Olney Transportation Center

This article is about the rapid transit station on the SEPTA Broad Street Line. For the regional railroad station on the Fox Chase Line, see Olney (SEPTA Regional Rail station).

Olney Transportation Center SEPTA rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	5600 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°02′20″N 75°08′41″W / 40.0389°N 75.1447°W / 40.0389; -75.1447Coordinates: 40°02′20″N 75°08′41″W / 40.0389°N 75.1447°W / 40.0389; -75.1447
Lines	Broad Street Line all trains
Connections	SEPTA City Buses Greyhound Bus Lines
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Parking	no[1]
Other information
Opened	September 1, 1928
Rebuilt	1991
Electrified	Third rail (600 volts)
Accessible
Owned by	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Logan toward AT&T Broad Street Line Local Fern Rock Terminus Erie toward Walnut–Locust Broad Street Line Express Erie toward 8th Street Broad Street Line Ridge Spur

The Olney Transportation Center (also called Olney Terminal) is a SEPTA bus terminal and the last Broad Street Line subway station before the Fern Rock Transportation Center terminus. Trains in the other direction go to South Philadelphia. It is located on Broad Street in the Olney neighborhood of Northern Philadelphia near Einstein Medical Center, La Salle University, Central High School, and the Philadelphia High School for Girls. It is considered the second most heavily traveled terminal or transportation center in SEPTA's organization.

History

Originally built in 1928, Olney station was the northern terminus of the Broad Street Line until 1956, when it was extended to the Fern Rock Transportation Center. The underground subway station is accessible from both sides of Broad Street including from the bus terminal on the Eastern side of the street and has a food stand inside it. The bus terminal is outdoors with a roof on top and serves buses that serve Philadelphia County, Montgomery County, and Bucks County. It also served trolleys until mid-January 1986, and is near Sigler Travel, a Greyhound Lines bus station. Express and local trains both stop at this station. It has two island platforms, one for the two northbound tracks, and one for the two southbound tracks.

Bus connections

SEPTA City Buses

• Routes 6, 8, 18, 22, 26, 55, 80, C, and L^[2]

Greyhound Bus Lines

Image gallery

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  The express tracks and platforms at Olney on the Broad Street Line.

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  Olney Terminal in 1984 when it still served the Route 6 trolley.

References

1. ^ Olney T.C.
2. ^ "Broad Street Line Schedule". SEPTA. September 5, 2010. http://www.septa.org/schedules/transit/pdf/bsl.pdf. Retrieved October 30, 2010. 

External links

• SEPTA - Olney Transportation Center
• Olney Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View