37th Street station (SEPTA)
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37th Street station, also known as 37th Street/Spruce Street/Woodland Avenue station, is a
Trolleys serving this station go eastbound to
History
The station was opened in November 1955 by the
The station's platforms are offset because during construction, the above intersection was a five-way junction between Spruce Street, Woodland Avenue, and South 37th Street. The latter two streets were later converted to pedestrian walkways.
In October 2006, Penn's class of 1956 donated a new covered headhouse for the eastbound platform entrance. The entrance is a replica of the Peter Witt trolley manufactured by J. G. Brill Company from 1923 to 1926 for Philadelphia's trolley system.[3] The replica was built by the Gomaco Trolley Company.[4]
Station layout
The station has two low-level offset side platforms, each capable of platforming two trolleys at a time. Fares are collected on board the trolley cars.
References
- ^ Puckett, John L. and Mark Frazier Lloyd. Becoming Penn: The Pragmatic American University, 1950–2000, p. 35, at Google Books, accessed May 31, 2020.
- ^ a b John L. Puckett. "Putting the Market Street Elevated Underground". West Philadelphia Collaborative History. University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Class of 1956 Trolley / 37th & Spruce @ Woodland Avenue". University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 2008-04-02. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
- ^ "'Trolley' Subway Entrance – October 2006". Gomaco Trolley Company. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
External links
- Media related to 37th Street tram stop (Philadelphia) at Wikimedia Commons
- SEPTA – 37th Street station
- Images from NYCSubway.org
- Northwest entrance from Google Maps Street View