Trolley line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
TheT2 (Baltimore Avenue line ), formerly route 34, is atrolley line operated by theSoutheastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) that connects the13th Street station in downtownPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania , to theAngora Loop station in theAngora neighborhood ofWest Philadelphia .
At 10.1 miles (16.3 km), it is the shortest of theSEPTA Metro 's fiveT branches, which operate on street-leveltracks in West Philadelphia andDelaware County ,Pennsylvania , and in a shared subway withrapid transit trains inCenter City .[ 3]
Starting from its eastern end at the 13th Street station, the T2 runs in a tunnel underMarket Street . It stops at underground stations at15th Street ,19th Street ,22nd Street ,30th Street , and33rd Street . From 15th to 30th Streets, it runs on the outer tracks in the same tunnel as SEPTA'sMarket–Frankford Line .
Passengers may transfer free of charge to the Market–Frankford Line at 13th, 15th, and 30th Streets and to theBroad Street Line at 15th Street. Connections to theSEPTA Regional Rail are also available. Underground passageways connect the 13th and 15th Street Stations toJefferson Station andSuburban Station .
The T2 surfaces at the40th Street Portal near 40th Street andBaltimore Avenue (US 13 ), then heads west on Baltimore until it ends at a loop at 61st Street.
A 1911 map showing the proposed streetcar Routes 113 and 187, whose tracks would decades later be used bySEPTA 's Route 34. TheDelaware County and Philadelphia Electric Railway Company installed transit tracks forhorsecars running along Baltimore Avenue as early as 1890, but it was the arrival of the electrified trolley two years later that allowed the extension of the line westward to the new community of Angora.[ 4]
The line was routed into the subway–surface tunnel on December 15, 1906. The route was called the Angora Line until it was given the number 34 in 1911.[ 3]
In April 2020, the line's operations were suspended due to theCOVID-19 pandemic . Service resumed on May 17, 2020.[ 5] [ 6]
In 2021, SEPTA proposed rebranding their rail transit service as "SEPTA Metro", in order to make the system easier to navigate. Under this proposal, the subway–surface lines were rebranded as the "T" with a green color and numeric suffixes for each service. Route 34 was renamed as the "T2".[ 7] [ 8] SEPTA described that "most comments were positive" in the public comment period for this rebranding project.[ 9]
All are in theCity of Philadelphia .
Neighborhood/ location Station or stop Connections Notes Market East 13th Street SEPTA Metro :SEPTA City Bus :27 ,31 ,32 Closed between 12:30–5:00am Penn Center 15th Street/City Hall SEPTA Regional Rail :all lines (atSuburban ) SEPTA Metro :SEPTA City Bus :4 ,16 ,17 ,27 ,31 ,32 ,33 ,38 ,44 ,48 SEPTA Suburban Bus :124 ,125 Late night terminus 19th Street SEPTA Metro :SEPTA City Bus :17 ,31 ,38 ,44 ,48 ,62 ,78 SEPTA Suburban Bus :124 Center City West 22nd Street SEPTA Metro :SEPTA City Bus :7 ,31 ,44 ,62 SEPTA Suburban Bus :124 ,125 Replaced24th Street station University City Drexel Station at 30th Street Amtrak (at30th Street ) NJ Transit :ACL Atlantic City Line (at30th Street ) SEPTA Regional Rail :all lines (at30th Street ) SEPTA Metro :SEPTA City Bus :31 ,49 ,LUCY No direct passage to30th Street Station 33rd Street SEPTA Metro :SEPTA City Bus :30 ,31 ,49 ,LUCY ServesDrexel University 36th–Sansom SEPTA Metro :SEPTA City Bus :21 ServesUniversity of Pennsylvania 37th–Spruce SEPTA Metro :SEPTA City Bus :40 ,42 ,LUCY ServesUniversity of Pennsylvania ,Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Spruce Hill 40th Street Portal SEPTA Metro :SEPTA City Bus :30 ,40 ,42 ,LUCY End of T3, T4, and T5 concurrency 41st–Baltimore 42nd–Baltimore SEPTA City Bus :30 43rd–Baltimore ServesClark Park 44th–Baltimore ServesClark Park 45th–Baltimore 46th–Baltimore Cedar Park 47th–Baltimore 48th–Baltimore (WB) SEPTA City Bus :64 Florence–Baltimore (EB) SEPTA City Bus :64 49th–Baltimore SEPTA City Bus :64 50th–Baltimore 51st–Baltimore 52nd–Baltimore (WB) SEPTA City Bus :52 Angora Broomall–Baltimore (EB) SEPTA City Bus :52 53rd–Baltimore 54th–Baltimore 55th–Baltimore 56th–Baltimore 57th–Baltimore 58th–Baltimore SEPTA Regional Rail :Media/Wawa Line (atAngora ) SEPTA City Bus :46 ,63 59th–Baltimore 60th–Baltimore SEPTA City Bus :46 61st–Baltimore/Angora Also called Angora Loop
^ "The history of trolley cars and routes in Philadelphia" .SEPTA . June 1, 1974. p. 2.Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. RetrievedJune 11, 2014 .An early city ordinance prescribed that all tracks were to have a gauge of 5' 21 ⁄4 ". ^ Hilton, George W. & Due, John Fitzgerald (1960).The Electric Interurban Railways in America . Stanford, California:Stanford University Press . pp. 51 –52.OCLC 237973 .^a b "Studio 34's Eponymous Trolley, or, A Short History of Route 34" .Studio 34 . Studio 34: Yoga Healing Arts. 2008. Archived fromthe original on December 14, 2018. RetrievedMarch 11, 2008 .^ In 1894, the line was extended toMedia .Springirth, Kenneth C. (2007).Suburban Philadelphia Trolleys . Arcadia Publishing. p. 8.ISBN 9780738550435 . ^ "Service Information" .SEPTA .Archived from the original on April 14, 2020. RetrievedApril 14, 2020 .^ "SEPTA Transit Network Lifeline Service Schedule" (PDF) .SEPTA . April 2020.Archived (PDF) from the original on April 16, 2020. RetrievedApril 14, 2020 .^ Vitarelli, Alicia; Staff (September 7, 2021)."SEPTA Metro? Transit agency mulling big changes including new name, map, and signage" . Philadelphia, PA: WPVI-TV.Archived from the original on September 8, 2021. RetrievedSeptember 7, 2021 . ^ "Wayfinding Recommendations" . SEPTA. Archived fromthe original on September 7, 2021. RetrievedSeptember 7, 2021 .^ "Design Concept Feedback" .planning.septa.org . SEPTA.Archived from the original on March 19, 2023. RetrievedMarch 19, 2023 .KML is from Wikidata