63rd Street station (Market–Frankford Line)

63rd Street station is an elevated rapid transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served by SEPTA's Market–Frankford Line trains. Located at the intersection of 63rd and Market Streets in the Haddington neighborhood of West Philadelphia, it is the westernmost stop on the line within the Philadelphia city limits.

63rd Street
SEPTA rapid transit station
An eastbound Market–Frankford train departing the station
Location63rd and Market Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owned bySoutheastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsSEPTA City Bus: 21, 31
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened1907[1][2]
RebuiltMay 4, 2009
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Millbourne
toward 69th Street
 Market–Frankford Line 60th Street
toward Frankford
Former services
Preceding station Philadelphia Transportation Company Following station
66th Street
toward 69th Street
 Market Elevated 60th Street
toward Frankford
Location
63rd Street
Location within Philadelphia

The station is also served by SEPTA bus routes 21 and 31. The station is also the northern terminus of the Cobbs Creek Trail.[3]

History

63rd Street station is one of the original Market Street Elevated stations built by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company; the line opened for service on March 4, 1907 between 69th Street and 15th Street stations.[1][2]

The station was closed on June 13, 2008 for rehabilitation as part of a multi-phase reconstruction of the entire western Market Street Elevated.[4] The renovated station included new elevators, escalators, lighting, and other infrastructure, as well as a new brick station house.[5] The station reopened on May 4, 2009. The project resulted in the station becoming compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The station exterior as seen from Cobbs Creek Parkway

Station layout

There are two side platforms connecting to a station house on the southeast corner of 63rd and Market streets. There are also three exit-only staircases; two descend to the west side of 63rd Street and one to the northwest corner of Market and Felton streets.

Unlike other stations along the western elevated portion of the line, the corridor between the station house and westbound platform is above the tracks rather than below.

M Mezzanine Fare control, connection between platforms
P
Platform level		 Side platform 
Westbound ←      Market–Frankford Line toward 69th Street (Millbourne)
Eastbound →      Market–Frankford Line toward Frankford (60th Street) →
Side platform
G Street level Station house, buses

References
  1. Cox, Harold E. (1967). May, Jack (ed.). The Road from Upper Darby. The Story of the Market Street Subway-Elevated. New York, NY: Electric Railroaders' Association. p. 16. OCLC 54770701.
  2. Hepp, John (2013). "Subways and Elevated Lines". The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
  3. "Cobbs Creek Trail (The Circuit)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  4. "SEPTA 'Elebrates' End Of Project". September 11, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  5. "Market Street Elevated (MSE) Reconstruction Project". SEPTA. Archived from the original on November 15, 2008.

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