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30th Street Station Philadelphia, PA
East archway of 30th Street Station illuminated at night for the 2016 Democratic Convention.
General information
Other names	William H. Gray III 30th Street Station
Location	2955 Marketplace Street (PA 3) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1] United States
Coordinates	39°57′21″N 75°10′55″W  /  39.95583°Due north 75.18194°W  / 39.95583; -75.18194 Coordinates: 39°57′21″Due north 75°10′55″Due west  /  39.95583°N 75.18194°W  / 39.95583; -75.18194
Owned past	Amtrak
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor Keystone Corridor (Main Line) SEPTA Main Line
Platforms	9 island platforms (three upper level, 6 lower level)
Tracks	15 (6 upper level, 9 lower level)
Connections	Marketplace–Frankford Line at 30th Street  Subway–surface trolley lines at 30th Street SEPTA City Omnibus: 9, 12, 21, thirty, 31, 42, 44, 49, 62, LUCY SEPTA Suburban Motorcoach: 124, 125 At JFK Boulevard & 30th Street: NJT Jitney: 316, 414, 417, 555 Megabus: M21, M23, M29, M30, M31, M32, M34 Martz Trailways
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: PHL SEPTA: 90004[two]
Fare zone	C (SEPTA)
History
Opened	1933 (Replaced W Philadelphia Station)
Rebuilt	1989
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Pennsylvania Station–30th Street
Passengers
FY2019	4,503,055 annually[iii] (Amtrak)
2012	580 (avg. weekday)[4] (NJT)
2017	9,920 boardings 9,920 alightings (weekday average)[5] (SEPTA)
Rank	3 of 146 (SEPTA)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Wilmington toward Washington, D.C. Acela Trenton toward Boston South Vermonter Trenton toward St. Albans Wilmington toward Chicago Cardinal Trenton toward New York Wilmington toward Charlotte Carolinian Wilmington toward New Orleans Crescent Wilmington toward Savannah Palmetto Paoli toward Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian Wilmington toward Miami Silver Falling star Silver Star Ardmore toward Harrisburg Keystone Service North Philadelphia toward New York Wilmington toward Norfolk, Newport News or Roanoke Northeast Regional Northward Philadelphia toward Boston South or Springfield Preceding station SEPTA Following station Penn Medicine toward Airport Airport Line Suburban Station toward Glenside North Philadelphia toward Anecdote Hill West Chestnut Colina Westward Line Suburban Station toward Temple University Penn Medicine toward Elwyn Media/Elwyn Line Overbrook toward Thorndale Paoli/​Thorndale Line North Philadelphia toward Trenton Trenton Line Penn Medicine toward Newark Wilmington/​Newark Line Wynnefield Avenue toward Cynwyd Cynwyd Line Suburban Station Terminus Terminus Anecdote Hill E Line Suburban Station toward Chestnut Hill East Fox Hunt Line Suburban Station toward Play a trick on Hunt Lansdale/​Doylestown Line Suburban Station toward Doylestown Penn Medicine Terminus Manayunk/​Norristown Line Suburban Station toward Norristown–Elm Street Warminster Line Suburban Station toward Warminster Due west Trenton Line Suburban Station toward West Trenton Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Terminus Atlantic City Line Pennsauken toward Atlantic Metropolis
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Wilmington toward Washington, D.C. Metroliner Trenton toward New York Paoli toward Chicago Iii Rivers 1995–2005 Broadway Limited Until 1995 Chester toward Washington, D.C. Chesapeake Philadelphia–Suburban Terminus Overbrook toward Harrisburg Keystone Service 1981–1988 Wilmington toward Washington, D.C. Montrealer North Philadelphia toward Montreal Preceding station SEPTA Following station 52nd Street toward Thorndale Paoli/​Thorndale Line Suburban Station toward Temple Academy 52nd Street toward Ivy Ridge Ivy Ridge Line Suburban Station Terminus Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Post-obit station Narberth toward Chicago Main Line North Philadelphia toward New York or Exchange Place Glenolden toward Washington, DC Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Terminus 52nd Street toward Pottsville Schuylkill Branch Suburban Station Terminus North Philadelphia toward Chestnut Hill Chestnut Hill Line 52nd Street toward Norristown–Haws Avenue Norristown Line 52nd Street toward Paoli Paoli Line North Philadelphia toward Trenton Trenton Line 49th Street toward Westward Chester Westward Chester Line Darby toward Wilmington Wilmington Line
Thirtieth Street station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pennsylvania state historical marker
Location	Due west. River Dr., Market, 30th, and Curvation Sts. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Built	1927-1933[7]
Architect	Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
Architectural way	Classical Revival
NRHP referenceNo.	78002456[6]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June seven, 1978
Designated PHMC	December 17, 1996[viii]
Location
30th Street Station Philadelphia, PA Location within Philadelphia

