Race-Vine is a

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passenger rail station on

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. It is located at 300 North Broad Street ( PA 611) in the Center City district of

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, and serves both local and express trains. The station is named after Vine Street, which today acts as frontage roads along

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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

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on the Broad Street Line; signs will direct passengers to the appropriate exits. However, riding the Broad Street Line one stop further south to

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and then connecting to the

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East toward Frankford and then exiting at 11th Street station will bring passengers right inside the Convention Center and the

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. In addition to the Convention Center and other sights on the westernmost edge of

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, the Race–Vine station serves several office buildings, Magee (

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) Rehabilitation Center, the Parkway Museum District,

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, and the School of Nursing campus of

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. Passengers may connect to

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Routes 4, 16, and 27 here, in addition to a number of

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bus routes, which board on the northeast corner of Broad Street and Vine Street. Until the mid-1990s there was a concourse leading up Broad Street from

to the Race Street side of the station.

Station layout

References

Gallery

File:BSL02RaceVine.jpg, Race–Vine station in 2002 BSL02RaceVine2018.jpg, Race–Vine station 2018 in with the

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visible in the background File:SEPTA Broad Street Subway car at Race-Vine.jpg, Broad Street Line train at the station

External links

SEPTA - Race-Vine BSL Station

Vine Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Race Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
SEPTA Broad Street Line stations Railway stations in Philadelphia Railway stations in the United States opened in 1928 Railway stations located underground in Pennsylvania SEPTA Rapid Transit stations located underground {{Pennsylvania-railstation-stub