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 Fern Rock Transit Center's rail platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 900 Nedro Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°02′28″N75°08′10″W / 40.041°N 75.136°W /40.041; -75.136 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA City of Philadelphia (subway) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | SEPTA Main Line Ninth Street Branch (former) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2island platforms, 1side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 plus storage track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | SEPTA City Bus:4,28,57,70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Surface level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 639parking spaces[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 9, 1956 (Broad Street Line) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | March 12, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 600voltsDCthird rail (Broad Street) Overhead catenary wires (12,000-volt/25 Hz) (Regional Rail) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Fern Rock Transportation Center (–2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | 650 boardings 779 alightings (weekday average)[1] (Regional Rail) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 34 of 146 (Regional Rail) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TheFern Rock Transit Center (formerly theFern Rock Transportation Center) is aSEPTA rail and bus station located at 10th Street and Nedro Avenue in theFern Rock neighborhood ofPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania.[2] Fern Rock serves as the northern terminus and yard for theSEPTA MetroB, as well as a stop forSEPTA Regional Rail'sLansdale/Doylestown Line,Warminster Line, andWest Trenton Line.
Fourbus routes also serve the station. Fern Rock Transit Center serves as the western terminus for the 28 and 70 bus routes.[3][4] Fern Rock is also the northernmost terminus for the 4 and 57 bus routes.[5][6]
Fern Rock Transportation Center serves theWarminster Line,West Trenton Line, and theLansdale/Doylestown Line.[7] InFY 2015, there was a weekday average of 825 boardings and 792 alightings.[8]
The currentSEPTA Regional Rail station at Fern Rock Transportation Center, located along the SEPTA Main Line, was built in March 1992 to accommodate Regional Rail commuters displaced during SEPTA's 1992/1993 Railworks reconstruction project. The new station replaced formerReading Railroad stations Fern Rock and Tabor, respectively located north and south of the new station. It has high-level platforms and is handicap-accessible, being directly connected to the subway station by a ramp from the subway platform. While passengers can readily transfer between the Broad Street Line and the Regional Rail Lines at Fern Rock, such a transfer requires payment of a separate fare of the subway and regional rail, unless the rider possesses a SEPTA Trailpass, which can be used for travel on both subway and regional rail. A non-revenue track connection exists here between the SEPTA Regional Rail Lines and SEPTA's Broad Street Line. A train crash occurred here on January 27, 2009, injuring nine.[9]
The Broad Street platforms at Fern Rock Transportation Center opened in 1956, when the line was extended north from the original northern terminus atOlney Terminal by thePhiladelphia Transportation Company (PTC) and the City of Philadelphia. Fern Rock Transportation Center also hosts the yard and maintenance facilities for the Broad Street Line, and is the line's only above ground station.
Fern Rock is the northern terminal for local and express trains on the line, as well as the special event service that extends express service to theSouth Philadelphia Sports Complex.Broad–Ridge Spur trains only serve the station all day Saturdays and during evenings on weekdays. All other Ridge Spur service (except Sundays when it doesn't operate) ends at Olney Transit Center.[10]
All tracks are located at ground level, with Regional Rail platforms oriented north-south and the Broad Street platform oriented east-west, part of a largerballoon loop around the storage yard.
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