19th Street (SEPTA Station)
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19th Street station is an underground trolley station serving all routes of the
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T in
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. It is located underneath Market Street in Center City. The station was opened by the
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in 1907. Touches of the original 1907 station, such as columns and railings, still remain. The station lies in the heart of Philadelphia's financial district, steps away from the
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and two blocks north of
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.


History

The station was built by the
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(PRT), and for the first two years formed part of a subway–surface trolley loop operating underground between and the Schuylkill River. In 1907, the Market Street subway–elevated line was completed from 15th Street to . The original line featured a bridge – located north of Market Street and south of Filbert Street – that carried both the subway and subway–surface lines over the
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. The PRT bridge connected trolley lines in West Philadelphia to the underground subway–surface loop in Center City. 19th Street was originally the westernmost underground trolley station, as tracks rose up to an embankment west of the station to cross the PRT bridge. The station was originally served by Subway Surface Routes 10, 11, 31, 34, 37 and 38. Route 31 was removed from the subway in 1949 because PTC could no longer detour the line around the subway extension construction. Since Route 31’s routing was hit the most with line running on Market Street, PTC converted the line into a West Philadelphia Shuttle from 46th & Market streets to 70th & Lansdowne until conversion to bus on June 19, 1956. Route 37 was replaced by Elmwood Avenue’s Route 36 and the Westinghouse routing was absorbed in November 6, 1955. Route 38 was converted to bus on the same day the eastbound portion of the subway extension opened on October 15, 1955. Route 13 was added to the subway surface tunnel on September 9, 1956 when Chestnut and Walnut streets rail service was converted to bus on September 8, 1956. Route 13’s partner Route 42 did not receive the same treatment as Route 13 and simply converted to bus. Route 36 replaced Route 37 in the subway surface tunnel on November 6, 1955. Routes 10, 11 & 34 were simply rerouted into the new subway portals at 36th & Ludlow streets (Route 10) and 40th Street & Woodland Avenue (Routes 11 & 34) on October 15, 1955.


Station layout

Similar to 22nd Street station, the station has two low-level
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s with a total of four tracks. The two inner tracks are used by
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trains, which travel express between
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and 30th Street. There are
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turnstiles on the westbound platform for fare collection, enabling all-door boarding and reducing the time required for fare collection. Fares must still be paid at the on-board farebox in the eastbound direction.


References


External links

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19th Street Subway-Surface Trolley Line station (The Subway Nut)
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