30th Street Station, officially William H. Gray Three 30th Street Station, is an intermodal transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the metropolitan expanse's main railroad station, and is a major terminate on Amtrak's Northeast and Keystone corridors. Information technology doubles every bit a major driver rail station; it is served by all Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authorisation (SEPTA) Regional Rail lines, and is the western terminus for NJ Transit's Atlantic City Line. It is too served by several SEPTA urban center and suburban buses, as well as buses operated by NJ Transit, Amtrak Thruway, and intercity operators.

The station, which served more than 4 1000000 inter-city rail passengers in 2018, is Amtrak'south 3rd-busiest, after Penn Station in Manhattan and Union Station in Washington, D.C.,^[9] and North America's 12th-busiest railroad train station overall.

Description [edit]

The station is located at 2955 Marketplace Street.^[ane] It is located in Philadelphia'southward University Urban center neighborhood, only across the Schuylkill River from Center City. The building, which beginning opened in 1933, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Amtrak'southward code for the station is PHL.^[1] Its IATA Airport Code is ZFV on United because Amtrak's service to Newark Liberty International Airport is codeshared with United Airlines.

30th Street Station is Amtrak's third-busiest station, and by far the busiest of the 24 stations served in Pennsylvania, serving four,411,662 passengers in fiscal year 2017. On an average twenty-four hours in financial 2013, virtually 12,000 people boarded or left trains in Philadelphia, near twice as many equally in the rest of the Pennsylvania stations combined.^[10]

History [edit]

The former West Philadelphia station being removed in 1931 during construction of 30th Street Station

PRR heralds at 30th Street Station

The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), which was headquartered in Philadelphia, acquired tunnel rights from the Schuylkill River to 15th Street from the city of Philadelphia in return for land that the city needed to construct the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. This allowed the company to build both Suburban Station and the 30th Street Station,^[xi] which replaced Broad Street station every bit the latter was as well small. Broad Street Station was a stub-end terminal in Center Urban center where through trains had to back in and out, and the company wanted a location which would accommodate trains between New York City and Washington. D.C. Wide St. station also handled a big driver operation, which the new undercover Suburban Station was built to handle. (Considering of the Great Depression and Globe State of war Two, Broad Street station remained open until 1952.)^[12]

The Chicago architectural firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, the successor to D.H. Burnham & Company,^[eleven] designed the construction, originally known as Pennsylvania Station–30th Street in accord with the naming style of other Pennsylvania Stations. Its design was influenced by the Northeast Corridor electrification that immune trains to pass beneath the station without exposing passengers to soot as steam engines of earlier times had. The station had a number of innovative features, including a pneumatic tube organisation, an electronic intercom, and a reinforced roof with space for small aircraft to country,^[thirteen] and independent a mortuary, a chapel and more than iii,000 square feet of hospital space.^[11]

Construction began in 1927 and the station opened in 1933, starting with two platform tracks.^[7] The vast waiting room is faced with travertine and the coffered ceiling is painted gold, red and cream. The edifice's outside has columned porte-cocheres on the w and east facade, and shows a balance between classical and modern architectural styles.^[11]

Until 1958, 30th Street Station was one of two major intercity stations in Philadelphia, the other existence the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad'due south station on Chestnut Street. However, when the B&O ended all service n of Baltimore in 1958, 30th Street became the major intercity last in the Delaware Valley.

In the 1970s, Amtrak installed a Solari board (by Solari di Udine) in the principal waiting room to display train divergence information. On November 30, 2018, officials announced that the board — by then, the railroad'southward last remaining Solari device — would be replaced with a digital board.^{[14] [15]} A minor public outcry followed, and inside days, Rep. Brendan Boyle urged Amtrak CEO Richard H. Anderson to reconsider.^{[15] [sixteen] [17]} In January 2019, Amtrak sent the board to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, reserving the right to reclaim it if it could be worked into the station'due south planned renovation.^[eighteen] On February 28, 2019, the new digital board began operation.^[19] The Museum placed the Solari board on static display in July 2019; its ultimate fate remains undecided.^[20]

Ben Franklin Station [edit]

In 2005, Philadelphia-based Pew Charitable Trust asked Amtrak to change the name of 30th Street Station to "Ben Franklin Station"^[21] as part of the commemoration of Ben Franklin's 300th altogether in January 2006. The cost of replacing signs at the station was estimated at $3 million.

