56th Street station
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | March 4, 1907[1][2] | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2006[3] | ||||||||||||
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56th Street station is an elevated
Cobbs Creek
to the south.
The station is also served by
G
.
History
56th Street station is one of the original Market Street Elevated stations built by the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company; the line opened for service on March 4, 1907 between 69th Street T.C. and 15th Street stations.[1][2]
From May 31, 2005Americans with Disabilities Act.
Station layout
There are two side platforms connecting to a station house on the southwest corner of 56th and Market streets. There are also two exit-only stairs descending to the east side of 56th Street.
References
- ^ OCLC 54770701.
- ^ a b Hepp, John (2013). "Subways and Elevated Lines". The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
- ^ a b "Market Street Elevated (MSE) Reconstruction Project". SEPTA. Archived from the original on November 15, 2008.
- ^ 52nd Street station, May 30, 2005
- ^ "SEPTA 'Elebrates' End Of Project". September 11, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
External links
Media related to 56th Street (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons