SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Lines

SEPTA Subway - Surface Trolley Lines, Subway - Surface Lines short (literally, underground surface tram lines ) is the name for the network of underground trams in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It involves a total of five tram lines to the west of the Schuylkill develop some suburbs and suburbs and operate in the downtown in a tunnel under Market Street. The Subway - Surface Lines are operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ( SEPTA ). Your recognition color is olive green, the track gauge is 1581 mm (Pennsylvania Trail ).

The line network corresponds to a half- axis grid. All lines begin in the city center in an underground terminal loop that runs around the town hall. From there, the main route leads along with the Market - Frankford Line in a four-track tunnel under the Market Street heading west past the 30th Street station. The trams drive on the external expression, the subway, the inner pair of tracks. West of 30th Street Station exit paths the tunnel, and the line bundle fans out. Line 10 continues along the Lancaster Avenue to the northwest, the other four lines run to the southwest, partially past the city limits.

Along the tunnel route there are intermediate stops that are indeed served by the tram lines, but not from the Market - Frankford Line.

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• Homepage of SEPTA. (English)
• Line plan. (English)
• Wright, Bob and Gregory Jordan Detamore: Subway - Surface tunnel. (English)

• Subway (United States)
• Traffic (Philadelphia )