8th Street station (Philadelphia)

8th Street
8th & Market
8TH & MARKET  Left to right (1) Eighth Street Market-Frankford station platform, (2) Broad-Ridge Spur station, (3) PATCO station
Location	8th & Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Coordinates	39°57′07″N 75°09′24″W / 39.952076°N 75.156612°W / 39.952076; -75.156612
Owned by	SEPTA (upper level) City of Philadelphia (lower level)
Line(s)	Market–Frankford Line   Broad–Ridge Spur   PATCO
Platforms	3 side platforms (2 MFL, 1 BSL) 1 island platform (PATCO)
Tracks	2 – Market-Frankford Line 2 – Lindenwold Line 1 – Broad-Ridge Spur
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 47, 61
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	August 3, 1908 (8th Street Station, Market Street Subway-Elevated, upper level) December 21, 1932 (Market Street Station, Ridge-8th Street Subway, lower level)
Rebuilt	February 15, 1969 (as 8th and Market station, Broad-Ridge Spur, upper level) 2009 (made ADA accessible)
Electrified	Third rail: 700 volts DC (Market-Frankford Line) 600 volts DC (Broad Ridge Spur) 750 volts DC (Lindenwold Line)
Previous names	Ridge-8th Street Subway
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station 11th Street toward 69th Street Market–Frankford Line 5th Street toward Frankford Terminus Broad–Ridge Spur Chinatown toward Fern Rock DRPA 9–10th & Locust toward 15–16th & Locust PATCO City Hall toward Lindenwold 12–13th & Locust toward 15–16th & Locust PATCO Late Night
Location
8th Street Location within Philadelphia

8th Street is a subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the corner of 8th Street and Market Street. It is served by SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line and Broad–Ridge Spur, and the PATCO Lindenwold Line. The station is owned by SEPTA; PATCO leases its section. It is the only Station in Philadelphia where all 3 subways meet up.

The station is known as 8th Street on the Market-Frankford Line, while it is known as 8th & Market on the Broad-Ridge Spur and the PATCO Lindenwold Line. It has two levels, with PATCO running N/S on the lower level and SEPTA running E/W on the upper level.

For decades 8th and Market was Philadelphia's retail hub, with major department stores Strawbridge's, Gimbels and Lit Brothers located at that corner, all with direct entrances to the subway. A concourse still feeds traffic from the station to Fashion District Philadelphia shopping mall.

Market-Frankford Line

SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line occupies the upper level of the station. The station has two side platforms on the north and south sides of the stations. Passengers may use a staircase within the paid area to transfer between platforms.

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  Station tracks
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  Station opposite side platform with signage
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  MFL 8th Street platform
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  Free transfer tunnel

Broad-Ridge Spur

The Broad-Ridge Spur, a branch of the Broad Street Line, ends at the station on a single track as the southern terminus. It originally used an abandoned track connection to travel through the Locust Street Subway (now used by PATCO). No free transfers are available, even between the Market-Frankford Line and the Broad-Ridge Spur.

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  Tile work showing Market Street
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  Broad Ridge Spur 8th & Market station
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  Broad Ridge Spur 8th & Market station behind gate
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  Station tracks and platform

PATCO

PATCO occupies the lower level of the station. The station has one island platform located perpendicular to the Market-Frankford Line tracks above. The PATCO platform has two fare areas, one at the platform's north end (adjacent to the MFL's 69th Street-Bound Platform), the other at the south end (adjacent to the MFL's Frankford-Bound Platform). Each fare area contains a staircase, an elevator, and an "up escalator." Each PATCO platform has a distinct accent color: the 8th Street accent color is teal.

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  PATCO platform with train
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  PATCO station
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  PATCO station

Station layout

The Broad–Ridge Spur and the Market–Frankford Line platforms, while on the same level, are perpendicular to each other.

Station exterior

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  Multi-line Station entrance
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  The octagonal tower on the west end of the Lit Brothers building (2013). The 8th Street subway entrance was built inside the building.
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  Entrance to Gallery at Market East (now closed). The 8th Street and 11th Street stations were accessible from within the mall.
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  Market Street, looking west from 8th Street, in the mid-1980s

External links

Media related to 8th Street station (Philadelphia) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA - 8th Street MFL and BRS stations
• 8th & Market (PATCO)
• 8th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View