Church station (SEPTA)

Coordinates: 40°00′39″N 75°05′20″W / 40.0107°N 75.0889°W

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Church

Church station westbound platform

General information

Location

4300 North Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Coordinates

40°00′39″N 75°05′20″W / 40.0107°N 75.0889°W

Owned by

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Connections

SEPTA City Bus: 3, 5

Construction

Structure type

Elevated

Accessible

Yes

History

Opened

November 5, 1922^[1]

Rebuilt

1997^[2]

Previous names

Ruan–Church

Services

Preceding station	SEPTA			Following station
Erie–Torresdale toward 69th Street T.C.		Market–Frankford Line		Arrott T.C. toward Frankford T.C.

Future services (2024)

Preceding station	SEPTA Metro			Following station
Erie–Torresdale toward 69th Street				Arrott Transit Center toward Frankford

Location

Church station is an elevated rapid transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served by SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line. It is located on Frankford Avenue between Ruan and Church streets in the Frankford neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia. The station was originally named Ruan–Church station, and it is also served by SEPTA City Bus routes 3 and 5.

History

Church is part of the Frankford Elevated section of the line, which began service on November 5, 1922, as Ruan–Church station.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Between 1988 and 2003, SEPTA undertook a $493.3 million reconstruction of the 5.5-mile (8.9 km) Frankford Elevated.^[5] Church station was completely rebuilt on the site of the original station; the project included new platforms, elevators, windscreens, and overpasses, and the station now meets ADA accessibility requirements.^[5] The line had originally been built with track ballast and was replaced with precast sections of deck, allowing the station (and the entire line) to remain open throughout the project.^[6]

During the Market–Frankford's rush-hour skip-stop service pattern, Church was only served by "B" trains. This practice was discontinued on February 24, 2020.^[7]^[8]

Station layout

There are two staircases at the station, with the main entrance on the west side of Frankford Avenue between Ruan and Church streets. Across the street is an eastbound platform exit-only staircase. South of the station, the tracks turn west to travel along Kensington Avenue.

References

^ ^a ^b "Market-Frankford Subway–Elevated Line". SEPTA. Archived from the original on March 28, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
^ "Frankford Elevated Rapid Rail Line". Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
^ Cox, Harold E. (1967). May, Jack (ed.). The Road from Upper Darby. The Story of the Market Street Subway-Elevated. New York, NY: Electric Railroaders' Association. p. 17. OCLC 54770701.
^ Hepp, John (2013). "Subways and Elevated Lines". Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Edward L. Woods, Jr.; Thomas A. Nuxoll (1999). "The Frankford Elevated Reconstruction Project" (PDF). American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
^ American Public Transportation Association (1996). "Success Under Fire--A Discussion of the SEPTA-Frankford Elevated Reconstruction Project (FERP)". National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
^ Ralph, Pat (February 24, 2020). "SEPTA service changes mark end of skip-stop service on Market-Frankford Line". PhillyVoice. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
^ "SEPTA to Improve Market-Frankford Line Service Levels" (Press release). SEPTA. February 13, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2020.

External links

Media related to Church (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

SEPTA – Church station
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-430-B, "Frankford Elevated, Church Street Station"
Images at NYCSubway.org
Station entrance from Google Maps Street View

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