SEPTA Route 11
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Route 11, also known as the Woodland Avenue Line, is a
Route description
Starting from its eastern end at
Passengers may transfer free of charge to the Market–Frankford Line at 13th, 15th, and 30th Streets and to the
Route 11 surfaces at the
At the intersection of Island Road and the Cobbs Creek Parkway, an unnamed line runs southward toward Elmwood Depot on the corner of Elmwood Avenue, which is a major turning point for the Route 36 line. The northwest corner is also the home of the historic Blue Bell Inn[2] Route 11 moves northwest from Woodland Avenue to Main Street as it crosses the Cobbs Creek and enters Darby. Here, Route 11 crosses the Philadelphia Subdivision again, but at an at-grade crossing along with 6th Street.[3] The road and line move to the west shortly, only to turn back northwest and finally north to 9th Street at the Darby Transportation Center. Some Route 13 trolleys also terminate at the station, but the other public transportation consists of SEPTA Suburban Transit Division buses.
History
Route 11 was established as the West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company in Darby on December 24, 1858, and ran as horsecars from 9th and Main Streets in Darby to 49th Street and Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia. It was originally a segregated streetcar that required African-Americans to ride on platforms along with the driver, until abolitionist William Still challenged that rule between 1859 and 1867.[4] In 1896, the line was extended as far east as Front Street via Chestnut and Walnut Streets, and was integrated into the subway–surface trolley system by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company on December 15, 1906.[5]
The at-grade crossing along Main Street at the intersection of Sixth Street in Darby[6] was the site of the Darby Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station. B&O had passenger service into Philadelphia until 1958.[7]
On December 9, 2021, a Route 11 trolley collided with a CSX Transportation freight train operating on the Philadelphia Subdivision at the at-grade crossing between the two lines near the intersection of Main Street and Sixth Street in Darby. Seven people on the trolley were injured, and the front windshield was smashed.[8] All of the people injured in the crash were treated and released from the hospital on the same day.[9] This is reportedly the only intersection in the nation where an active freight rail line crosses a fixed active rail transit line.[10]
In 2021, SEPTA proposed rebranding their rail transit service as "SEPTA Metro", in order to make the system easier to navigate. Under this proposal, the subway–surface lines will be rebranded as the "T" lines with a green color and numeric suffixes for each service, and Route 11 would be renamed "T4 Woodland Avenue."[11][12] SEPTA described that "most comments were positive" in the public comment period for this rebranding project.[13]
Stations and stops
All are in either the
Neighborhood / location |
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Market East
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13th Street | 32
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Closed between 12:30–5:00am |
Penn Center | 15th Street | 125
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Late night terminus | |
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19th Street | 124
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22nd Street | 125
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Replaced 24th Street station
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Drexel Station at 30th Street
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LUCY
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No direct passage to 30th Street Station |
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33rd Street | LUCY
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Serves Drexel University | |
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36th Street | 21
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Serves University of Pennsylvania | |
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37th Street | LUCY
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Serves University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | |
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40th Street Portal | LUCY
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End of Route 34 concurrency |
Chester & Woodland | 30
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End of Route 13 concurrency | ||
41st & Woodland (EB) | 30
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42nd & Woodland | ![]() ![]() |
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43rd & Woodland (WB) 45th & Woodland (EB) |
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Squirrel Hill | 46th & Woodland | ![]() ![]() |
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47th & Woodland (EB) | ![]() ![]() |
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Kingsessing | 48th & Woodland | ![]() ![]() |
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49th & Woodland | 64
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End of Route 36 concurrency | |
50th & Woodland | 52
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51st & Woodland | 52
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52nd & Woodland | 52
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53rd & Woodland | 52
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54th & Woodland | ||||
55th & Woodland | ||||
56th & Woodland | ||||
57th & Woodland | ||||
58th & Woodland | G
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Elmwood
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60th & Woodland | |||
61st & Woodland | ||||
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62nd & Woodland | G
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63rd & Woodland | ||||
64th & Woodland | ||||
65th & Woodland | 108
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66th & Woodland | ||||
67th & Woodland | ||||
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71st & Woodland | ||||
72nd & Woodland | ||||
Island & Woodland | 68
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Philadelphia–Darby line | ||||
Darby | Front & Main | |||
2nd & Main | ||||
3rd & Main | ||||
4th & Main | ||||
5th & Main | ||||
6th & Main | ||||
Summit & Main | ||||
Mill & Main (EB) | ||||
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Darby T.C. | 115
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Limited Route 13 service |
References
- ISBN 9780804740142. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ^ Blue Bell Inn (DarbyHistory.com)
- ^ Philadelphia Transit; Streetcars;Route 11 (Kavanaugh Transit Systems)
- ^ "William Still, Darby, and the Desegregation of Philadelphia Streetcars". DarbyHistory.com. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ 1974 SEPTA Trolleys Brochure
- ^ Google view of the crossing in Darby
- ^ Former Darby B&O Station (Existing Railroad Stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania)
- Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ McCormick, Annie (December 9, 2021). "6 injured after SEPTA trolley collides with freight train in Darby, Pennsylvania". 6abc Action News. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ Petrillo, Matt (December 9, 2021). "6 People Injured In Accident Involving SEPTA Trolley, CSX Freight Train In Darby". CBS Philadelphia. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
- ^ Vitarelli, Alicia; Staff (September 7, 2021). "SEPTA Metro? Transit agency mulling big changes including new name, map, and signage". Philadelphia, PA: WPVI-TV. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ "Wayfinding Recommendations". SEPTA. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ "Design Concept Feedback". planning.septa.org. SEPTA. Retrieved March 19, 2023.