30th Street Station (Philadelphia)

30th Street
30th Street Station illuminated for the 2016 DNC
Location	2955 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′21″N 75°10′55″W / 39.95583°N 75.18194°W / 39.95583; -75.18194Coordinates: 39°57′21″N 75°10′55″W / 39.95583°N 75.18194°W / 39.95583; -75.18194
Owned by	Amtrak
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor Keystone Corridor (Main Line)
Platforms	3 island platforms (upper level), 6 lower level
Tracks	6 (upper level), 9 (lower level)
Connections	Market–Frankford Line at 30th Street   SEPTA Trolley All Routes SEPTA City Bus: 9, 12, 21, 30, 31, 42, 44, 62, LUCY SEPTA Suburban Bus: 124, 125 JFK Boulevard NJT Bus: 316, 414, 417, 555 Megabus: M21, M23, M29, M30, M31, M32, M34 BoltBus
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	PHL (Amtrak)
Fare zone	C (SEPTA)
History
Opened	1933
Rebuilt	1989
Previous names	Pennsylvania Station–30th Street
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	580 (Average weekday) (NJT)
Passengers (2016)	4,328,718  4.6% (Amtrak)
Passengers	16,662 (Average weekday) (SEPTA)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Wilmington toward Washington, DC Acela Express Trenton toward Boston South Station Vermonter Trenton toward St. Albans Wilmington toward Chicago Cardinal Trenton toward New York City Wilmington toward Charlotte Carolinian Wilmington toward New Orleans Crescent Wilmington toward Savannah Palmetto Paoli toward Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian Wilmington toward Miami Silver Meteor Silver Star Ardmore, PA toward Harrisburg Keystone Service North Philadelphia toward New York City Wilmington toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Lynchburg Northeast Regional North Philadelphia toward Boston South Station or Springfield SEPTA University City toward Airport Airport Line Suburban Station toward Temple University North Philadelphia toward Chestnut Hill West Chestnut Hill West Line University City toward Elwyn Media/Elwyn Line Overbrook toward Thorndale Paoli/Thorndale Line North Philadelphia toward Trenton Trenton Line University City toward Newark Wilmington/Newark Line Wynnefield Avenue toward Cynwyd Cynwyd Line Suburban Station Terminus Terminus Chestnut Hill East Line Suburban Station toward Chestnut Hill East Fox Chase Line Suburban Station toward Fox Chase Lansdale/Doylestown Line Suburban Station toward Doylestown Manayunk/Norristown Line Suburban Station toward Elm Street University City Terminus Warminster Line Suburban Station toward Warminster West Trenton Line Suburban Station toward West Trenton NJ Transit Rail Terminus Atlantic City Line Pennsauken Transit Center toward Atlantic City
Thirtieth Street Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pennsylvania state historical marker
Location	W. River Dr., Market, 30th, and Arch Sts. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Built	1927-1933
Architect	Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #	78002456
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 7, 1978
Designated PHMC	December 17, 1996
Location
30th Street Location within Philadelphia

The 30th Street Station is the main railroad station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and one of the seven stations in Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's (SEPTA) Center City fare zone. It is also a major stop on Amtrak's (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) Northeast and Keystone Corridors.

The station's address is 2955 Market Street. It sits across from the former United States Post Office-Main Branch. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Amtrak's code for the station is PHL. Its IATA Airport Code is ZFV on United because Amtrak's service to Newark Liberty International Airport is codeshared with United Airlines.

Of the 24 Pennsylvania stations served by Amtrak, the 30th Street Station was by far the busiest for the Fiscal Year 2013, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 11,303 passengers daily (almost twice the number of passengers of the other 23 Pennsylvania stations combined) and is Amtrak's overall 3rd-busiest station.

The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), which was headquartered in Philadelphia, acquired tunnel rights from the Schuylkill River to 15th Street from the city of Philadelphia in return for land that the city needed to construct the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. This allowed the company to build both Suburban Station and the 30th Street Station, which replaced Broad Street Station as the latter was too small. Broad St. Station was a stub-end terminal in Center City and through trains had to back in and out, and the company wanted a location which would accommodate trains between New York City and Washington. D.C. Broad St. Station also handled a large commuter operation, which the new underground Suburban Station was built to handle. (Because of the Depression and World War II, Broad St. Station didn't close until 1952.)