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36th–Sansom station

Subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Field	Value
name
style	SEPTA Metro
image	36th Street SEPTA 2018 (cropped).jpg
address	36th and Sansom streets
borough	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
coordinates
owned	SEPTA
platform	2 side platforms
tracks	2
connections	SEPTA City Bus:
structure	Underground
accessible	No
former	36th Street (1955–2025)
opened
services	{{Adjacent stations	system=SEPTA Metro
line3	T2 adj	left3=37th–Spruce	right3=33rd Street
line4	T3 adj	left4=37th–Spruce	right4=33rd Street
line5	T4 adj	left5=37th–Spruce	right5=33rd Street
line6	T5 adj	left6=37th–Spruce	right6=33rd Street}}
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	15
mapframe-marker-color	#
mapframe-marker	rail-light

| mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = # | mapframe-marker = rail-light 36th–Sansom station is a SEPTA Metro trolley station in Philadelphia. 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 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. 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. 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.

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

{{Springirth-Philadelphia
"Visit". [[Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.
"Becoming Penn: The Pragmatic American University, 1950–2000".
John L. Puckett. "Putting the Market Street Elevated Underground". [[University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education]].

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