA rapid transit station
The station exterior as viewed from 46th Street
Location46th, Farragut, and Market Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39.9585°N 75.2141°W / 39.9585; -75.2141
Owned bySoutheastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsSEPTA City Bus: 31, 64
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedMarch 4, 1907[1][2]
RebuiltApril 14, 2008[3]
Electrified700 volts DC third rail
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
52nd Street
toward 69th Street
 Market–Frankford Line 40th Street
toward Frankford
Former services
Preceding station Philadelphia Transportation Company Following station
52nd Street
toward 69th Street
 Market Elevated 40th Street
toward Frankford
Location
46th Street
Location within Philadelphia

The station is also served by SEPTA bus routes 31 and 64.

History

46th Street station is one of the original Market Street Elevated stations built by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company; the line opened for service on March 4, 1907 between 69th Street and 15th Street stations.[1][2]

The station was closed from June 2006 to April 2008 as part of a multi-phase reconstruction of the entire western Market Street Elevated.[4] The renovated station, which included new elevators, escalators, lighting, and other infrastructure, as well as a new brick station house, reopened on April 14, 2008,[3] The project resulted in the station becoming compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

A train on the westbound platform in 2018

Station layout

The station has two side platforms. The station house is located at the southeast corner of Market and Farragut streets, but there are also two exit-only staircases descending to the west side of the intersection.

Immediately east of the station, the trains go underground into the Market Street subway. A stub from when the elevated section used to continue along Market Street was once present, but was removed when the structure was replaced during renovations.[5]

P
Platform level		 Side platform 
Westbound ←      Market–Frankford Line toward 69th Street (52nd Street)
Eastbound →      Market–Frankford Line toward Frankford (40th Street) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, connection between platforms
G Street level Station house, buses

References
  1. 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.
  2. Hepp, John (2013). "Subways and Elevated Lines". The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
  3. "Market Street Elevated (MSE) Reconstruction Project". SEPTA. Archived from the original on November 15, 2008.
  4. "SEPTA 'Elebrates' End Of Project". September 11, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  5. May 30, 2005 image of old El stub at 45th Street (World NYC Subway.org)

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