34th Street
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SEPTA rapid transit station | |||||||||||
Station entrance at night with a view of Center City in the background
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Location | 34th & Market Streets Philadelphia, PA |
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Coordinates | 39°57′21″N 75°11′29″W / 39.95575°N 75.19132°WCoordinates: 39°57′21″N 75°11′29″W / 39.95575°N 75.19132°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | SEPTA City Bus: 30, 31, LUCY | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Disabled access | No | ||||||||||
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Opened | June 20, 1956 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 700 volts DC | ||||||||||
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34th Street station is an underground station on the Market-Frankford Line, below the intersection of 34th Street and Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the University City neighborhood of West Philadelphia. The station is on the Drexel University campus, adjacent to the Daskalakis Athletic Center, and near the University of Pennsylvania campus.
34th Street station was built in 1956 by the Philadelphia Transportation Company as a replacement for the former 36th Street elevated station, which was built in 1907.
SEPTA bus routes at 34th Street include 31 and University City Circulation Loops, LUCY Gold and LUCY Green.
Platform sign on the bottom of the staircase
Station entrance in 2007
entrance at night 2018