SEPTA's subway–surface trolley route 34, also called the Baltimore Avenue subway line, is a
trolley line operated by the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) that connects the
13th Street
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station in downtown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, to the
Angora Loop station in the
Angora neighborhood of
West Philadelphia.
At , it is the shortest of SEPTA's five
subway–surface trolley lines, which operate on street-level
tracks in West Philadelphia and
Delaware County,
Pennsylvania
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, and in a shared subway with
rapid transit
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trains in
Center City.
Route description
Starting from its eastern end at the 13th Street station, Route 34 runs in a tunnel under
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...
. It stops at underground stations at
15th Street,
19th Street,
22nd Street,
30th Street, and
33rd Street. From 15th to 30th Streets, it runs on the outer tracks in the same tunnel as SEPTA's
Market–Frankford Line
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.
Passengers may transfer free of charge to the Market–Frankford Line at 13th, 15th, and 30th Streets and to the
Broad Street Line at 15th Street. Connections to the
SEPTA Regional Rail are also available. Underground passageways connect the 13th and 15th Street Stations to
Jefferson Station and
Suburban Station
Suburban Station is an art deco office building and underground commuter rail station in Penn Center, Philadelphia. Its official SEPTA address is 16th Street and JFK Boulevard. The station is owned and operated by SEPTA and is one of the three ...
.
Route 34 surfaces at the
40th Street Portal
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near 40th Street and
Baltimore Avenue
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Today, parts of the road are signed as U.S. Route 1 (US 1), US 13, and a small portion of Pennsylvania Route 41 (PA 41). A section of the road ...
(
US 13), then heads west on Baltimore until it ends at a loop at 61st Street.
History
The Delaware County and Philadelphia Electric Railway Company installed transit tracks for
horsecar
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Summary
The horse-drawn tram (horsecar) was an early form of public rail transport, wh ...
s running along Baltimore Avenue as early as 1890, but it was the arrival of the electrified trolley two years later that allowed the extension of the line westward to the new community of Angora.
[In 1894, the line was extended to Media. ]
The line was routed into the subway–surface tunnel on December 15, 1906. The route was called the Angora Line until it was given the number 34 in 1911.
In April 2020, the line's operations were suspended due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. Service resumed on May 17, 2020.
Stations and stops
All are in the
City of Philadelphia
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.
References
External links
*
1974 Philadelphia Trolley Brochure, pages 12-13an
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Tram routes in Philadelphia