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5th Street station (SEPTA)

5th Street
SEPTA rapid transit station
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Fifth Street station platform
Location Fifth & Market Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°57′02″N 75°08′56″W / 39.9505°N 75.1488°W / 39.9505; -75.1488Coordinates: 39°57′02″N 75°08′56″W / 39.9505°N 75.1488°W / 39.9505; -75.1488
Owned by City of Philadelphia, leased to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Philadelphia PHLASH
Construction
Structure type Underground
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 1908
Electrified 700 volts DC
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA.svg SEPTA   Following station
toward 69th Street
Market–Frankford Line
toward Frankford

5th Street/Independence Hall station is a subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the corner of 5th Street and Market Street, served by SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line.

The station is known as 5th Street/Independence Hall on the Market-Frankford Line. It is the only station on the line within the Center City Philadelphia limits where riders must exit the station and cross the street if they wish to travel in the opposite direction; no underground cross-walk is provided.

Riders departing at 5th Street/Independence Hall have easy access to such Philadelphia landmarks as the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the National Constitution Center, the National Museum of American Jewish History, the Philadelphia Bourse and Philadelphia's Federal Courthouse.

As of 2011, 5th Street/Independence Hall Station is one of SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line stations to be wheelchair accessible.

Site of the now demolished KYW AM Radio & TV building, where an entrance to Fifth Street station can barely be seen behind the newsstand.



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