SEPTA Route 6

Route 6
The former SEPTA Route 6 trolley at Olney Transportation Center in 1984.
Overview
Operator	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Garage	Luzerne Depot
Vehicle	PCC streetcar (to 1985), bus
Began service	1907 or 1924
Route
Locale	North Philadelphia to Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
Communities served	Olney, West Oak Lane, Germantown, Ogontz, Cheltenham, Willow Grove
Start	Olney Transportation Center
End	Willow Grove Amusement Park Cheltenham Loop

SEPTA's Route 6, also known as the Ogontz Avenue Line is a former streetcar line and current bus route, operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Route 6 begins at the Olney Transportation Center, a core station of the Broad Street Line, principally traversing Ogontz Avenue in the City of Philadelphia, crossing the City Line at Cheltenham Avenue, and then proceeding on private right-of-way down the middle of Limekiln Pike before running as a streetcar line on Keswick Avenue in Glenside, and then mostly side-of-the-road private right-of-way until reaching Willow Grove Park. The line was fully double-tracked. Streetcar service to Willow Grove Park ended on June 8, 1958 when the Pennsylvania Highway Department (predecessor to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation) acquired portions of the private right-of-way on Limekiln Pike for construction of the soon to be built Pennsylvania Route 309 Expressway. PCC streetcars were assigned to Route 6 beginning June 20, 1948. Route 6 was cut back to a loop and terminus at Ogontz & Cheltenham Avenues at the City Line. Starting on September 30, 1968, Route 6 streetcar service was transferred the new transit authority, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). On January 12, 1986 buses replaced service on Route 6.

As one of the newer trolleys to be adopted by SEPTA, the Route 6 trolley was established by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT) in 1907 (although some sources claim it was established in 1924) as the Glenside Line between the Willow Grove Depot and the City Line and Ogontz Avenue via Limekiln Pike. In 1929 the line was extended to Broad Street and Olney Avenue a year after the opening of the Olney Terminal on the Broad Street Line.