Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal

Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal
Intercity bus terminal
Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal
Location 1001 Filbert Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Coordinates 39°57′10″N 75°09′26″W / 39.9529°N 75.1571°W / 39.9529; -75.1571Coordinates: 39°57′10″N 75°09′26″W / 39.9529°N 75.1571°W / 39.9529; -75.1571
Owned by Greyhound Lines
Platforms 14 gates
Bus operators Greyhound Lines
Bieber Transportation Group
Fullington Trailways
Martz Trailways
Peter Pan Bus Lines
NJ Transit
Connections Mainline rail interchange SEPTA Regional Rail at Jefferson Station
  Market–Frankford Line
at 11th Street
SEPTA City Bus
NJ Transit suburban buses to South Jersey
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Website Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal

The Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal is the primary intercity bus station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at 1001 Filbert Street in Center City Philadelphia, immediately north of The Gallery at Market East shopping mall and the SEPTA Regional Rail Jefferson Station, a few hundred feet east of the Pennsylvania Convention Center and Reading Terminal Market, a few hundred feet south of the Trocadero Theatre and the south edge of Philadelphia's Chinatown district, and within 1/2 mile of Independence Mall, the U.S. Mint, and City Hall. The station building, which underwent an interior remodeling in early 2007, is relatively small and nondescript, belying its importance as one of the busiest, long distance, bus-only terminals in the United States. The terminal was the 4th busiest Greyhound bus station in the U.S. in 2013.[1]

The station contains a variety of amenities for waiting passengers. These include a snack bar, food and beverage vending machines, televisions, video games, pay telephones, and restrooms. Like other significant transportation facilities, it also contains full service ticket counters and seating areas.

Bus companies serving the terminal

National provider

Greyhound also provides connecting service to other in-state and out-of-state destinations via transfers.

Interregional providers

Various interregional bus companies also provide direct service to and from the Philadelphia bus terminal. The companies and some of the key locations they serve include:

Like Greyhound, the Trailways providers' services connect with other bus routes in the Greyhound/Trailways system to allow trips to other regional and national destinations.

Regional providers

In addition to NJT bus routes listed above, various, shorter-distance NJT bus routes (numbered 400-417, and 555) stop in Center City Philadelphia as close as one block from the Greyhound Bus Terminal on Market Street. Several SEPTA bus routes (Routes 17, 23, 33, 38, 44, 47m, 48, and 61) also stop one block away from the terminal on Market Street.

Other Philadelphia intercity bus stations

  • Chinatown bus lines also serve Philadelphia. Focus Travel's ticket office and stop is located at 55 N. 11th Street, adjacent to the Greyhound Terminal, providing bus service to Washington, DC, and New York City.[3]
  • Another Chinatown bus lines called YO! Bus also stops near this Greyhound Terminal, providing bus service to Boston and New York City. This company went bankrupt, and discontinued all operations as of December 20, 2015. Another Chinatown bus company called "United Bus" has taken over this former "YO" operated route on December 23, 2015, and has moved its stop location to Race and 9th Streets. United Bus also discontinued, and shut down all operations as of January 1, 2018. [4]
  • BoltBus and Megabus stop at 3101 John F. Kennedy Blvd., just west of the 30th Street Station.[5]
  • La Cubana stops at the Polish American Travel Service office at 2714 E. Allegheny Ave. in Port Richmond.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Top Ten Busiest Terminals Based on Passenger Volume in 2013". Greyhound Lines, Inc.
  2. ↑ "Greyhound, Peter Pan will split up and be rivals again - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ Focus Travel Archived 2015-08-25 at Archive.is
  4. ↑ https://www.gotobus.com/busstation/280049.html
  5. ↑ BoltBus
  6. ↑ La Cubana
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