11th Street station (SEPTA)


11th Street station is a subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the corner of 11th Street and Market Street in Center City. It is served by SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line and provides a connection to SEPTA Regional Rail at Jefferson Station.
The station is part of the Downtown Link concourse, a series of underground passageways outside fare control that access stations on the Market–Frankford Line, Broad Street Line, PATCO Speedline, and Regional Rail lines. 11th Street also has direct access to the Jefferson Tower and Fashion District Philadelphia shopping mall, and also serves the Pennsylvania Convention Center and the Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal.

History

The station opened August 3, 1908 as part of the first extension of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's Market Street Subway. The line had originally opened a year earlier between 69th Street and 15th Street stations.
11th Street is one of three stations on the Market–Frankford Line that is not ADA-accessible, the other two being and stations. The addition of elevators in the station was announced in SEPTA's 2021-2032 Capital Program proposal; the station platforms would be rehabilitated and made accessible to passengers with disabilities by 2023 at an estimated cost of $9.51 million.

Station layout

The station has two side platforms. A mezzanine above the platforms is divided into two sections, one inside fare control and one outside of it.

Image gallery


Philadelphia's 11th street subway station 2017-entrance.jpg|Station entrance on 11th Street
File:11th Street Station SEPTA.jpg|Track view
File:SEPTA M-4 1179 at 11th Street station.jpeg|A train bound for 69th Street Transportation Center arrives at the station
Jefferson Station entrance.JPG|An entrance to station is shared with Jefferson Station on 11th Street
File:Philadelphia's 11th street subway station 2017c.jpg|Crossover mezzanine
File:Philadelphia's 11th street subway station 2017b.jpg|Underground station access to Aramark Tower
File:Philadelphia's 11th street subway station 2017-transfer.jpg|Transfer area between Jefferson Station and 11th Street station