Fairmount (BSL station)

Fairmount
Fairmount Station on the Broad Ridge Spur
Location	700 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°58′02″N 75°09′37″W / 39.9671°N 75.1604°W / 39.9671; -75.1604Coordinates: 39°58′02″N 75°09′37″W / 39.9671°N 75.1604°W / 39.9671; -75.1604
Owned by	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Broad Street Line Local   Broad Street Line Ridge Spur
Platforms	2 side platforms (upper level) 1 island platform (lower level)
Tracks	6 total 4 (upper level) 2 (lower level)
Connections	SEPTA Bus: 4, 16, 61
Construction
Platform levels	2
History
Opened	September 1, 1928 (Local) December 21, 1932 (Broad Ridge Spur)
Electrified	Third rail (600 volts)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Spring Garden toward AT&T Station Broad Street Line Local  Local  Girard toward Fern Rock Chinatown toward 8th Street Broad Street Line Ridge Spur  Ridge Spur  Spring Garden closed toward 8th Street

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Fairmount is a subway station in the Francisville section of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is served by SEPTA's Broad Street Line (local tracks) and the Broad-Ridge Spur. There are three separate platforms; currently the Broad-Ridge Spur and Broad Street Line (BSL) northbound platforms connect inside the faregates, but the BSL's southbound platform cannot be reached from the other two without exiting. At one point in time there was a connection to Broad-Ridge Spur trains from the southbound platform of the Broad Street Main Line. The entrance can be seen at platform level heading south towards the end of the platform; it is a sealed off entrance painted black. Travelers wishing to switch between the Broad-Ridge Spur and the southbound BSL, or to switch to or from the BSL Express line, should connect at Girard. The Broad-Ridge Spur platform is shortened and can only accommodate short 2-car trains; the unused part of the platform is visible from passing trains and is covered in layers of graffiti. Fairmount Station on the Broad-Ridge Spur has a full mezzanine concourse extending from Wallace Street to Ridge Avenue, now abandoned.