Cecil B. Moore, also known as Cecil B. Moore/Temple University, formerly Columbia, is a subway stop on the
SEPTA
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Broad Street Line in the
Cecil B. Moore neighborhood in
North
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Etymology
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Philadelphia
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,
Pennsylvania
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. It is a local station that has four tracks, with only the outer two being served. There are separate fare control areas for northbound and southbound trains, with no crossover, and a large pavilion entrance with an escalator on the northbound side. This is the main station serving
Temple University
Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then called Ba ...
, and therefore is one of the busiest stops on the line.
Susquehanna–Dauphin station, six blocks north, also serves Temple University, although it is further from many of the main locations on campus.
Surface Transit Connections: Until February 4, 1956 - Trolley
SEPTA Route 3
The City Transit Division of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) operate almost all of Philadelphia's public transit, including all six trolley, three trackless trolley, and 70 bus lines within city limits. Some of th ...
(now a bus line) serve as the connection.
As of June 2007, Cecil B. Moore had an average of 5,644 daily boardings.
[PCPC North Broad St. Transportation and Access Study, June 2007.]
Station layout
Gallery
File:Cecil B Moore BSL SEPTA.jpg, Platform
File:Cecil B Moore BSL SEPTA 2018b.jpg, Cecil B Moore tile work
Cecil B Moore station 2018.jpg, The station entrance with Temple University
Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then called Ba ...
’s Liacouras Center
The Liacouras Center is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose venue which opened in 1997 and was originally named "''The Apollo of Temple''". The arena was renamed in 2000 for Temple University President, Peter J. Liacouras. It is part of a $107 mill ...
in the background
File:WTP B17 Audrey 1.jpg, Station entrance
See also
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Hamilton E. Holmes station, another train station named after a civil rights leader
Hamilton E. Holmes
Hamilton E. Holmes (8 July 1941 – 26 October 1995) was an American orthopedic physician. He and Charlayne Hunter-Gault were the first two African-American students admitted to the University of Georgia. Additionally, Holmes was the first Afri ...
*
Martin Luther King station, a list of stations named after civil rights leader
Martin Luther King Jr.
References
External links
SEPTA - Cecil B. Moore/Temple University StationCecil B Moore Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
{{SEPTA Rapid Transit Stations
SEPTA Broad Street Line stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1928
Railway stations in Philadelphia
Railway stations in Pennsylvania at university and college campuses
Railway stations located underground in Pennsylvania