Race–Vine station

Race-Vine is a rapid transit passenger rail station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line.[1] It is located at 300 North Broad Street (PA 611) in the Center City district of Philadelphia, and serves both local and express trains. The station is named after Vine Street, which today acts as frontage roads along Interstate 676 and nearby Race Street, although the given address is closer to westbound Vine than Race. This stop is also used as the official stop for the Pennsylvania Convention Center on the Broad Street Line; signs will direct passengers to the appropriate exits. However, riding the Broad Street Line one stop further south to City Hall and then connecting to the Market–Frankford Line East toward Frankford and then exiting at 11th Street station will bring passengers right inside the Convention Center and the Fashion District Philadelphia.

Race–Vine
BSL Race-Vine northbound platform
Location300 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
Coordinates39.9582°N 75.1623°W / 39.9582; -75.1623
Owned bySEPTA
Platforms2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks4
Connections SEPTA City Bus: 4, 16
NJT Bus: 400, 401, 402, 404, 406, 408, 410, 412 (at Broad & Cherry Streets)
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Disabled accessCross-platform transfers only
History
OpenedSeptember 1, 1928
ElectrifiedYes, Third rail (600 volts)
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
City Hall
toward NRG
 Broad Street Line
Local
 Spring Garden
toward Fern Rock
City Hall
toward Walnut–Locust
 Broad Street Line
Express
Location
Race–Vine
Location within Philadelphia

In addition to the Convention Center and other sights on the westernmost edge of Chinatown, the Race–Vine station serves several office buildings, Magee (Thomas Jefferson University) Rehabilitation Center, the Parkway Museum District, Roman Catholic High School, and the School of Nursing campus of Drexel University.

Passengers may connect to SEPTA City Bus Routes 4, 16, and 27 here, in addition to a number of NJ Transit bus routes, which board on the northeast corner of Broad Street and Vine Street. Until the mid-1990s there was a concourse leading up Broad Street from City Hall to the Race Street side of the station.

Station layout
G Street Level Entrances/Exits
M Mezzanine to entrances/exits, fare control
P
Platform level		 Southbound local ←      Broad Street Line toward NRG (City Hall)
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
Southbound express ←      Broad Street Line toward Walnut – Locust (special event service to NRG) (City Hall)
Northbound express →      Broad Street Line toward Fern Rock (Spring Garden) →
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
Northbound local →      Broad Street Line toward Fern Rock (Spring Garden) →

References
  1. "Official web page".
  • Race–Vine station in 2002
  • Race–Vine station 2018 in with the Philadelphia City Hall visible in the background
  • Broad Street Line train at the station

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