Spring Garden station (Broad Street Line)

Spring Garden is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street subway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is an express station with four tracks and two island platforms. Spring Garden is the northernmost station in Center City, serving Community College of Philadelphia, the School District of Philadelphia Building, the Inquirer Building (home of Philadelphia newspapers the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News), Ben Franklin High School and miscellaneous office buildings, restaurants, and clubs. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is ten blocks west of the station while the Northern Liberties neighborhood lies approximately eight blocks east. Near this station is Masterman Laboratory & Demonstration School. There are numerous restaurants and shops nearby which makes this a very busy station.

Spring Garden
Platform
Location	500 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39.9621°N 75.1615°W
Owned by	SEPTA
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 4, 16, 43
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 1, 1928
Rebuilt	2009-2012
Electrified	Third rail (600 volts)
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Race–Vine toward NRG Broad Street Line Local Fairmount toward Fern Rock Race–Vine toward Walnut–Locust Broad Street Line Express Girard toward Fern Rock
Location
Spring Garden Location within Philadelphia

Spring Garden station is the seventh busiest station on the Broad Street Line, with 10,000 riders a day.[1]

Station layout

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

Gallery

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  Spring Garden station with the Philadelphia Inquirer building and Center City buildings visible in the background
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  Tiles at Spring Garden station
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  Spring Garden southwest entrance

References

1. Fiscal Year 2008 Capital Budget and Fiscal Years 2008–2019 Capital Program. SEPTA (27 May 2007)

External links

• SEPTA - Spring Garden BSL Station
• Spring Garden Street entrance from Google Maps Street View