SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes

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SEPTA City Transit Division
SEPTA New Flyer DE40LF# 5606H waits at Market and 4th in downtown Philadelphia.
Slogan	Serious About Change.
Parent company	SEPTA
Founded	1968
Headquarters	1234 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
Locale	Philadelphia
Service area	Philadelphia and immediate vicinity
Service type	Local bus service
Routes	79
Fleet	977
Operator	SEPTA
Chief executive	Joseph Casey
Web site	septa.org

Main article: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority operates the following bus and tram routes as part of its City Transit Division from seven garages within Philadelphia, serving primarily the city and some areas immediately outside of city limits. Five of these routes were operated with trackless trolleys until 2003, and three of these routes based in Northeast Philadelphia are to be restored in the future.

1 Numbered routes
2 Lettered routes
3 LUCY routes (Route 316)
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Numbered routes

Route	Terminals		Major streets	History	Notes
1	Wynnefield or Wissahickon Transfer Center	Northeast Philadelphia or Philadelphia Park	City Avenue, Ridge Avenue, Hunting Park Avenue, and Roosevelt Boulevard	Originally known as the "Boulevard Limited"	limited-stop service
2	South Philadelphia	Nicetown	16th Street and 17th Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1956
3	Strawberry Mansion	Frankford Transportation Center	Cecil B. Moore Boulevard, Kensington Avenue, and Frankford Avenue	Buses replaced streetcars in 1956
5	Penn's Landing	Frankford Transportation Center	3rd Street, 2nd Street, and Frankford Avenue	Buses replaced streetcars in 1955
6	Olney Transportation Center	West Oak Lane	Ogontz Avenue	Buses replaced streetcars in 1986
7	Pier 70	Strawberry Mansion	Oregon Avenue, 22nd Street, 23rd Street, and 29th Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1955
8	Olney Transportation Center	Frankford Transportation Center	Tabor Road, Roosevelt Boulevard, and Pratt Street	Formerly labeled "Frankford-Olney Express" or "FOX"	Peak hour, limited stop service
9	Andorra	Independence Mall	Ridge Avenue, Schuylkill Expressway, Chestnut Street, and Walnut Street	Formerly labeled A
10	Overbrook	Center City	Lansdowne Avenue and Lancaster Avenue		subway-surface trolley line
11	Darby Transportation Center	Center City	Woodland Avenue		subway-surface trolley line
12	Woodland	Society Hill	Grays Ferry Avenue, Locust Street, and Walnut Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1956
13	Darby Transportation Center or Yeadon	Center City	Chester Avenue		subway-surface trolley line
14	Frankford Transportation Center	Neshaminy Mall or Oxford Valley Mall	Bustleton Avenue, Roosevelt Boulevard, and U.S. Route 1 Business	Formerly labeled B
15	Haddington	Port Richmond	Girard Avenue and Richmond Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1992; streetcars restored in 2005	surface trolley line
17	South Philadelphia	Penn's Landing	20th Street, 19th Street, and Market Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1957
18	Cedarbrook	Olney Transportation Center (express) or Fox Chase (local)	Stenton Avenue (express) Vernon Road, Chew Avenue, Olney Avenue, Rising Sun Avenue, and Oxford Avenue (local)	Formerly labeled S
19	Frankford Transportation Center	Krewstown or Torresdale station	Cheltenham Avenue, Oxford Avenue, Whitaker Avenue, Algon Avenue, Krewstown Road, and Grant Avenue	Formerly labeled W
20	Frankford Transportation Center	Philadelphia Park, Franklin Mills Mall or Academy Gardens	Roosevelt Blvd, Academy Rd
21	69th Street Terminal or West Philadelphia	Penn's Landing	Chestnut Street, Walnut Street	Formerly labeled D
22	Olney Transportation Center	Willow Grove Park Mall or Warminster Twp	Easton Road, York Road	Was part of Route 6
23	Chestnut Hill	South Philadelphia	Germantown Avenue, 11th Street, 12th Street	Buses "temporarily" replaced trolleys in 1992.	Light rail to be restored between 2011 and 2018^[1]
24	Frankford Transportation Center	Rockledge, Bethayres, or Southampton	Pratt Street, Oxford Avenue, Huntingdon Pike	Formerly labeled N
25	Frankford Transportation Center	Columbus Commons Shopping Ctr.	Aramingo Avenue, Columbus Blvd (Delaware Avenue)
26	Olney or Frankford Transportation Center	Chelten Av RR Station	Chelten Avenue, Olney Avenue, Tabor Road, Magee Avenue	Buses replaced streetcars in 1956
27	Center City	Plymouth Meeting Mall or Barren Hill	Vine Street Expressway, Schuylkill Expressway, Henry Avenue, Ridge Pike	Formerly labeled A
28	Fern Rock Transportation Center	Holmesburg	Cadwalader Avenue, Rhawn Street	Formerly labeled T and XA
29	Grays Ferry	Pier 70	Tasker Street, Morris Street	Buses "temporarily" replaced trackless trolleys in 2003	Trackless trolleys replaced streetcars in 1950
30	69th Street Terminal	University City or 30th Street Station	Haverford Avenue, Vine Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1950
31	Overbrook Park	Center City	63rd Street, Chestnut Street, Walnut Street, Market Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1956-1957
32	Center City	Roxborough	Henry Avenue, 33rd Street	Formerly labeled A
