Penn Medicine station

Penn Medicine
Penn Medicine station platform
General information
Location	3149 Convention Boulevard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	39°56′52″N 75°11′25″W / 39.94784°N 75.19034°W / 39.94784; -75.19034
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	West Chester Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 30, 40, 42, 49, LUCY
Construction
Bicycle facilities	10 rack spaces[1]
Accessible	Yes[2]
Other information
Fare zone	CC[3]
History
Opened	1995 (1995)
Previous names	University City Penn Medicine–University City
Passengers
2017	2,605 boardings, 2,518 alightings (weekday average)[4]
Rank	5 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Eastwick toward Airport Airport Line 30th Street Station toward Glenside 49th Street toward Wawa Media/Wawa Line 30th Street Station toward Temple University Darby toward Newark Wilmington/​Newark Line Terminus Manayunk/​Norristown Line 30th Street Station toward Norristown–Elm Street Warminster Line 30th Street Station toward Warminster West Trenton Line 30th Street Station toward West Trenton
Track layout Legend AIRWAWNWK to Center City South St. to Convention Ave. and UPenn ( Northeast Corridor ) AIRWAWNWK[note 1] CSX Harrisburg Sub. (W. Phila. Elevated) ^ Airport Line to Philadelphia Airport Media/Wawa Line to Wawa Wilmington/Newark Line to Newark
Location

Penn Medicine station (formerly University City station) is a train station in the University City section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the SEPTA Regional Rail system. The station serves the area around the University of Pennsylvania, and is located at South Street and Convention Avenue. Located on the West Chester Branch, it serves the Airport, Wilmington/Newark, Media/Wawa, Manayunk/Norristown, Warminster, and West Trenton Regional Rail services. In 2013, this station saw 3,091 boardings and 2,950 alightings on an average weekday.^[5]

The station is less than a block from the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field and the Palestra. It is one block away from the medical campuses of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The rest of the University of Pennsylvania campus, Drexel University campus, and the Graduate Hospital campus and the neighborhood across the Schuylkill River are also nearby and easily accessible.