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46th Street station (SEPTA)

Rapid transit station in Philadelphia

Summary

Rapid transit station in Philadelphia

Field	Value
name
style	SEPTA Metro
image	SEPTA 46th Street MFL Main Station House 2017.JPG
image_caption	The station exterior as viewed from 46th Street
address	46th and Market Streets
borough	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
coordinates
owned	SEPTA
platform	2 side platforms
tracks	2
connections	SEPTA City Bus: ,
structure	Elevated
accessible	Yes
opened
rebuilt	2008
services	{{Adjacent stations	system=SEPTA Metro
line1	L1 adj	left1=52nd Street	right1=40th Street}}
other_services_collapsible	yes
other_services_header	Former services
other_services
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	15
mapframe-marker-color	#
mapframe-marker	rail-metro

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46th Street station is an elevated SEPTA Metro rapid transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located above the intersection of Farragut, 46th, and Market Streets in the Mill Creek and Walnut Hill neighborhoods of West Philadelphia, and serves the L.

The station is also served by SEPTA bus routes 31 and 64.

History

46th Street station is one of the original Market Street Elevated stations built by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company; the line opened for service on March 4, 1907 between and stations.

The station was closed from June 2006 to April 2008 as part of a multi-phase reconstruction of the entire western Market Street Elevated. The renovated station, which included new elevators, escalators, lighting, and other infrastructure, as well as a new brick station house, reopened on April 14, 2008, The project resulted in the station becoming compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Station layout

The station has two side platforms. The station house is located at the southeast corner of Market and Farragut streets, but there are also two exit-only staircases descending to the west side of the intersection.

Immediately east of the station, the trains go underground into the Market Street subway. A stub from when the elevated section used to continue along Market Street was once present, but was removed when the structure was replaced during renovations.

References

{{Cox-Upper Darby
Hepp, John. (2013). "Subways and Elevated Lines". The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
(September 11, 2009). "SEPTA 'Elebrates' End Of Project".
"Market Street Elevated (MSE) Reconstruction Project". [[SEPTA]].
[http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?38909 May 30, 2005 image of old El stub at 45th Street (World NYC Subway.org)]

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