Where is septa market east station

It has a gigantic and diverse Food Court, one of its chief virtues, in its center, around 10th and Market Streets. It also has a smaller corridor with food vendors in the underground corridor between 11th and 12th and Market Streets.

It also is a great refuge during inclement, cold and rainy weather. You can walk underground from Market East Station, all the way down to 8th Street, and exit via escalator to 8th and Market Streets.

This is just two blocks away from Independence Visitor Center , located at 6th and Market Streets, and three blocks from the big-time historic icons, Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell.

Plus, of course, all of the other tourist attractions in Old City Philadelphia. The tracks here are the deepest ones in Philadelphia. There are several monitors which show the status of the trains at these entrances, as well as near the ticket windows and at the tops of the escalators to the track level.

At least one of the ticket windows, which are located on the concourse level, is open daily. There are two wide island platforms and four tracks, with each platform serving two tracks.

Each platform is divided into an "A" section and a "B" section so that trains on different routes stop at different spots along the platform length. This allows waiting passengers to be dispersed along the platform rather than congregating. Platforms are feet long and 35 feet wide which allows up to ten railcars to serve a platform at a time. Overhead electric catenary wires supply power to the trains.

Regularly scheduled diesel-operated trains are forbidden to enter the station, as SEPTA omitted provisions for ventilation fans when designing the Center City Tunnel. The Delaware Valley Association of Railroad Passengers advocated for the inclusion of ventilation fans that would allow diesel exhaust fumes to exit tunnels and stations.

SEPTA deemed the option unfeasible throughout the planning process. In this situation, the track must be clear through the tunnel before the diesel train is allowed through.

To the west, the tracks have a set of cross-over tracks that allow trains to change tracks before they reach Suburban Station. Jefferson Station is approximately 0. In FY , the average total weekday boardings at this station was 11,, making it the second busiest station in the Regional Rail system.

There are also below-ground pedestrian connections to the Market-Frankford Line's 11th Street , 13th Street , and 15th Street stations. Finally, the Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal is immediately north of the station across Filbert Street.

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