Girard station (Market–Frankford Line)
Rapid transit station in Philadelphia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Girard station (soon to be known as Front–Girard station[3]) is an elevated rapid transit station which is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on SEPTA's Market–Frankford Line. It is situated at the corner of Front Street and Girard Avenue[4] in the Fishtown neighborhood.
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Location | 1200 North Front Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39.9689°N 75.1362°W / 39.9689; -75.1362 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Philadelphia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | SEPTA City Bus: 5, 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | November 5, 1922[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1997[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 700 volts DC third rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The station is also served by the Route 15, the historic Girard Avenue trolley line, which runs on tracks in the median of Girard Avenue.
The trolley station is known as Front & Girard. SEPTA bus routes 5 and 25 also serve the station, as well as the Route 15 bus which temporarily replaced trolleys on the Richmond Street section of that line during I-95 construction. Six SEPTA PCC II cars returned to Route 15 service on June 16, 2024.[5]