Fairmount station (SEPTA)

Fairmount
SEPTA rapid transit station
Fairmount Station entrance at Ridge and Broad
Location 700 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°58′02″N 75°09′37″W / 39.9671°N 75.1604°W / 39.9671; -75.1604Coordinates: 39°58′02″N 75°09′37″W / 39.9671°N 75.1604°W / 39.9671; -75.1604
Owned by Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s)
  Broad Street Line
Platforms
Tracks

6 total

  • 4 (upper level)
  • 2 (lower level)
Connections SEPTA Bus: 4, 16, 61
Construction
Platform levels 2
Disabled access No
History
Opened September 1, 1928 (Local)
December 21, 1932 (Broad Ridge Spur)
Electrified Third rail (600 volts)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
toward NRG
Broad Street Line
Local
toward Fern Rock
toward 8th & Market
Broad Street Line
Former services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
toward 8th & Market
Broad Street Line
toward Fern Rock
Location
Fairmount
Location within Philadelphia

Fairmount is a subway station in the Francisville section of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is served by SEPTA's Broad Street Line (as a local stop) and the Broad-Ridge Spur. There are three separate platforms. The Broad-Ridge Spur and Broad Street Line (BSL) northbound platforms connect inside the faregates, but the BSL's southbound platform cannot be reached from the other two without exiting. Such a connection once existed; the sealed-off entrance can be seen at platform level heading south towards the end of the platform. Travelers wishing to switch between the Broad-Ridge Spur and the southbound BSL must connect at Girard. The Broad-Ridge Spur platform is shortened and can only accommodate short 2-car trains; the unused part of the platform is visible from passing trains and is covered in layers of graffiti. Fairmount Station on the Broad-Ridge Spur has a full mezzanine concourse extending from Wallace Street to Ridge Avenue, now abandoned.

Station layout

G Street Level Entrances/Exits
B2
Broad Street platforms		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound local ← Local toward NRG (Spring Garden)
Southbound express ← Express does not stop here
Northbound express Express does not stop here →
Northbound local Local toward Fern Rock (Girard) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
B3
Ridge Spur platforms		 Southbound ← Ridge Spur toward 8th – Market (Chinatown)
(No service: Spring Garden)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Northbound → Ridge Spur toward Olney or Fern Rock (Girard) →

References


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