Broad Street Station (Philadelphia)

Broad Street
Former Pennsylvania Railroad station
Broad Street Station in an 1890s-era photograph by William H. Rau
General information
LocationBroad and Market Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Owned byPennsylvania Railroad
History
Opened1881
ClosedApril 27, 1952 (demolished 1953)
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
West Philadelphia
toward Chicago
Main Line
Trains turn around for NYC
Terminus
West Philadelphia Chestnut Hill Line
West Philadelphia
toward Paoli
Paoli Line
West Philadelphia
toward Pottsville
Schuylkill Branch
West Philadelphia West Chester Line
West Philadelphia
toward Wilmington
Wilmington Line
Terminus Trenton Line West Philadelphia
toward Trenton

Broad Street Station at Broad & Market streets was the primary passenger terminal for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in Philadelphia from early December 1881[1] to the 1950s. Located directly west of Philadelphia City Hall, the site is now occupied by the northwest section of Dilworth Park and the office towers of Penn Center.

  1. ^ "Broad Street Station." Philadelphia Inquirer, December 6, 1881, p. 3.