40th Street Portal

40th Street Portal
Route 36 trolley at the 40th Street portal
Location 40th Street, Woodland, & Baltimore Avenues
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°56′58″N 75°12′12″W / 39.9495°N 75.2033°W / 39.9495; -75.2033Coordinates: 39°56′58″N 75°12′12″W / 39.9495°N 75.2033°W / 39.9495; -75.2033
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s)
  Route 11
  Route 13
  Route 34
  Route 36
Platforms 3 side platforms
Tracks 8
History
Opened 1955
Electrified Overhead lines
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
toward Darby
Route 11 Trolley
(Woodland)
toward Mt. Moriah, Yeadon, or Darby
Route 13 Trolley
(Chester)
Route 34 Trolley
(Baltimore)
Route 36 Trolley
(Elmwood)
Location
40th Street Portal
Location within Philadelphia

The 40th Street Portal, also known as simply 40th Street station, is a SEPTA Subway-Surface Lines trolley station in Philadelphia. At this station's portal, four of the five Subway-Surface Lines enter the Woodland Avenue subway tunnel after running on the street in Southwest Philadelphia and nearby suburbs. Eastbound trolleys run in the tunnel under the nearby campuses of the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University to Center City Philadelphia. Westbound trolleys travel to the Philadelphia neighborhoods of Eastwick and Angora and the Delaware County suburbs of Yeadon and Darby.

The station is above ground at the entrance to the tunnel. When the tunnel is closed, trolleys are re-routed along 42nd Street to intersect with the 40th Street station of the Market-Frankford Line.

In 2018, the 40th Street Portal was renovated and dubbed the 40th Street Trolley Portal Gardens.[1]

40th Street Trolley Portal Gardens

In 2012, the University City District began a plan to overhaul the 40th street portal. The plan involves replacement of asphalt with green space and landscaping, addition of benches, bike racks, new lighting, and construction of a cafe building fronting Baltimore Avenue called Trolley Car Station.[2] The University City District raised 2.1 million dollars for the project. Groundbreaking was in December 2016, but construction did not start until June 2017.[3] As of May 2018, construction is nearly complete, and Trolley Car Station is open as of September 27, 2018.[1][4]

Notable places nearby


References

  1. 1 2 "40th Street Trolley Portal Gardens". University City District. 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  2. ↑ "40th Street Trolley Portal upgrade update". PlanPhilly | 40th Street Trolley Portal upgrade update. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  3. ↑ "Construction begins this week at future 40th Street Trolley Portal Gardens". Curbed Philly. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  4. ↑ "Philly Office Retail".


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