Replaced by the current Spring Garden Station in the median of theĬurrent plans call for the rebuilding of the Market El On the Frankford side, construction of Interstate 95įorced a reroute and closed the Fairmount Station which has been This new subway is shared by the LRV Subway-Surface cars. Stations were located at 34th Street and 30th Street. St, with two tracks from 36th to 42nd Streets. In 1947Ĭonstruction of a four track subway commenced from 32nd St. Section from 22nd to 32nd was completed first, but funds ran out andĬlearance problems arose so the tracks were unused. To 46th Street allowing demolition of this portion of the el. Later on, the city extended the subway from 22nd Street The current A-B skip stop service pattern dates from The final end of the Ferry Branch came on To close permanently in 1943 but World War II increased ridership and

Replaced by a shuttle bus from 2nd and Market. Until 1937 when the Ferry branch was served daytimes only At this time, the Ferry route alternated service with Frankford The Frankford elevated section was completed inġ922. These last two stations were knownĪs the Ferry Line. Line was extended to Chestnut and Market. service was extended to 2nd and Market, and on the At first, a surface trolley car was rerouted to the new subway,Īnd the first heavy rail subway train ran on (as a test

Main rupture at 6th and Market, but the line opened on December 18th,ġ906. The el, the remains of which can be seen from the 46th Street Station.Īs in New York, Philadelphia had its share ofĬonstruction accidents, such as an explosion on due to a gas Later construction extended subway service replacing part of Underground construction started in April, 1909 at 23rd The river bridge started construction in July,ġ903, prior to the construction of the el, and was completed in Augustġ905. In August, 1906, in two sections: from 63rd St.

New York's IRT subway opened, with the building of the concreteĮlevated support foundations. Construction began on October 17, 1904, ten days before The Market Street line, known locally as 'the el', datesīack to 1903 when the PRT (Philadelphia Rapid Transit) bought out itsĬompetitors. The Market Street subway and the Frankford Elevated. The Market-Frankford Line consists of two main sections:

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