34th Street station (Market–Frankford Line)
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||
Accessible | No, planned[1] | ||||||||||||
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Opened | November 6, 1955[2] | ||||||||||||
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34th Street station is an underground station on the
The station is also served by
History
34th Street station was opened on November 6, 1955 by the
The PRT announced a project to bury the elevated tracks between 23rd to 46th streets in the 1920s.[5] The tunnel from 23rd to 32nd streets was completed by 1933, but construction on the remaining segment was put on hiatus due to the Great Depression and World War II.[5] The PRT went bankrupt in 1939 and was reorganized as the PTC,[6] which began building the rest of the tunnel in 1947.[5]
34th Street is one of three stations on the Market–Frankford Line that is not
Station layout
Unlike most underground Market–Frankford Line stations, 34th Street has a single island platform.
References
- ^ a b "Fiscal Year 2021 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2021–2032 Capital Program Proposal" (PDF). SEPTA. April 20, 2020. p. 60. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
- ^ OCLC 54770701.
- ISBN 978-1-5824-8498-3.
- ^ John Hepp (2013). "Subways and Elevated Lines". Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
- ^ a b c John L. Puckett. "Putting the Market Street Elevated Underground". West Philadelphia Collaborative History. University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Studio 34's Eponymous Trolley, or, A Short History of Route 34". Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- ^ "Market-Frankford Line Map". SEPTA. 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ a b "Fiscal Year 2023 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2023–2034 Capital Program" (PDF). SEPTA. July 2022. p. 107. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
External links
Media related to 34th Street (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons