Temple University station

Temple University
SEPTA Regional Rail station
Location	915 West Berks Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°58′54″N 75°08′58″W / 39.9816°N 75.1495°W / 39.9816; -75.1495Coordinates: 39°58′54″N 75°08′58″W / 39.9816°N 75.1495°W / 39.9816; -75.1495
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	SEPTA Main Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	SEPTA City Bus 3, 23, 47
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	C
History
Opened	1911 (rebuilt 1992)
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2005)	1.311 million  154%
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Jefferson Station toward Airport Airport Line Terminus Jefferson Station toward Chestnut Hill West Chestnut Hill West Line Jefferson Station toward Elwyn Media/Elwyn Line Jefferson Station toward Thorndale Paoli/​Thorndale Line Jefferson Station toward Trenton Trenton Line Jefferson Station toward Newark Wilmington/​Newark Line Jefferson Station toward 30th Street Station Chestnut Hill East Line Wayne Junction toward Chestnut Hill East Fox Chase Line Wayne Junction toward Fox Chase Lansdale/​Doylestown Line North Broad toward Doylestown Manayunk/​Norristown Line North Broad toward Elm Street Jefferson Station toward University City Warminster Line Wayne Junction toward Warminster West Trenton Line Wayne Junction toward West Trenton
Former services Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Spring Garden Street Reading Viaduct toward Reading Terminal Bethlehem Line Wayne Junction toward Allentown Chestnut Hill East Line Wayne Junction toward Chestnut Hill East Newtown Line Wayne Junction toward Newtown Lansdale/​Doylestown Line North Broad toward Doylestown Norristown Line North Broad toward Pottsville Warminster Line Wayne Junction toward Warminster West Trenton Line Wayne Junction toward Newark Penn Reading Railroad Spring Garden Street toward Reading Terminal Ninth Street Branch North Broad toward Fern Rock

Temple University station is an above-ground SEPTA Regional Rail station located at the eastern edge of the Temple University campus at 915 West Berks Street between 9th and 10th Streets, in the Cecil B. Moore section of Lower North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[1] The station is in the Center City fare zone, although the station itself is located in North Philadelphia.

There is a small ticket kiosk located at the base of the stairs on the street level. Temple University maintains a security kiosk at street level. Stairways and two elevators lead up to the high-level platforms at track level. There are two island platforms serving four tracks. Each platform is 380 feet (115.824 meters) long, long enough to platform four cars with only the end doors being used. The platforms have a canopy overhead and some wind-breaking walls, but are otherwise exposed to the weather.

This station is located approximately 2.6 track miles from Suburban Station. In FY 2005, Temple University station was the fourth busiest station in SEPTA's Regional Rail system, with 2,448 average total weekday boardings and 2,593 average weekday alightings. ^[2] The station also has two large bicycle racks that both have roofs above them to protect bikes against the weather. The station can easily accommodate 30+ bicycles. The racks are also in full view of the 24-hour security guard.

Station history

Built in 1911, the old Temple U station achieved infamy in November 1984 when SEPTA was forced to shut down the Reading side of the railroad above North Broad Street Station. A few days after the Center City Commuter Connection and Market East Station (now Jefferson Station) fully opened, some of the girders supporting the tracks in the platform area on the bridge over the avenue were discovered to be in imminent danger of collapse. The emergency repairs, completed early in 1985, included demolishing the station and replacing it with temporary wooden low-level platforms and steel stairs which served until the new station opened. This event helped draw attention to the deterioration of North American railroad and transit infrastructure; the two-year-long RailWorks project which resulted would provide a permanent, modern station at a location more convenient to Temple's campus.

The station was opened in 1992 and was built for $37 million as part of SEPTA's RailWorks project to rebuild the Reading Railroad viaduct in North Philadelphia. The station sits on the Reading side of the system and almost all trains stop here. The new station replaced the older Temple U station, which was originally named Columbia Avenue (a street since renamed Cecil B. Moore Avenue). The old station, located at 39°58′39″N 75°08′59″W / 39.977465°N 75.149835°W / 39.977465; -75.149835, had two island platforms serving all four tracks, but was served by only a few peak hour trains by the time SEPTA began operation of the railroad.

Gallery

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  Norris Street entrance
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  Station platform facing north
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  Station platform facing Center City

References

External links

Media related to Temple University (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA - Temple University Station
• Berks Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Norris Street entrance from Google Maps Street View