Fern Rock Transportation Center

Fern Rock Transportation Center
SEPTA Regional Rail and rapid transit station
Location 900 Nedro Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°02′28″N 75°08′10″W / 40.041°N 75.136°W / 40.041; -75.136Coordinates: 40°02′28″N 75°08′10″W / 40.041°N 75.136°W / 40.041; -75.136
Owned by Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s) SEPTA Main Line
Broad Street Line
Platforms 1 island platform (subway)
1 island platform, 1 side platform (regional rail)
Tracks 2 (subway), 3 (regional rail)
Connections
Construction
Parking 639 parking spaces[1]
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 1
History
Opened September 9, 1956 (Broad Street Line)
Rebuilt March 12, 1992
Electrified Third rail (600 volts) (BSL)
Overhead catenary wires (12,000-volt/25 Hz) (Regional Rail)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Regional Rail
Lansdale/​Doylestown Line
toward Doylestown
Warminster Line
toward Warminster
West Trenton Line
toward West Trenton
Subway
toward NRG
Broad Street Line
Local
Terminus
Broad Street Line
Express
toward 8th & Market
Broad Street Line
toward NRG
Broad Street Line
Special
Former services
Preceding station   Reading Railroad   Following station
Ninth Street BranchTerminus
TerminusBethlehem Branch
toward Bethlehem
Location
Fern Rock Transportation Center
Location within Philadelphia
Outbound Silverliner V at Fern Rock Transportation Center.

The Fern Rock Transportation Center is a SEPTA rail and bus station located at 10th Street and Nedro Avenue in the Fern Rock neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] Fern Rock serves as the northern terminus and yard for SEPTA's Broad Street Line, as well as a stop for the Lansdale/Doylestown, Warminster, and West Trenton SEPTA Regional Rail Lines.

Four bus routes also serve the station. Fern Rock Transportation Center serves as the western terminus for the 28 and 70 bus routes.[2][3] Fern Rock is also the northernmost terminus for the 4 and 57 bus routes.[4][5]

Broad Street platform

Fern Rock Transportation Center opened in 1956, when the Broad Street Line was extended north from the original northern terminus at Olney Terminal by the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) and the City of Philadelphia. Fern Rock Transportation Center also hosts the yard and maintenance facilities for the Broad Street Line, and is the only above ground station on this line.

All local and express trains on the Broad Street Line terminate at Fern Rock. All the Special Sport Express trains that run to the Sports Complex at NRG station also originate at Fern Rock. Broad-Ridge Spur trains usually serve Fern Rock only during non-peak hours and on Saturdays.[6]

Station layout

G Street Level Entrances/Exits, connections to regional rail
P
Platform level		 Southbound ← Local toward NRG (Olney)
← Ridge Spur toward 8th – Market (Olney)
← Express toward Walnut – Locust (Olney)
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Southbound ← Local toward NRG (Olney)
← Ridge Spur toward 8th – Market (Olney)
← Express toward Walnut – Locust (special service to NRG) (Olney)

Regional Rail platforms

Fern Rock Transportation Center serves the Warminster Line, West Trenton Line, and the Lansdale/Doylestown Line.[7] In FY 2015, there was a weekday average of 825 boardings and 792 alightings.[8]

The current SEPTA Regional Rail station at Fern Rock Transportation Center, located along the SEPTA Main Line, was built in March 1992 to accommodate Regional Rail commuters displaced during SEPTA's 1992/1993 Railworks reconstruction project. The new station replaced former Reading Railroad stations Fern Rock and Tabor, respectively located north and south of the new station. It has high-level platforms and is handicap-accessible, being directly connected to the subway station by a ramp from the subway platform. While passengers can readily transfer between the Broad Street Line and the Regional Rail Lines at Fern Rock, such a transfer requires payment of a separate fare of the subway and regional rail, unless the rider possesses a SEPTA Trailpass, which can be used for travel on both subway and regional rail. A non-revenue track connection exists here between the SEPTA Regional Rail Lines and SEPTA's Broad Street Line.

References

  1. 1 2 SEPTA. Fern Rock Transportation Center.
  2. ↑ "Bus 28 schedule" (PDF). SEPTA. September 5, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Bus 70 schedule" (PDF). SEPTA. September 5, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Route 4 schedule" (PDF). SEPTA. February 19, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Route 57 schedule" (PDF). SEPTA. September 5, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Broad Street Line Schedule" (PDF). SEPTA. September 5, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  7. ↑ Fern Rock-SEPTA
  8. ↑ "SEPTA (May 2016). Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Service Plan. p. 69" (PDF).  (539 KB)
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