The T4 (ex-Route 11) bound for Darby Transit Center
Overview
Termini	13th Street Darby Transit Center
Stations	8 underground stations, 1 surface level station, and 40 street-level stops
Service
System	SEPTA Metro
Depot(s)	Elmwood Carhouse
Daily ridership	13,480 (avg weekday 2019)
History
Opened	1858
Technical
Line length	13.3 mi (21.4 km)[citation needed]
Track gauge	5 ft 2+1⁄4 in (1,581 mm)Pennsylvania trolley gauge[1]
Electrification	Overhead line, 600 V DC
Route map Show interactive map Legend SEPTA Main Line toGlenside toFrankford Transit Center 13th Street 15th Street/City Hall 15th Street/City Hall Suburban Station 19th Street 22nd Street Schuylkill River Northeast Corridor 30th Street Station Drexel Harrisburg Subdivision NEC/Keystone Corridor 32nd Street Tunnel to69th Street Transit Center 33rd Street to63rd–Malvern 36th–Sansom 37th–Spruce 40th Street Portal Baltimore Avenue Chester & Woodland Chester Avenue Woodland & 41st Woodland & 42nd Diversion tracks to40th & Market Woodland & 43rd Woodland & 45th Woodland & 46th Woodland & 47th Woodland & 48th Woodland & 49th 49th Street Woodland Heavy Maintenance Shop Woodland & 50th Woodland & 51st Woodland & 52nd Woodland & 53rd Woodland & 54th Woodland & 55th Woodland & 56th Woodland & 57th Woodland & 58th Non-Revenue Track to Chester Ave. Woodland & 60th CSXPhiladelphia Subdivision Woodland & 61st Woodland & 62nd Woodland & 63rd Woodland & 64th Woodland & 65th Woodland & 66th Woodland & 67th Woodland & 68th Woodland & 69th Woodland & 70th Woodland & 71st Woodland & 72nd Woodland & Island Non-Revenue Track to Elmwood Ave. Cobbs Creek Main & Front Main & 2nd Main & 3rd Main & 4th Main & 5th CSXPhiladelphia Subdivision Main & 6th Main & Summit Main & Mill Main & Powell Darby Transit Center This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram map

TheT4 (Woodland Avenue line), is atrolley line operated by theSoutheastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) that connects the13th Street station in downtownPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania, toDarby Transportation Center inDarby, Pennsylvania. It is one of five lines that are part of theT trolley network. Sitting at an average of 13,580 riders per weekday in 2019, it is the most used T route, even though it lacks overnight service.

Starting from its eastern end at13th Street, the T4 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 L at 13th, 15th, and 30th Streets and to theB at 15th Street/City Hall. Connections to theSEPTA Regional Rail are also available. Underground passageways connect the 13th and 15th Street/City Hall stations toJefferson Station andSuburban Station.

The T4 surfaces at the40th Street Portal near 40th Street andBaltimore Avenue (US 13), and then runs southwest along Woodland Avenue, along withT5 trolleys. At 49th Street, the T5 splits and heads south. The T4 continues its run along Woodland Avenue, and is the most consistent of the five subway–surface lines when it comes to taking a straight route. The line runs parallel to the north side of theWilmington/Newark Line and crosses a bridge overCSX'sPhiladelphia Subdivision freight line, at 60th Street.

At the intersection of Island Road and the Cobbs Creek Parkway, a track runs southward towardElmwood Depot on the corner of Elmwood Avenue, which is a major turning point for the T5. The northwest corner is also the home of the historic Blue Bell Inn^[2] The T4 moves northwest from Woodland Avenue to Main Street as it crosses theCobbs Creek and entersDarby. Here, the T4 crosses the Philadelphia Subdivision again, but at an at-grade crossing along with 6th Street.^[3]The road and line move to the west shortly, only to turn back northwest and finally north to 9th Street at theDarby Transportation Center. SomeT3 trolleys also terminate at the station, but the other public transportation consists ofSEPTA Suburban Transit Division buses.

The T4 was first established as theWest Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company in Darby on December 24, 1858, and ran ashorsecars from 9th and Main Streets in Darby to 49th Street and Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia. It was originally a segregated streetcar that required African-Americans to ride on platforms along with the driver, until abolitionistWilliam Still challenged that rule between 1859 and 1867.^[4] In 1896, the line was extended as far east as Front Street via Chestnut and Walnut Streets, and was integrated into the subway–surface trolley system by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company on December 15, 1906.^[5] The original numbered designation was "Route 11".

The at-grade crossing along Main Street at the intersection of Sixth Street in Darby^[6] was the site of the DarbyBaltimore and Ohio Railroad station. B&O had passenger service into Philadelphia until 1958.^[7]

On December 9, 2021, a then-Route 11 trolley collided with aCSX Transportation freight train operating on thePhiladelphia Subdivision at the at-grade crossing between the two lines near the intersection of Main Street and Sixth Street in Darby. Seven people on the trolley were injured, and the front windshield was smashed.^[8] All of the people injured in the crash were treated and released from the hospital on the same day.^[9] This is reportedly the only remaining intersection in the nation where an active freight rail line crosses a fixed active rail transit line.^[10]

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, and Route 11 was renamed "T4".^[11][12] SEPTA described that "most comments were positive" in the public comment period for this rebranding project.^[13]

All are in either theCity of Philadelphia or the Borough ofDarby.

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 Station) 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 Station) NJ Transit:ACLAtlantic City Line(at30th Street Station) SEPTA Regional Rail:all lines(at30th Street Station) 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 T2 concurrency
	Chester & Woodland	SEPTA Metro: SEPTA City Bus:30	End of T3 concurrency
	41st & Woodland (EB)	SEPTA Metro: SEPTA City Bus:30
	42nd & Woodland	SEPTA Metro:
	43rd & Woodland (WB) 45th & Woodland (EB)	SEPTA Metro:
Squirrel Hill	46th & Woodland	SEPTA Metro:
	47th & Woodland (EB)	SEPTA Metro:
Kingsessing	48th & Woodland	SEPTA Metro:
	49th & Woodland	SEPTA Metro: SEPTA City Bus:12,52,64	End of T5 concurrency
	50th & Woodland	SEPTA City Bus:12,52
	51st & Woodland	SEPTA City Bus:52
	52nd & Woodland	SEPTA City Bus:52
	53rd & Woodland	SEPTA City Bus:52
	54th & Woodland
	55th & Woodland
	56th & Woodland
	57th & Woodland
	58th & Woodland	SEPTA City Bus:63
Elmwood	60th & Woodland
	61st & Woodland
	62nd & Woodland	SEPTA City Bus:63
	63rd & Woodland
	64th & Woodland
	65th & Woodland	SEPTA Suburban Bus:108
	66th & Woodland
	67th & Woodland
	68th & Woodland
	69th & Woodland
	70th & Woodland
	71st & Woodland
	72nd & Woodland
	Island & Woodland	SEPTA City Bus:68
Darby	Front & Main
	2nd & Main
	3rd & Main
	4th & Main
	5th & Main
	6th & Main
	Summit & Main
	Mill & Main (EB)
	Powell & Main (WB)
	Darby Transit Center	SEPTA Metro: SEPTA Suburban Bus:113,114,115	Limited T3 service

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