SEPTA Route 34

SEPTA's subway–surface trolley route 34, also called the Baltimore Avenue subway line, is a trolley line operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) that connects the 13th Street station in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Angora Loop station in the Angora neighborhood of West Philadelphia.

SEPTA Route 34
SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines
SEPTA'S Route 34 trolley in the
4500 block of Baltimore Avenue
Overview
StatusOperating
TerminiAngora, Philadelphia
Center City, Philadelphia
Stations10
Service
SystemSubway–surface trolley lines
Depot(s)Elmwood Carhouse
Technical
Line length10.1 mi (16.3 km)
Track gauge5 ft 2 1⁄4 in (1,581 mm)[1][2]
Electrificationoverhead lines
Route map
SEPTA Main Line
to Glenside
 MFL
to Frankford
 13th Street
BSL City Hall
 15th Street
MFL
Suburban
 19th Street
 22nd Street
Schuylkill River
Northeast Corridor
30th Street Station
 30th Street
MFL
Harrisburg Subdivision
NEC/Keystone Corridor
32nd Street Tunnel
MFL
to 69th Street
 33rd Street
  10 
to 63rd–Malvern
 36th Street
 37th Street
 40th Street Portal
 11   13   36  Woodland Avenue
 Baltimore & 41st
 Baltimore & 42nd
 Baltimore & 43rd
 Baltimore & 44th
 Baltimore & 45th
 Baltimore & 46th
 Baltimore & 47th
 Baltimore & 48th
 Baltimore & Florence
 Baltimore & 49th
 Baltimore & 50th
 Baltimore & 51st
 Baltimore & 52nd
 former wye on 52nd St.
 Baltimore & Broomall
 Baltimore & 53rd
 Baltimore & 54th
 Baltimore & 55th
 Baltimore & 56th
 Baltimore & 57th
 Baltimore & 58th
ELW Angora
 Baltimore & 59th
 Baltimore & 60th
 61st – Baltimore
Angora Loop

At 10.1 miles (16.3 km), it is the shortest of SEPTA's five subway–surface trolley lines, which operate on street-level tracks in West Philadelphia and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and in a shared subway with rapid transit trains in Center City.[3]

Route description

Starting from its eastern end at the 13th Street station, Route 34 runs in a tunnel under Market Street. It stops at underground stations at 15th Street, 19th Street, 22nd Street, 30th Street, and 33rd Street. From 15th to 30th Streets, it runs on the outer tracks in the same tunnel as SEPTA's Market–Frankford Line.

Passengers may transfer free of charge to the Market–Frankford Line at 13th, 15th, and 30th Streets and to the Broad Street Line at 15th Street. Connections to the SEPTA Regional Rail are also available. Underground passageways connect the 13th and 15th Street Stations to Jefferson Station and Suburban Station.

Route 34 surfaces at the 40th Street Portal near 40th Street and Baltimore Avenue (US 13), then heads west on Baltimore until it ends at a loop at 61st Street.

History
1911 map shows the proposed streetcar Routes 113 and 187, whose tracks would decades later be used by SEPTA's Route 34.

The Delaware County and Philadelphia Electric Railway Company installed transit tracks for horsecars running along Baltimore Avenue as early as 1890, but it was the arrival of the electrified trolley two years later that allowed the extension of the line westward to the new community of Angora.[4]

The line was routed into the subway–surface tunnel on December 15, 1906. The route was called the Angora Line until it was given the number 34 in 1911.[3]

In April 2020, the line's operations were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Service resumed on May 17, 2020.[5][6]

Stations and stops

All are in the City of Philadelphia.

Neighborhood / location Images Station or stop Connections Notes
Market East 13th Street MFL Market–Frankford Line
10, 11, 13, 34, 36
27, 31, 32		 Closed between 12:30–5:00am
Penn Center 15th Street (at Suburban Station)
MFL Market–Frankford Line, BSL Broad Street Line (at City Hall station)
10, 11, 13, 34, 36
4, 16, 17, 27, 31, 32, 33, 38, 44, 48
124, 125		 Late night terminus
19th Street 10, 11, 13, 34, 36
17, 31, 38, 44, 48, 62, 78
124
Center City West 22nd Street 10, 11, 13, 34, 36
7, 31, 44, 62
124, 125		 Replaced 24th Street station
University City 30th Street Station Amtrak (at 30th Street Station)
NJ Transit: ACL Atlantic City Line (at 30th Street Station)
(at 30th Street Station)
MFL Market–Frankford Line
10, 11, 13, 34, 36
31, 49, LUCY		 No direct passage to 30th Street Station
33rd Street 10, 11, 13, 34, 36
30, 31, 49, LUCY		 Serves Drexel University
36th Street 11, 13, 36
21		 Serves University of Pennsylvania
37th Street 11, 13, 36
40, 42, LUCY		 Serves University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Spruce Hill 40th Street Portal 11, 13, 36
30, 40, 42, LUCY		 End of Routes 11 and 13 concurrency
41st & Baltimore
42nd & Baltimore 30
43rd & Baltimore
44th & Baltimore
45th & Baltimore
46th & Baltimore
Cedar Park 47th & Baltimore
48th & Baltimore (WB) 64
Florence & Baltimore (EB) 64
49th & Baltimore 64
50th & Baltimore
51st & Baltimore
52nd & Baltimore (WB) 52
Angora Broomall & Baltimore (EB) 52
53rd & Baltimore
54th & Baltimore
55th & Baltimore
56th & Baltimore
57th & Baltimore
58th & Baltimore      Media/Elwyn Line (at Angora)
46, G
59th & Baltimore
60th & Baltimore 46
61st & Baltimore Also called Angora Loop

References
  1. "The history of trolley cars and routes in Philadelphia". SEPTA. 1974-06-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2014-06-11. An early city ordinance prescribed that all tracks were to have a gauge of 2' ​2 1⁄4"
  2. Hilton, George W.; Due, John Fitzgerald (2000-01-01). "The Electric Interurban Railways in America". Stanford University Press. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  3. "Studio 34's Eponymous Trolley, or, A Short History of Route 34". Studio 34. Studio 34: Yoga Healing Arts. 2008. Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
  4. In 1894, the line was extended to Media. Springirth, Kenneth C. (2007). Suburban Philadelphia Trolleys. Arcadia Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 9780738550435.
  5. "Service Information". SEPTA. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  6. "SEPTA Transit Network Lifeline Service Schedule" (PDF). SEPTA. April 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2020.

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