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73rd–Elmwood station

SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Depot

Field	Value
name
style	SEPTA Metro
image	SEPTA LRVs at the maintenance facility, 1993.jpg
image_caption	Side view of a row of Kawasaki LRVs awaiting assignment at Elmwood Carhouse in 1993.
address	7311 W. Elmwood Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
coordinates
other	SEPTA City Bus:
SEPTA Suburban Bus:
electrified	Overhead lines
owned	SEPTA
accessible	No
former
services	{{Adjacent stations	system=SEPTA Metro
line	T5 adj	left=80th Street/Eastwick	right=40th Street Portal	note-mid=major stops}}
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	15
mapframe-marker-color	#
mapframe-marker	rail-light

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. SEPTA Suburban Bus: | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = # | mapframe-marker = rail-light 73rd–Elmwood station is a SEPTA Metro T surface stop adjacent to the Elmwood Carhouse.

The Elmwood Carhouse replaced the vintage Woodland Carhouse, which was located at 49th–Woodland (but part of the Woodland facilities continue to be used for overhaul work). On October 23, 1975, part of Woodland carbarn suffered a devastating fire in which around 60 trolleys and about half of the building were destroyed. The Elmwood Carhouse officially opened on November 15, 1981.

Description

The Elmwood Carhouse, also known as Elmwood Depot, Elmwood Loop, and Elmwood Avenue Loop, is a storage facility and former alternate terminus for the T5 trolley route in the Elmwood Park section of Southwest Philadelphia. Besides cars from the T5, the facility is used to store and maintain cars from the T4, T3, and T2. From September 1992 to September 2005, T1 trolleys were housed here as well; however, with the restoration of the trolley service to Route 15 (G1) in 2005, the Route 10 (T1) trolleys are stored at the Callowhill Carhouse.

The official address of the carhouse is at 7311 W Elmwood Avenue. Trolleys run from here to Eastwick Loop or to Center City Philadelphia.

A decorative arch bridge carries the NEC/Wilmington/Newark Line right-of-way over Island Road and the trolley tracks between the T4 and T5. Between the Eastwick Loop and Elmwood Depot, the trolleys have their own right-of-way for a short period in the middle of Island Road where the tracks are not on a paved street and the wooden ties are visible.

Outside the yard, there are connections to SEPTA City Bus Route 68 and SEPTA Suburban Bus Route 108.

References

Fitzgerald, Thomas. (September 22, 2022). "SEPTA is aiming to buy a new trolley barn after losing another property to Amazon last year". [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]].
Davis, Corey. (July 28, 2023). "Runaway SEPTA trolley slams into historic home in Southwest Philadelphia". [[WHYY-FM]].
Springirth, Kenneth C.. (2008). "Southeastern Pennsylvania Trolleys". [[Arcadia Publishing]].

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