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Broad Street Station (Philadelphia)
Former railway station in Philadelphia (closed 1952) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the former train station. For the street, see Broad Street (Philadelphia). For the subway line, see Broad Street Line. For the current occupant, see Penn Center, Philadelphia. For the train station in North Philadelphia, see North Broad station.
Broad Street Station at Broad & Market streets was the primary passenger terminal for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in Philadelphia from early December 1881[1] to the 1950s. Located directly west of Philadelphia City Hall, the site is now occupied by the northwest section of Dilworth Park and the office towers of Penn Center.
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Former Pennsylvania Railroad station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Broad Street Station in an 1890s-era photograph by William H. Rau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Broad and Market Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Pennsylvania Railroad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1881 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | April 27, 1952 (demolished 1953) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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