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| Location | 1200North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°58′17″N75°09′34″W / 39.9715°N 75.1594°W /39.9715; -75.1594 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Philadelphia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 (4 B, 2 G) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 1, 1928 (1928-09-01) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2009–2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Girard (1928–2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Broad–Girard station is aSEPTA Metro station served byB trains andG trolleys in theFrancisville section ofNorth Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. The station receives express service, with B2 and B3 trains stopping at the station. It has four underground tracks and two underground central platforms. On the surface, G trolleys stop alongGirard Avenue. The station is located in a very busy commercial strip along Girard Avenue, and also serves the southernmost sections ofTemple University. This is the last station where southbound riders can transfer freely between B3 trains and B1 and B2 trains, and the three services commonly meet here and wait for one another. A transfer is available at the station between the B and G.[1]
Broad–Girard station is the 10th busiest station on the B, with 7,500 passengers a day.[2]
The station was featured prominently in the 2019 sci-fi movieIn the Shadow of the Moon.
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