36th Street station (SEPTA)

36th Street
36th Street station platform
General information
Location36th and Sansom Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates39°57′14″N 75°11′41″W / 39.953890°N 75.194630°W / 39.953890; -75.194630
Owned bySEPTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport SEPTA City Bus: 21
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleNo
History
OpenedNovember 1955 (1955-11)[1]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
37th Street
toward Darby T.C.
Route 11 33rd Street
37th Street Route 13
37th Street Route 34
37th Street Route 36
Future services (2024)
Preceding station SEPTA Metro Following station
37th–Spruce 33rd Street
37th–Spruce
toward Yeadon or Darby
37th–Spruce
toward Darby
37th–Spruce
Location
Map

36th Street station (soon to be known as 36th–Sansom station[2]) is a SEPTA trolley station in Philadelphia.[3] It is located at the intersection of Sansom and 36th Streets, and serves Routes 11, 13, 34, and 36 of the SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines. Trolleys serving this station go eastbound to Center City Philadelphia and westbound to the neighborhoods of Eastwick and Angora, as well as the Delaware County suburbs of Yeadon and Darby.

The station is located adjacent to the Institute of Contemporary Art[4] and is two blocks away from the 36th Street Portal station, which serves the Route 10 trolley.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference upenn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "SEPTA Metro Network Map" (PDF). September 19, 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  3. ^ Springirth, Kenneth C. (2016). Philadelphia Electrified Rail Lines In Color. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-5824-8498-3.
  4. ^ "Visit". ICA Philadelphia. Retrieved May 31, 2020.