North Broad Street Station, Reading Company
National Register of Historic Places

North Broad Street Station, Reading Company

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Listed
March 28, 1996
Type
Building
Period
Modern
Ref No.
96000325

About this property

North Broad station, known as North Broad Street until 1992, is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at 2601 North Broad Street (PA 611) in the Cecil B. Moore section of Lower North Philadelphia, and serves the Lansdale/Doylestown Line and the Manayunk/Norristown Line. The station has low-level platforms on the outside tracks, with "mini-high" platforms for wheelchair and accessible accessibility. North Broad station is within a few blocks of the North Philadelphia SEPTA-Amtrak station (formerly belonging to the Pennsylvania Railroad), which serves Amtrak's Keystone Service and SEPTA's Trenton Line and Chestnut Hill West Line, and the North Philadelphia subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line. The station is in the Center City fare zone, although the station itself is located in North Philadelphia.

Location

2601 N. Broad St.
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
39.99706, -75.15472

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When was North Broad Street Station, Reading Company listed on the National Register?

North Broad Street Station, Reading Company was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 28, 1996.

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North Broad Street Station, Reading Company is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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