36th–Sansom station

36th–Sansom
36th–Sansom
General information
Location	36th and Sansom streets; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	39°57′14″N 75°11′41″W / 39.953890°N 75.194630°W
Owned by	SEPTA
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 21
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	No
History
Opened	November 1955
Previous names	36th Street (1955–2025)
Services
Location
Location

36th–Sansom station is a SEPTA Metro trolley station in Philadelphia.^[2] It is located at the intersection of Sansom and 36th streets, and serves Routes T2, T3, T4, and T5 of the T. Trolleys serving this station go eastbound to Center City Philadelphia and westbound to the neighborhoods of Eastwick and Angora, as well as the Delaware County suburbs of Yeadon and Darby.

The station is located adjacent to the Institute of Contemporary Art^[3] and is two blocks away from the 36th Street Portal station, which serves the T1 trolley.

History

The station was opened in November 1955 by the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) as part of a larger project to move portions of the elevated Market Street Line and surface trolleys underground.^[1] The original project to bury the elevated tracks between 23rd to 46th streets was announced by the PTC's predecessor, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT), in the 1920s, but was delayed due to the Great Depression and World War II.^[4] The PTC's revised project also included a new tunnel for trolleys underneath the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, continuing from the original western portal at 23rd and Market streets to new portals at 36th and Ludlow streets and 40th Street and Baltimore Avenue.^[4]

Station layout

The station has two low-level side platforms, each capable of platforming two trolleys at a time. Fares are collected on board the trolley cars.

References

^ ^a ^b Puckett, John L. and Mark Frazier Lloyd. Becoming Penn: The Pragmatic American University, 1950–2000, p. 35, at Google Books, accessed May 31, 2020.
^ Springirth, Kenneth C. (2016). Philadelphia Electrified Rail Lines In Color. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-5824-8498-3.
^ "Visit". ICA Philadelphia. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
^ ^a ^b John L. Puckett. "Putting the Market Street Elevated Underground". West Philadelphia Collaborative History. University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. Retrieved June 2, 2020.

External links

Media related to Sansom Commons / 36th Street (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

[upenn-1] Puckett, John L. and Mark Frazier Lloyd. Becoming Penn: The Pragmatic American University, 1950–2000, p. 35, at Google Books, accessed May 31, 2020.

[springirth-2] Springirth, Kenneth C. (2016). Philadelphia Electrified Rail Lines In Color. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-5824-8498-3.

[3] "Visit". ICA Philadelphia. Retrieved May 31, 2020.

[puckett-4] John L. Puckett. "Putting the Market Street Elevated Underground". West Philadelphia Collaborative History. University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. Retrieved June 2, 2020.

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