Race–Vine is a
rapid transit
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subway station on the
SEPTA Metro
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B.
It is located at 300
North Broad Street (
PA 611) in the
Center City of Philadelphia. It serves both local and express trains.
The station is named after Vine Street, which today acts as frontage roads along
Interstate 676
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and nearby Race Street, although the given address is closer to westbound Vine than Race. This stop is also used as the official stop for the
Pennsylvania Convention Center
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on the B; signs will direct passengers to the appropriate exits. However, riding the B one stop further south to 15th Street/City Hall and then connecting to the
L east toward Frankford and then exiting at
11th Street station will bring passengers right inside the
Pennsylvania Convention Center
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and the
Fashion District.
In addition to the Convention Center and other sights on the westernmost edge of
Chinatown
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, the Race–Vine station serves several office buildings, including
Thomas Jefferson University
Thomas Jefferson University is a Private university, private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Established in its earliest form in 1824, the university officially combined with Philadelphia University in 2017. ...
, the Parkway Museum District,
Roman Catholic High School
The Roman Catholic High School of Philadelphia is a four-year private, catholic high school for boys in Philadelphia. It was founded by Thomas E. Cahill in 1890 as the first free Catholic high school in the nation. The school is located at the ...
, and
Drexel University
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's School of Nursing.
Passengers may connect to
SEPTA City Bus
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 ...
Routes 4, 16, and 27 here, in addition to a number of
NJ Transit
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bus routes, which board on the northeast corner of Broad and Vine Streets. Until the mid-1990s, there was a concourse leading up Broad Street from
City Hall
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to the
Race Street side of the station. The trains announce this, but the older New Flyers did not announce the NJT Bus transfer.
References
Gallery
File:BSL02RaceVine.jpg, Race–Vine station in 2010
BSL02RaceVine2018.jpg, Race–Vine station 2018 in with the Philadelphia City Hall
Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of the municipal government of the City of Philadelphia in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Built in the ornate Second Empire style, City Hall houses the chambers of the Philadelphia City Council and the office ...
visible in the background
File:SEPTA Broad Street Subway car at Race-Vine.jpg, Broad Street Line train at the station
External links
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Vine Street entrance from Google Maps Street ViewRace Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
SEPTA Metro B stations
Broad Street
Railway stations in Philadelphia
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1928
Railway stations located underground in Pennsylvania
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