40th Street (SEPTA station)
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40th Street is an underground stop on the Market-Frankford Line, below the intersection of 40th Street and Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the border between the Spruce Hill
and Powelton Village
neighborhoods in the University City District
of West Philadelphia
.
SEPTA bus routes at 40th Street include 30, 40 and the LUCY Green Route. When the trolley tunnel is closed, SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley routes
10, 11, 13, 34, and 36 are diverted to the intersection of 40th Street and Market Street, where travelers can access Center City through the Market Street Subway. Immediately west of the station, the trains travel above ground onto the Market Street Elevated line.
40th Street is a major shopping corridor of West Philadelphia. Additionally, the campus of the University of Pennsylvania
lies three blocks south of the station.
Spruce Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Spruce Hill is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is between 40th and 46th streets, and it stretches from Market Street south to Woodland Avenue. It has a population of over 16,000. It was built as a streetcar suburb for Center City between 1850 and...
and Powelton Village
Powelton Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Powelton Village is a neighborhood of mostly Victorian, mostly twin homes in the West Philadelphia section of the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a national historic district which is part of University City...
neighborhoods in the University City District
University City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University City is the easternmost region of West Philadelphia.The University of Pennsylvania has long been the dominant institution in the area and was instrumental in coining the name University City as part of a 1950s urban-renewal effort...
of West Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
West Philadelphia, nicknamed West Philly, is a section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though there is no official definition of its boundaries, it is generally considered to reach from the western shore of the Schuylkill River, to City Line Avenue to the northwest, Cobbs Creek to the southwest, and...
.
SEPTA bus routes at 40th Street include 30, 40 and the LUCY Green Route. When the trolley tunnel is closed, SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley routes
SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley Lines
The Subway–Surface Trolley Lines or Green Lines are five SEPTA trolley lines that operate on street-level tracks in West Philadelphia and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and in a shared subway with rapid transit trains in Philadelphia's Center City....
10, 11, 13, 34, and 36 are diverted to the intersection of 40th Street and Market Street, where travelers can access Center City through the Market Street Subway. Immediately west of the station, the trains travel above ground onto the Market Street Elevated line.
40th Street is a major shopping corridor of West Philadelphia. Additionally, the campus of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
lies three blocks south of the station.