2nd Street station is a

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station served by

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L trains in

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. The station is located beneath the intersection of 2nd Street and Market Street in Center City It is the easternmost stop in Center City and also the easternmost underground stop on the line. 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. The station also serves

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and

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along the

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. 2nd Street is also served by SEPTA bus routes 5, 17, 21, 33, 42, and 48.

History

The station opened August 3, 1908 as part of the first extension of the

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's Market Street Subway. The line had originally opened a year earlier between 69th Street and

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. 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

. It was not until November 5, 1922, when trains were extended northeast along the current route of the Market–Frankford elevated. On June 22, 2019, a passenger fell onto the tracks and was killed by an oncoming train.

Station layout

The station has two

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s. East of the station, the tracks turn north in a short tunnel between the northbound and southbound lanes of

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before emerging from a portal just south of the

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and then running on an embankment in the I-95 median through Spring Garden station. It then subsequently leaves the median and then proceeds on an elevated structure above Front Street, Kensington & Frankford Avenues towards

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References

External links

2nd Street-Penn's Landing Station images (World-NYCSubway.org)2nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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