In January, Philadelphia Mayor John Street threw his support behind the name alter, just others had mixed reactions to the proposal. Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, a former mayor of Philadelphia, was lukewarm, while Amtrak officials worried that a "Ben" station could be dislocated with its other iii "Penn" stations.^[22] On Jan 25, 2006, Pew abased the campaign, giving no reason.^[22]

Renaming [edit]

In August 2014, Congress passed a constabulary to rename the station to William H. Gray Iii 30th Street Station in laurels of the late congressman.^[23] At the time, the modify was to occur "in the next few months".^[24] In 2019, signs were installed outside the station with the new name and plans were announced for a statue of Greyness and a memorial plaque.^[25] The name modify officially took effect on February six, 2020.^[26]

Nowadays twenty-four hours [edit]

The building is owned past Amtrak and houses many Amtrak corporate offices, although Amtrak is officially headquartered near Union Station in Washington, D.C. The 562,000 ft² (52,000 chiliad²) facility features a cavernous primary passenger concourse with ornate Art Deco decor.

Prominently displayed is the Pennsylvania Railroad World State of war Two Memorial, which honors Pennsylvania Railroad employees killed in World War II. Information technology consists of a bronze statue of the archangel Michael lifting the body of a dead soldier out of the flames of war, and was sculpted by Walker Hancock in 1950. On the 4 sides of the base of operations of that sculpture are the 1,307 names of those employees in alphabetical order.^[27]

The building was restored in 1991 by Dan Peter Kopple & Associates.^[11] When the station was renovated, updated retail amenities were added. They include several shops, a large food courtroom, auto rental facilities, Saxbys Java, Dunkin' Donuts, and others.

The Amtrak 30th Street Parking Garage was designed by BLT Architects and completed in 2004. This 9-level, double helix garage provides ii,100 parking spaces and glass-enclosed stair tower and lift to offer views of Philadelphia.^[28] The following year (2005) the Arch Street Pedestrian Bridge was completed and designed with contribution from BLT Architects. The Arch Street Pedestrian Bridge provides straight access for pedestrians from 30th Street Station to the parking garage and Cira Centre; this prevents pedestrians from interacting with heavy traffic from PA 3 and I-76.^[29]

Street access [edit]

Overview of the lines serving 30th Street

Many important highways and streets pass next to or near the station. Vehicles and taxicabs tin can reach the station from diverse major routes, including Market Street (PA 3), Interstate 76 (Schuylkill State highway), and Interstate 676 (Vine Street State highway).^[13] The John F. Kennedy Boulevard Span is just east of the station.

Rail access [edit]

Trains from SEPTA, Amtrak, and New Jersey Transit serve the station. The iii e-w Upper Level platforms serve SEPTA Regional Rail; all 13 Regional Track lines stop at the station. Information technology is one of iii stations that are part of the Center City Driver Connection. The north-s Lower Level platforms serve Amtrak trains, as well equally NJ Transit'south Atlantic City Line.^[30]

SEPTA's Market place-Frankford Line (also known as the "El") and all of SEPTA's subway–surface lines (routes 10, eleven, 13, 34, and 36) stop at the 30th Street subway station, less than half a cake, or 0.1 miles (0.16 km), from the southwest entrance to 30th Street Station. A tunnel connecting the surreptitious subway station and 30th Street Station was airtight in the 1980s, reportedly due to safe concerns. SEPTA and Amtrak floated reopening the tunnel in the early 2000s, but the September 11 attacks derailed those plans.^[31]

A number of SEPTA bus routes stop at or near the station, including Routes 9, thirty, 31, 44, 49, 62, 124, 125, and LUCY (Loop through University City).^[32]

Cira Heart [edit]

Cira Centre and the west entrance of the station

Cira Eye, a 28-story drinking glass-and-steel office belfry opened in October 2005, is across Arch Street to the north and is connected by a skyway at the station's mezzanine level next to the upper-level SEPTA Regional Rail platforms. The tower is endemic past Philadelphia-based Brandywine Realty Trust, was designed by builder César Pelli and BLT Architects,^{[28] [29]} and sits on land leased from Amtrak.^{[ citation needed ]}

A collection of equipment at Race Street in 2000

Amtrak maintenance facilities [edit]

Amtrak owns and operates the Penn Coach Yard and Race Street Engine Business firm equipment repair and maintenance facility at the 30th Street Station.^{[ citation needed ]}

Station facilities [edit]

Metropolitan Lounge [edit]

The station has a Metropolitan Lounge, which is open to Amtrak Guest Rewards Select Plus and Select Executive members, Acela Express splendid passengers, sleeping automobile passengers on overnight trains, United Airlines United Guild members, and private railcar owners and lessees when the car is beingness hauled past Amtrak.

