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The 36th Street Portal is a SEPTA subway–surface lines trolley station in
The portal station was opened on October 17, 1955 by the
SEPTA Route 10 map
Flickr – SEPTA 36th StreetPortal images
SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Line stations Railway stations in Philadelphia Railway stations in the United States opened in 1955 1955 establishments in Pennsylvania SEPTA Rapid Transit stations located above ground
Philadelphia
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serving Route 10. The station is located at the corner of 36th and Ludlow streets, one block from Market Street Market Street may refer to:
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. The station is located at a tunnel portal that connects with trackage for the other subway–surface lines.
The station is two blocks north of 36th Street station, an underground station serving the remaining subway–surface routes.
History
The portal station was opened on October 17, 1955 by the Philadelphia Transportation Company
The Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) was the main public transit operator in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1940 to 1968. A private company, PTC was the successor to the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT), in operation since 19 ...
(PTC) as part of a larger project to move portions of the elevated Market Street Line and surface trolleys underground.Puckett, John L. and Mark Frazier Lloyd. , accessed May 31, 2020. The original project to bury the elevated tracks between 23rd to 46th streets was announced by the PTC's predecessor, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
The Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) was the main public transit operator in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1940 to 1968. A private company, PTC was the successor to the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT), in operation since 19 ...
(PRT), in the 1920s, but was delayed due to the Great Depression
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and World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. The PTC's revised project also included a new tunnel for subway–surface trolleys underneath the campus of the University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...
, continuing from the original western portal at 23rd and Market streets to the 36th Street Portal, as well as to 40th Street and Baltimore Avenue for other trolley routes besides the 10.
However, service to the vicinity of 36th and Market streets has existed long before then, as the Route 10 was established in its original form by the PRT in 1906.
Station layout
West of the station, Route 10 runs on surface streets throughWest Philadelphia
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to the Overbrook section of the city. East of the station, trolleys enter the tunnel and continue to Center City Philadelphia
Center City includes the central business district and central neighborhoods of Philadelphia. It comprises the area that made up the City of Philadelphia prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854, which extended the city borders to be coterminous wi ...
.
References
External links
* {{Commonscat-inlineSEPTA Route 10 map
Flickr – SEPTA 36th Street
SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Line stations Railway stations in Philadelphia Railway stations in the United States opened in 1955 1955 establishments in Pennsylvania SEPTA Rapid Transit stations located above ground