Fairmount station (SEPTA)

Fairmount
Fairmount station entrance at Ridge and Broad
General information
Location	700 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°58′02″N 75°09′37″W
Owned by	City of Philadelphia
Operated by	SEPTA
Platforms	Upper Level: 2 side platforms Lower Level: 1 island platform
Tracks	Upper Level: 4 Lower Level: 2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 4, 16, 61
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	No, accessibility planned
History
Opened	September 1, 1928 (September 1, 1928)
Rebuilt	1932 (Broad Ridge Spur)
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Spring Garden toward NRG Broad Street Line Local Girard toward Fern Rock T.C. Chinatown toward 8th & Market Broad–Ridge Spur Girard toward Olney T.C. or Fern Rock T.C.
Former services Preceding station SEPTA Following station Spring Garden toward 8th & Market Broad–Ridge Spur Girard toward Olney T.C. or Fern Rock T.C.
Future services (2024) Preceding station SEPTA Metro Following station Broad–Spring Garden toward NRG Broad–Girard toward Fern Rock Chinatown toward 8th–Market does not stop here
Location

Fairmount station is a subway station in the Francisville section of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is served by SEPTA's Broad Street Line (as a local stop) and the Broad-Ridge Spur. There are three separate platforms. The Broad-Ridge Spur and Broad Street Line (BSL) northbound platforms connect inside the faregates, but the BSL's southbound platform cannot be reached from the other two without exiting. Such a connection once existed; the sealed-off entrance can be seen at platform level heading south towards the end of the platform. Travelers wishing to switch between the Broad-Ridge Spur and the southbound BSL must connect at Girard. The Broad-Ridge Spur platform is shortened and can only accommodate short 2-car trains; the unused part of the platform is visible from passing trains and is covered in layers of graffiti. Fairmount station on the Broad-Ridge Spur has a full mezzanine concourse extending from Wallace Street to Ridge Avenue, now abandoned.

Gallery

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  Station entrance
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  Broad Street Line platform
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  Broad-Ridge Spur platform
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  Fairmount station entrance in front of 700 North Broad Street

External links

• SEPTA – Fairmount station
• Fairmount Broad Street Line & Broad Ridge Spur station images (World NYC Subways.org)