Rental cars and car sharing [edit]

Budget Hire a Automobile, National, Avis, Alamo, and Hertz Rent A Automobile rent cars at counters in 30th Street Station.

Zipcar vehicles are parked exterior 30th Street Station, generally in reserved parking spaces on the south side of the station or, during construction, in the controlled-access parking lot outside Cira Center.

Upper level platform layout [edit]

All SEPTA Regional Rail trains depart from the upper level of the station.

Track four	←  Cynwyd Line toward Cynwyd (Wynnefield Avenue) ←  Paoli/​Thorndale Line toward Thorndale (Overbrook)
Island platform
Track 3	←  Chestnut Hill Due west Line toward Chestnut Hill West (North Philadelphia) ←  Trenton Line toward Trenton (North Philadelphia)
Track half dozen	←  Airport Line toward Aerodrome (Penn Medicine) ←  Wilmington/​Newark Line toward Newark (Penn Medicine) ←  Media/Elwyn Line toward Elwyn (Penn Medicine) ← Manayunk/Norristown, Warminster, W Trenton lines toward Penn Medicine (Terminus)
Island platform
Track five	←  Airport Line toward Glenside (Suburban Station) → ←  Warminster Line toward Warminster (Suburban Station) → ←  West Trenton Line toward West Trenton (Suburban Station) → ← Media/Elwyn, Wilmington/Newark lines toward Temple University (Suburban Station) →
Track 2	←  Chestnut Colina East Line toward Chestnut Loma E (Suburban Station) → ←  Trick Chase Line toward Play a trick on Chase (Suburban Station) → ← Chestnut Hill West, Trenton lines toward Temple University (Suburban Station) →
Island platform
Rail ane	←  Lansdale/​Doylestown Line toward Doylestown (Suburban Station) → ←  Manayunk/​Norristown Line toward Norristown–Elm Street (Suburban Station) → ←  Cynwyd Line toward Suburban Station (Terminus) → ←  Paoli/​Thorndale Line toward Temple University (Suburban Station) →

Gallery [edit]

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  East archway during the daytime

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  Interior in August 1976

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  A bird's center view (April 1977)

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  Corinthian columns of the portico

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  Archway to SEPTA Regional Rail concourse

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  Lower-level platforms serving Amtrak and NJ Transit

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  Upper-level platforms serving SEPTA

In popular culture [edit]

The station was featured in the 1981 motion-picture show Accident Out, the 1957 film The Burglar, the 1983 film Trading Places, the 1985 film Witness, the 2000 film Unbreakable, the 2008 film The Happening, the 2010 video game Heavy Rain, Agents of S.H.I.E.Fifty.D. (season 2, episode seven), 2015 film The Visit, and the 2019 pic Glass. The station also features in the opening credits of Information technology's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

The divergence and homecoming of Marine Sergeant Al Schmid, the blinded World War 2 hero, was portrayed at 30th Street Station in the 1945 film, Pride of the Marines. Included were shots filmed on location of the waiting room, concourse, and platforms, forth with arriving Pennsylvania Railroad trains pulled by GG-1 electric locomotives.^[33] The station was also used equally a filming location in the Alfred Hitchcock film Marnie. In the scene, Tippi Hedren tin be seen conveying a re-create of The Philadelphia Inquirer every bit she exits the station.^[34]

References [edit]

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23. ^ Pub.L. 113–158 (text) (PDF), H.R. 4838, 128 Stat. 1838, enacted August 8, 2014
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External links [edit]

• 30th Street Station – Amtrak
• New Jersey Transit data for 30th Street Station Archived January 26, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
• Philadelphia, PA (PHL) - Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Philadelphia (30th Street) Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- TrainWeb)
• Celebrated American Engineering Tape (HAER) documentation:
  • HAER No. PA-404-A, "Thirtieth Street Station, Power Director Center"
  • HAER No. PA-404-B, "Thirtieth Street Station, Load Dispatch Center"
• Google Maps Street View: Schyulkill Artery (eastern archway), 30th Street (western entrance), Market Street (southern archway)

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