Allegheny station (Market–Frankford Line)
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | November 5, 1922[1] | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1997[2] | ||||||||||||
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  Allegheny Location within Philadelphia | |||||||||||||
Allegheny station (soon to be known as Kensington–Allegheny station
History
Allegheny is part of the Frankford Elevated section of the line, which began service on November 5, 1922.[1][5][6][7]
Between 1988 and 2003, SEPTA undertook a $493.3 million reconstruction of the 5.5-mile (8.9 km) Frankford Elevated.[7] Allegheny station was completely rebuilt on the site of the original station; the project included new platforms, elevators, windscreens, and overpasses, and the station now meets accessibility requirements.[7] The line had originally been built with track ballast and was replaced with precast sections of deck, allowing the station (and the entire line) to remain open throughout the project.[8]
In 2019, the Philadelphia Weekly magazine called the intersection "one of the most notorious drug corners" of the city; a controversial plan to build a supervised injection site near the station on Hilton Street was announced in March of that year.[9]
Station layout
Access to the station is via the southwest corner of Allegheny and Kensington avenues. There is also an eastbound platform exit-only stair to the northeast corner of the intersection.
References
- ^ a b "Market-Frankford Subway–Elevated Line". SEPTA. Archived from the original on March 28, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ "Frankford Elevated Rapid Rail Line". Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ "SEPTA Metro Network Map" (PDF). September 19, 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ISBN 978-0-9621541-7-1.
- OCLC 54770701.
- ^ Hepp, John (2013). "Subways and Elevated Lines". Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ a b c Edward L. Woods, Jr.; Thomas A. Nuxoll (1999). "The Frankford Elevated Reconstruction Project" (PDF). American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ American Public Transportation Association (1996). "Success Under Fire--A Discussion of the SEPTA-Frankford Elevated Reconstruction Project (FERP)". National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ Courtenay Harris Bond (April 25, 2019). "Mayor Promises Kensington Residents Better Cooperation in Placement of Safehouse Site Following Neighborhood Uproar". Philadelphia Weekly. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
External links
Media related to Allegheny station (Market–Frankford Line) at Wikimedia Commons