33	Nicetown-Tioga	Penn's Landing	19th Street, 20th Street, Market Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1955
34	Angora	City Hall	Baltimore Avenue		Subway-Surface streetcar line
35	Manayunk	Roxborough	Ridge Avenue, Main Street, Leverington Street	Formerly labeled Z
36	Eastwick	City Hall	Elmwood Avenue		Subway-Surface streetcar line
37	South Philadelphia	Philadelphia International Airport or Chester	Lindbergh Blvd, Industrial Highway	Buses replaced streetcars in 1955
38	Wissahickon Transfer Center	Center City	Belmont Avenue, River Park & Mantua Ben Franklin Parkway	Buses replaced streetcars in 1955
39	Strawberry Mansion	Fishtown	Susquehanna Avenue, Dauphin Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1956
40	West Park	Society Hill	Parkside Avenue, South Street, Lombard Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1956
42	West Philadelphia or Upper Darby	Penn's Landing	Walnut Street, Chestnut Street, Spruce Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1956
43	Parkside	Port Richmond	Spring Garden Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1956
44	Ardmore	Center City	Montgomery Avenue, City Avenue, Schuylkill Expressway
46	Overbrook	Angora	60th Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1957
47	South Philadelphia	Olney	8th Street, 7th Street, 5th Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1969
47m	South Philadelphia	Spring Garden	9th Street, 8th Street
48	Nicetown	Penn's Landing	29th Street, Market Street, Arch Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1956
50	Frankford Transportation Center	Philadelphia Park	Roosevelt Blvd, Academy Road, Ashton Road	New service initiated 2007
52	Wynnefield	Woodland	52nd Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1955
53	Tioga	West Oak Lane	Wayne Avenue	Buses replaced streetcars in 1986
54	Strawberry Mansion	Port Richmond	Lehigh Avenue	Buses replaced streetcars in 1955
55	Olney Transportation Center	Willow Grove or Doylestown	Old York Road, Easton Road (Pa. Route 611)	Buses replaced streetcars in 1952
56	Nicetown	Tacony	Erie Avenue, Torresdale Avenue	Buses "temporarily" replaced trolleys in 1992.	Light rail to be restored between 2011 and 2018^[1]
57	Fern Rock Transportation Center	South Philadelphia	American Street, 3rd Street, 4th Street	Took over portions of former streetcar Route 50 in 1980
58	Frankford Transportation Center	Somerton or Neshaminy Mall	Bustleton Avenue	Formerly labeled "59b"
59	Arrott Terminal	Bells Corner	Castor Avenue	Trackless trolleys replaced buses in 1950	Buses "temporarily" replaced trackless trolleys in 2003; trackless service to be restored by 2008
60	East Falls	Port Richmond	Allegheny Avenue	Buses replaced streetcars in 1978
61	Roxborough or Manayunk	Center City	Umbria Street, Main Street, Ridge Avenue	Buses replaced trolley buses in 1961
62	Andorra	Center City	Umbria Street, Main Street, Schuylkill Expressway	Formerly labeled "61 Express"
64	Parkside	Pier 70	46th Street, Washington Avenue	Portions of old bus route 63 merged in 2000
65	69th Street Terminal	Germantown	City Avenue, Walnut Lane	Formerly labeled E
66	Frankford Transportation Center	Morrell Park, Torresdale, or Holmesburg	Frankford Avenue	Trackless trolleys replaced buses in 1955	Buses "temporarily" replaced trackless trolleys in 2003; trackless service to be restored by 2008
67	Frankford Transportation Center	Bustleton or Franklin Mills Mall	Verree Road, Red Lion Road	Formerly labeled W
68	South Philadelphia	Eastwick or UPS Air Hub, Tinicum	Moyamensing Avenue, Bartram Avenue	Formerly labeled M
70	Fern Rock Transportation Center	Tacony or Holmesburg	Cottman Avenue	Formerly labeled Y
71	South Philadelphia	Navy Yard	Broad Street	New route initiated in 2004	Navy Yard Shuttle
73	Frankford Transportation Center	Port Richmond	Bridge Street, Richmond Street	Buses replaced streetcars in 1948
75	Arrott Terminal	Wayne Junction Rail Station	Wyoming Avenue	Trackless trolleys replaced buses in 1948	Buses "temporarily" replaced trackless trolleys in 2003; trackless service to be restored by 2008
77	Chestnut Hill	Northeast Philadelphia	Willow Grove Avenue, Glenside Avenue, Township Line Road, Cottman Avenue	Formerly labeled X
79	Point Breeze	Pennsport	Snyder Avenue	Buses replaced trackless trolleys in 2003; Trackless trolleys replaced buses in 1956
80	Olney Transportation Center	Horsham	Broad Street, Cheltenham Avenue, Fitzwatertown Road	New service initiated in 2001	Peak hours only
84	Frankford Transportation Center	Somerton	State Road, Southampton Road	Formerly labeled T
88	Frankford Transportation Center	Pennypack Park or Bethayres	Welsh Road	Formerly labeled T
89	Frankford	Kensington	Aramingo Avenue, Castor Avenue, G Street	Portions formerly labeled P, portions were part of former Route 8
121	Gladwyne	Center City	Conshohocken State Road, City Avenue, Schuylkill Expressway	Formerly labeled 44G
310	Willow Grove Park	Horsham	Blair Mill Rd, Welsh Rd	"Horsham Breeze"	Contract operations out of Germantown Depot
312	Cornwells Heights Park-Ride Lot	Cornwells Heights Rail Station	N/A	Park and ride shuttle	Contract operations out of Germantown Depot
Zoo Link (315)	30th Street Station	Philadelphia Zoo	34th Street, 31st Street	Seasonal weekend operation jointly funded by University City District and Philadelphia Zoo	Contract operations out of Germantown Depot

