33rd Street station (SEPTA)

33rd Street station is a subway station in Philadelphia. It is located on the campus of Drexel University and serves all routes of the SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines.[1] It is the last station of the subway–surface lines with all lines before the Route 10 splits away and exits the tunnel at 36th Street.[2] The stop is located on the campus of Drexel University.[3]

33rd Street
33rd Street station platform
General information
Location33rd and Market Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°57′20″N 75°11′22″W / 39.955498°N 75.189334°W / 39.955498; -75.189334
Owned bySoutheastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport SEPTA City Bus: 30, 31, 49, LUCY
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleNo
History
OpenedOctober 15, 1955 (1955-10-15)
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
36th Street Portal Route 10 Drexel Station at 30th Street
36th Street
toward Darby T.C.
Route 11
36th Street Route 13
36th Street Route 34
36th Street Route 36
Former services
Preceding station Philadelphia Transportation Company Following station
30th Street Market Elevated 19th Street
toward Frankford
Future services (2024)
Preceding station SEPTA Metro Following station
36th Street Portal Drexel Station at 30th Street
36th–Sansom
36th–Sansom
toward Yeadon or Darby
36th–Sansom
toward Darby
36th–Sansom
Location
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History

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Platform level at 33rd Street

The station was opened in November 1955 by the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) as part of a larger project to move portions of the elevated Market Street Line and surface trolleys underground.[4] The original project to bury the elevated tracks between 23rd to 46th streets was announced by the PTC's predecessor, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, in the 1920s, but was delayed due to the Great Depression and World War II.[5] The PTC's revised project also included a new subway–surface tunnel for subway–surface trolleys underneath the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, continuing from the original western portal at 23rd and Market streets to new portals at 36th and Ludlow streets for Route 10 and 40th Street and Baltimore Avenue for other routes.[5]

On April 11, 1988, a trolley derailed at the station, injuring 27 people.[6]

Station layout

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The station has two low-level side platforms, each capable of platforming two trolleys at a time. Fares are collected on board trolleys.

References

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  1. ^ Williams, Gerry (1998). Trains, Trolleys & Transit: A Guide to Philadelphia Area Rail Transit. Piscataway, New Jersey: Railpace Company. ISBN 978-0-9621541-7-1.
  2. ^ Springirth, Kenneth C. (2016). Philadelphia Electrified Rail Lines In Color. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-5824-8498-3.
  3. ^ "University City Campus Map". Drexel University. 22 November 2021.
  4. ^ Puckett, John L. and Mark Frazier Lloyd. Becoming Penn: The Pragmatic American University, 1950–2000, p. 35, at Google Books, accessed May 31, 2020.
  5. ^ a b John L. Puckett. "Putting the Market Street Elevated Underground". West Philadelphia Collaborative History. University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  6. ^ Baker, Paul (April 11, 1988). "Driver, Passenger Still Hospitalized in Crash". Philadelphia Daily News.
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