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East Coast US Transit
Philadelphia
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Philadelphia |
The City of Brotherly
Love has a lot to offer for the transit fan, from subways, trolleys
and electrified commuter rail. The Broad St. Subway
(Orange) is 4 tracks like NY on its northern end, 2
tracks on its southern half. It also has the Ridge St. Spur. The Market-Frankford El (Blue)
has beautiful El portions with a subway
through City Center. Philly
has
a moderate sized streetcar/light rail system. The system consists of the Subway-Surface routes of West-Philly.
Route-15 Girard
line is now running again with modern PCC's. Route-23, thru Central City runs
very intermittently for special
occasions. Philly also maintains former interurban lines
radiating out of 69th Street in Upper Darby, including the famous Norristown
P&W Line. PATCO
is
Philly's other subway. It uses a part of the old Philly
Broad St., Ridge St. spur to Locust St. and the old
Bridge Line on the Ben Franklin Bridge. It became PATCO
in 1969 when the line was extended to Lindenwold. It is
designed for high speed and uses automation.
On top of this Philly has electric trolley busses as
well as an extensive electrified commuter rail system.
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