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Walnut-Locust (SEPTA station)

Walnut-Locust
Broadstconcourse.jpg
Station entrance via the South Broad Street concourse
Location 200 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°56′57″N 75°09′51″W / 39.9493°N 75.1643°W / 39.9493; -75.1643Coordinates: 39°56′57″N 75°09′51″W / 39.9493°N 75.1643°W / 39.9493; -75.1643
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s)
  Broad Street Line Local and Express
Platforms 2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks 4
Connections City Bus SEPTA City Bus: 4, 9, 12, 21, 27, 32, 42
Construction
Disabled access Yes (transfer to PATCO at 12th-13th & Locust not accessible)
History
Opened April 20, 1930
Electrified Third rail (600 volts)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA.svg SEPTA   Following station
toward AT&T Station
Broad Street Line
Local
 Local 
toward Fern Rock
toward 
Broad Street Line
 Sports Express 
Terminus Broad Street Line
Express
 Express 
Preceding station   PATCO   Following station
Terminus PATCO Speedline
Local
toward Lindenwold
PATCO Speedline
Philadelphia Express

Walnut–Locust is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is located between Walnut Street and Locust Street at 200 South Broad Street in the Avenue of the Arts district of Center City, Philadelphia.

Walnut–Locust is served by local trains, special "sport express" trains, and is the southern terminus for express trains, which reverse direction on tracks immediately south of the station. On the "sport express" line, the station is the last stop before its terminus at the AT&T station.

It is attached by the Center City Commuter Connection underground concourse to City Hall Station and PATCO Speedline's 12–13th & Locust Station and 15–16th & Locust Station. However, no free interchange is available to either of these stations.

Passengers utilizing Walnut-Locust station may access the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the Bellevue shops and restaurants, and the Academy of Music. Seven blocks east of the station lies Washington Square, while Rittenhouse Square lies four blocks west.

Walnut-Locust Station was originally built by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company on April 20, 1930. Until 1969, it was the original southern terminus of the Broad–Ridge Spur and Bridge Street Line. This was eventually replaced by the aforementioned Center City Commuter Connection.


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