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30th Street Station District

30th Street
30th Street Station Philadelphia July 2016 002 edit.jpg
30th Street Station illuminated for the 2016 DNC
Location 2955 Market Street PA-3.svg
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
  SEPTA Trolley All Routes
City Bus SEPTA City Bus: 9, 12, 21, 30, 31, 42, 44, 62, LUCY
Suburban Bus SEPTA Suburban Bus: 124, 125
JFK Boulevard
NJT Bus NJT Bus: 316, 414, 417, 555
Intercity Bus Megabus: M21, M23, M29, M30, M31, M32, M34
Intercity Bus 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 Increase 4.6% (Amtrak)
Passengers 16,662 (Average weekday) (SEPTA)
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
Acela Express
Vermonter
toward St. Albans
toward Chicago
Cardinal
toward Charlotte
Carolinian
toward New Orleans
Crescent
toward Savannah
Palmetto
toward Pittsburgh
Pennsylvanian
toward Miami
Silver Meteor
Silver Star
toward Harrisburg
Keystone Service
Northeast Regional
SEPTA.svg SEPTA
toward Airport
Airport Line
Chestnut Hill West Line
toward Elwyn
Media/Elwyn Line
toward Thorndale
Paoli/Thorndale Line
toward Trenton
Trenton Line
toward Newark
Wilmington/Newark Line
toward Cynwyd
Cynwyd Line
Terminus
Terminus Chestnut Hill East Line
Fox Chase Line
toward Fox Chase
Lansdale/Doylestown Line
toward Doylestown
Manayunk/Norristown Line
toward Elm Street
Terminus
Warminster Line
toward Warminster
West Trenton Line
toward West Trenton
NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Rail
Terminus Atlantic City Line
Thirtieth Street Station
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 is located in Philadelphia
30th Street
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.)


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