Suburban Station

Suburban Station
The platform of Suburban Station in Philadelphia
General information
Location1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates39°57′07″N 75°10′29″W / 39.95194°N 75.17472°W / 39.95194; -75.17472
Owned bySEPTA
Line(s)SEPTA Main Line (Center City Commuter Connection)
Platforms5 island platforms
Tracks8
Connections
Construction
Bicycle facilities22 rack spaces[1]
AccessibleYes[1]
Other information
Fare zoneCC[2]
History
OpenedSeptember 28, 1930 (1930-09-28) (replaced Broad Street station)
Rebuilt2007
Previous namesPenn Center Station
Passengers
201725,062 boardings, 25,062 alightings (weekday average)[3]
Rank1 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
30th Street Station
toward Airport
Airport Line Jefferson
30th Street Station Chestnut Hill West Line
30th Street Station
toward Wawa
Media/Wawa Line
30th Street Station
toward Thorndale
Paoli/​Thorndale Line
30th Street Station
toward Trenton
Trenton Line
30th Street Station
toward Newark
Wilmington/​Newark Line
30th Street Station
toward Cynwyd
Cynwyd Line Terminus
30th Street Station
Terminus
Chestnut Hill East Line Jefferson
Fox Chase Line Jefferson
toward Fox Chase
Lansdale/​Doylestown Line Jefferson
toward Doylestown
30th Street Station Manayunk/​Norristown Line Jefferson
Warminster Line Jefferson
toward Warminster
West Trenton Line Jefferson
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Philadelphia–30th Street Chesapeake
1980–1981
Terminus
Philadelphia–30th Street
toward Harrisburg
Keystone Service
1981–1988
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Philadelphia
toward Pottsville
Schuylkill Branch Terminus
Philadelphia Chestnut Hill Line
Philadelphia Fort Washington Branch
Philadelphia Norristown Line
Philadelphia
toward Paoli
Paoli Line
Philadelphia
toward Trenton
Trenton Line
Philadelphia West Chester Line
Philadelphia
toward Wilmington
Wilmington Line
Suburban Station Building
Map
ArchitectGraham, Anderson, Probst & White; Stewart, Joseph, & Co.
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.85001962[4]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 1985

Suburban Station is an art deco office building and underground commuter rail station in Penn Center in Philadelphia. Its official SEPTA address is 16th Street and JFK Boulevard.[5] The station is owned and operated by SEPTA and is one of the three core Center City stations on the SEPTA Regional Rail and one of the busiest stations in the Regional Rail System.[6]

The station, which was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad to replace the original Broad Street Station, opened on September 28, 1930.

  1. ^ a b "Suburban Station". SEPTA. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  2. ^ "Fare Zone Map" (PDF). SEPTA.
  3. ^ "FY 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  5. ^ SEPTA | Suburban Station
  6. ^ "FY 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. Retrieved April 7, 2021.