Fairmount station (SEPTA)

Fairmount
Fairmount station entrance at Ridge and Broad
General information
Location700 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°58′02″N 75°09′37″W / 39.9671°N 75.1604°W / 39.9671; -75.1604
Owned byCity of Philadelphia
Operated bySEPTA
Platforms
Tracks
  • Upper Level: 4
  • Lower Level: 2
ConnectionsBus transport SEPTA City Bus: 4, 16, 61
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleNo, accessibility planned[1]
History
OpenedSeptember 1, 1928 (September 1, 1928)
Rebuilt1932 (Broad Ridge Spur)
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Spring Garden
toward NRG
Broad Street Line
Local
Girard
Chinatown Broad–Ridge Spur Girard
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Spring Garden Broad–Ridge Spur Girard
Future services (2024)
Preceding station SEPTA Metro Following station
Broad–Spring Garden
toward NRG
Broad–Girard
toward Fern Rock
Chinatown
does not stop here
Location
Map

Fairmount station is a subway station in the Francisville section of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is served by SEPTA's Broad Street Line (as a local stop) and the Broad-Ridge Spur.[2] There are three separate platforms. The Broad-Ridge Spur and Broad Street Line (BSL) northbound platforms connect inside the faregates, but the BSL's southbound platform cannot be reached from the other two without exiting. Such a connection once existed; the sealed-off entrance can be seen at platform level heading south towards the end of the platform. Travelers wishing to switch between the Broad-Ridge Spur and the southbound BSL must connect at Girard. The Broad-Ridge Spur platform is shortened and can only accommodate short 2-car trains; the unused part of the platform is visible from passing trains and is covered in layers of graffiti. Fairmount station on the Broad-Ridge Spur has a full mezzanine concourse extending from Wallace Street to Ridge Avenue, now abandoned.

  1. ^ "Fiscal Year 2023 Capital Budget" (PDF). SEPTA. July 27, 2022. p. 104. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "Fairmount Station". SEPTA. Retrieved July 9, 2022.