Spring Garden (SEPTA Broad Street Line station)

Spring Garden
Mezzanine Level at Spring Garden Station. This station is currently being renovated.
Location	500 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′44″N 75°09′41″W / 39.9621°N 75.1615°W / 39.9621; -75.1615Coordinates: 39°57′44″N 75°09′41″W / 39.9621°N 75.1615°W / 39.9621; -75.1615
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Broad Street Line Local   Broad Street Line Express
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 4, 16, 43
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 1, 1928
Rebuilt	2009-2012
Electrified	Third rail (600 volts)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Race–Vine toward AT&T Station Broad Street Line Local  Local  Fairmount toward Fern Rock Race–Vine toward Walnut–Locust Broad Street Line Express  Express  Girard toward Fern Rock

Spring Garden is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street Subway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is an express station with four tracks and two island platforms. Spring Garden is the northernmost station in Center City, serving Community College of Philadelphia, the School District of Philadelphia Building, the Inquirer Building (home of Philadelphia newspapers the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News), Ben Franklin High School and miscellaneous office buildings, restaurants, and clubs. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is ten blocks west of the station while the Northern Liberties neighborhood lies approximately eight blocks east. Near this station is Masterman Laboratory & Demonstration School. There are numerous restaurants and shops nearby which makes this a very busy station.

Spring Garden station is the seventh busiest station on the Broad Street Line, with 10,000 riders a day.

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