[edit] Lettered routes

Route	Terminals		Major streets	History
C	West Oak Lane or Fern Rock	City Hall or Packer Park	Broad Street
G	Overbrook or Lankenau Hospital	Packer Park (Food Distribution Ctr) or Columbus Commons	56th Street, 57th Street, Oregon Avenue	Portions of former Route 80 trolleybus and 46 streetcar
H	Tioga	West Oak Lane	Greene Street, Mt Pleasant Avenue, Easton Road
J	Germantown	Bridesburg	Lindley Avenue, Margaret Street, Orthodox Street (Frankford & Logan)	Portions of former streetcar route 55
K	East Falls	Arrott Terminal	Adams Avenue, 66th Avenue, Chelten Avenue	Portions of former streetcar route 52
L	Olney Transportation Center	Erdenheim or Plymouth Meeting Mall	Stenton Avenue, Germantown Pike
R	Frankford Transportation Center	Wissahickon Transfer Center	Roosevelt Blvd, Hunting Park Avenue	Portions of bus route A
XH	Tioga	West Oak Lane	Greene Street, Washington Lane

[edit] LUCY routes (Route 316)

The LUCY routes (LOOP THROUGH UNIVERSITY CITY) loop through a circular route in University City, Philadelphia. There are two lines—Green and Gold—both of which travel along the same routes, but in opposite directions. Because the line is a loop, there are technically no terminal stops, however the line's schedules list 30th Street Station as its end destination points.

Route	Major streets	Notes
Green Loop	Market Street, Civic Center Blvd, 38th Street	Contract operations out of Germantown Depot Operates in clockwise loop
Gold Loop	Market Street, Civic Center Blvd, 38th Street	Contract operations out of Germantown Depot Operates in counterclockwise loop

[edit] External links

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b SEPTA Capital Budget Program and Comprehensive Plan (PDF) p. 71 (2006-06-22).

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Regional Rail	R1 • R2 • R3 • R5 • R6 • R7 • R8

Major stations	Frankford Transportation Center • Market East Station • Norristown Transportation Center • Olney Transportation Center • Suburban Station • 30th Street Station • 69th Street Terminal

v • d • e Mass transit in the Delaware Valley

Bus lines	SEPTA: Philadelphia • Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties Reading: Berks Area Reading Transit Authority New Jersey Transit: Camden, Gloucester, and Salem County suburban service • Camden, Gloucester, and Salem County local service • Long-distance local routes from Philadelphia DART First State: New Castle County

Commuter/heavy rail lines	SEPTA: Regional Rail • Market–Frankford Line Broad Street Line New Jersey Transit: Atlantic City Line • Atlantic City-NYC express (future) Camden County-Philadelphia: PATCO Speedline

Light rail lines	SEPTA: Subway–Surface trolleys • Route 15 • Route 100 • Routes 101 and 102 New Jersey Transit: River Line