SEPTA Routes 101 and 102

The 101 and 102 run together on their exclusive right-of-way from Upper Darby to Drexel Hill Junction for approximately 2 miles (3.2 km), at which point they diverge.

Map of Routes 101 and 102 (red), as well as former trolley (now bus) Routes 103 and 104 (orange), and Route 100 (blue)

Route 101 continues on its own right-of-way traveling west and southwest through Drexel Hill and Springfield with an important stop at the Springfield Mall before entering the street in Media. The 101 has double tracks to Woodland Avenue, then a single track to just before Pine Ridge, then enters the street at Providence Road in Media and runs on a single track the rest of the way. Cars in the street must yield to the trolley. The line terminates in the middle of the street just west of the Delaware County Courthouse.

Route 102 runs southeast from Drexel Hill Junction through Drexel Hill and Clifton Heights and then goes into the street in Aldan. After Aldan, it returns to its own right-of-way, then passes through Collingdale before terminating at Chester Pike in Sharon Hill. The 102 has double tracks until up to North Street in Collingdale, where the 102 returns to its own right-of-way, and after North Street, there is a single track until the end of the line.

Springfield Road contains two stops along both lines. Route 101 stops at Springfield Road in Springfield. Route 102 stops at Springfield Road in Clifton Heights, then joins this street until it moves onto Woodlawn Avenue through Aldan.

Heavy steel interurban cars like this ran on the Red Arrow until the 1970s.

The Sharon Hill Line (Route 102) was originally built by the Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company, and opened on March 15, 1906, and the Media Line (Route 101) was originally built by the same company, opening on April 1, 1913.[8] The lines were later bought by the Philadelphia Suburban Transit Company in 1954.

Besides Routes 101 and 102, there were also two other, now defunct, Red Arrow trolley lines. The direct ancestor of the SEPTA Route 104 bus line went to West Chester, splitting off from the rest of the system right after 69th Street Transportation Center onto West Chester Pike. The tracks continued all the way up West Chester Pike. West Chester trolleys were replaced by buses in 1954 due to widening of West Chester Pike; rush-hour trips to Westgate Hills lasted until 1958. Tracks remained in use for access to the Red Arrow's carbarn in Llanerch until SEPTA closed the barn in 1971; all tracks were soon removed except for a portion near 69th Street that SEPTA occasionally uses to store out-of service trolleys. The other now-defunct Red Arrow trolley line went to Ardmore until December 1966. It split from the West Chester line at Llanerch and continued on its own exclusive right-of-way. Much of the right-of-way still remains between Schauffele Plaza in Ardmore (the former terminus of the line) and Eagle Road in Havertown, although the tracks were removed and the right-of-way paved for dedicated use by the replacement bus line, now SEPTA Route 103. The 103 still uses this private right-of-way, although much of its other street routing has changed.

On April 1, 2020, service on Route 102 was suspended while Route 101 was substituted with buses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Trolley service on both routes resumed June 1, 2020.[9][10][11]

Media
Route 101 trolley at the end of the line
Line(s)	Route 101
Platforms	Sidewalks
Tracks	1
Construction
Platform levels	Street
Parking	No
Electrified	Overhead lines
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Terminus Route 101 Providence Road toward 69th Street Transportation Center

Media is the western terminus of the Route 101 trolley line. Despite being located in the town, there is no direct connection to the Media station of the Media/Elwyn Line.

Location	Station/stop	Connections	Notes
Route 101 (Media branch)
Media	Orange Street – State Street	110	Route 101 western terminus
	Veterans Square – State Street
	Olive Street – State Street
	Jackson Street – State Street	118
	Monroe Street – State Street
	Edgemont Street – State Street
	Manchester Avenue – State Street

Location	Station/stop	Connections	Notes
Media	Providence Road		Begin right-of-way and two-track operation Formerly known as Bowling Green
	Beatty Road
Springfield	Pine Ridge		Tracks converge east of here
	Paper Mill Road		Serves Smedley Park
	Springfield Mall	107, 109, 110	Formerly known as Sproul Road
	Thomson Avenue
	Woodland Avenue		Resume two-track operation east of here
	Leamy Avenue
	Saxer Avenue
	Springfield Road
	Scenic Road
Drexel Hill	Drexeline
	Drexelbrook
	Anderson Avenue
	Aronimink
	School Lane
	Huey Avenue
Route 102 (Sharon Hill branch)
Sharon Hill	Sharon Hill – Chester Pike	114, 115	Route 102 western terminus
Collingdale	MacDade Boulevard – Woodlawn Avenue	113	Formerly known as Collingdale
	Andrews Avenue – Woodlawn Avenue
	Bartram Avenue – Woodlawn Avenue
North Street – Woodlawn Avenue		Tracks leave right-of-way and merge with Woodlawn Avenue north of here
Aldan	Magnolia Avenue – Woodlawn Avenue
	Providence Road – Woodlawn Avenue
	Shisler Avenue – Woodlawn Avenue		Station closed on March 15, 2010
Clifton Heights	Clifton-Aldan – Woodlawn Avenue	Media/Elwyn Line	Tracks transition onto Springfield Road
	Springfield Road		Tracks leave Springfield Road for right-of-way south of here
	Penn Street
	Baltimore Pike	109
Drexel Hill	Creek Road		Located in Indian Rock Park Formerly known as Oakdale
	Marshall Road
	Drexel Manor
	Garrettford
Routes 101 & 102 (Common section)
Drexel Hill	Drexel Hill Junction	107	Also known as Shadeland Avenue Routes 101 and 102 diverge west of here
	Irvington Road		Bypassed by Route 101 rush hour express service
	Drexel Park		Bypassed by Route 101 rush hour express service Also called Fairfax Road
Upper Darby	Lansdowne Avenue – Garrett Road	107, 115
	Congress Avenue – Garrett Road		Bypassed by Route 101 rush hour express service
	Beverly Boulevard – Garrett Road & Bywood Avenue		Bypassed by Route 101 rush hour express service Formerly known as Beverly Hills
	Hilltop Road – Garrett Road & Bywood Avenue		Bypassed by Route 101 rush hour express service
	Avon Road – Garrett Road & Bywood Avenue		Bypassed by Route 101 rush hour express service Formerly known as Bywood
	Walnut Street – Garrett Road & Bywood Avenue		Bypassed by Route 101 rush hour express service
	Fairfield Avenue – Bywood Avenue		Bypassed by Route 101 rush hour express service Tracks merge with street east of here
	69th Street Transportation Center – Market Street	MFL Market–Frankford Line, NHSL Norristown High Speed Line 21, 30, 65 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 120, 123, 126

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  Route 101 LRV in Media
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  Private right-of-way outside Media
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  Front of Route 101 LRV in Media with the sign set for its next outbound trip to Sharon Hill on Route 102.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to SEPTA Routes 101 and 102.

• U.S. Urban Rail Transit Lines Opened From 1980 (PDF)
• Rt. 101/102 – Media/Sharon Hill; Images, guide, and slight history at World-NYC Subway.org