69th Street Transportation Center

69th Street Transportation Center
Market–Frankford's eastbound platform in March 2014
General information
Location6901 Market Street
Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates39°57′47″N 75°15′36″W / 39.963076°N 75.259995°W / 39.963076; -75.259995
Owned bySEPTA
Platforms4 island platforms, 3 side platforms
Tracks7
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking182 spaces
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedMarch 4, 1907[1][2]
Previous names69th Street Terminal (1907–2011)
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Terminus Market–Frankford Line Millbourne
Parkview Norristown High Speed Line Terminus
Fairfield Avenue Route 101
Fairfield Avenue Route 102
Former services
Preceding station Philadelphia Transportation Company Following station
Terminus Market Elevated 66th Street
toward Frankford
Preceding station Lehigh Valley Transit Company Following station
Parkview
toward Allentown
Liberty Bell High Speed Line Terminus
Preceding station Philadelphia and Western Railroad Following station
Parkview
toward Strafford
Strafford Branch Terminus
Future services (2024)
Preceding station SEPTA Metro Following station
Terminus Millbourne
toward Frankford
Parkview
toward Norristown
Terminus
Fairfield Avenue
Fairfield Avenue
Location
Map

The 69th Street Transportation Center (soon to be known as 69th Street Transit Center[3]) is a SEPTA terminal in the Terminal Square section of Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania. It serves the Market–Frankford Line, Norristown High Speed Line, Media–Sharon Hill Line, and multiple bus routes. It is located at the end of 69th Street, a major retail corridor in Upper Darby Township across Market Street (Route 3) from the Tower Theater. Until 2011, the station was primarily known as 69th Street Terminal.

69th Street is the second-busiest SEPTA transfer point, after its 15th Street/City Hall station, serving 35,000 passengers daily during the week.[4]

  1. ^ Cox, Harold E. (1967). May, Jack (ed.). The Road from Upper Darby. The Story of the Market Street Subway-Elevated. New York, NY: Electric Railroaders' Association. p. 16. OCLC 54770701.
  2. ^ Hepp, John (2013). "Subways and Elevated Lines". The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
  3. ^ "SEPTA Metro Network Map" (PDF). September 19, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  4. ^ "SEPTA 69th Street Transportation Center: A Community Anchor + Gateway". Urban Land Institute. January 31, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2020.