Girard station (Market–Frankford Line)

For other places with the same name, see Girard#Places.

Girard
Girard Station platform with A train arriving
General information
Location	1200 North Front Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39.9689°N 75.1362°W / 39.9689; -75.1362
Owned by	City of Philadelphia
Operated by	SEPTA
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Route 15 SEPTA City Bus: 5, 25
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	November 5, 1922[1]
Rebuilt	1997[2]
Electrified	700 volts DC third rail
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Spring Garden toward 69th Street T.C. Market–Frankford Line Berks toward Frankford T.C. Preceding station SEPTA Metro Following station Broad–Girard toward 63rd–Girard major stops Frankford–Delaware toward Richmond–Westmoreland
Future services (2024) Preceding station SEPTA Metro Following station Spring Garden toward 69th Street Berks toward Frankford Broad–Girard toward 63rd–Girard major stops Frankford–Delaware toward Richmond–Westmoreland
Location

Girard station (soon to be known as Front–Girard station^[3]) is an elevated rapid transit station which is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on SEPTA's Market–Frankford Line. It is situated at the corner of Front Street and Girard Avenue^[4] in the Fishtown neighborhood.

The station is also served by the Route 15, the historic Girard Avenue trolley line, which runs on tracks in the median of Girard Avenue.

The trolley station is known as Front & Girard. SEPTA bus routes 5 and 25 also serve the station, as well as the Route 15 bus which temporarily replaced trolleys on the Richmond Street section of that line during I-95 construction. Six SEPTA PCC II cars returned to Route 15 service on June 16, 2024.^[5]

History

Girard is part of the Frankford Elevated section of the line, which began service on November 5, 1922.^[6][7][1][8]

Between 1988 and 2003, SEPTA undertook a $493.3 million reconstruction of the 5.5-mile (8.9 km) Frankford Elevated.^[8]

Girard station was completely rebuilt on the site of the original station; the project included new platforms, elevators, windscreens, and overpasses, and the station now meets ADA accessibility requirements.^[8] The line had originally been built with track ballast and was replaced with precast sections of slab track, allowing the station (and the entire line) to remain open throughout the project.^[9]

Station layout

Eastbound trolley stop on Girard Avenue

The station's main entrance is located on the northwest corner of Front Street and Girard Avenue. This staircase leads to a fare control barrier serving the eastbound platform, along with an elevated overpass to the westbound platform.

The westbound platform has an exit-only staircase descending to the northeast corner of the intersection.

References

1. "Market-Frankford Subway–Elevated Line". SEPTA. Archived from the original on March 28, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
2. "Frankford Elevated Rapid Rail Line". Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
3. "SEPTA Metro Network Map" (PDF). September 19, 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
4. "world.nycsubway.org/ Photos 1-38 of 38". nycsubway.org. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
5. Myers, Michelle (16 June 2024). "'The Tesla of trolleys': Behold the return of SEPTA's cream-and-green 1947 trolleys". www.inquirer.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
6. Cox, Harold E. (1967). May, Jack (ed.). The Road from Upper Darby. The Story of the Market Street Subway-Elevated. New York, NY: Electric Railroaders' Association. p. 17. OCLC 54770701.
7. Hepp, John (2013). "Subways and Elevated Lines". Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
8. Edward L. Woods, Jr.; Thomas A. Nuxoll (1999). "The Frankford Elevated Reconstruction Project" (PDF). American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
9. American Public Transportation Association (1996). "Success Under Fire--A Discussion of the SEPTA-Frankford Elevated Reconstruction Project (FERP)". National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Retrieved June 8, 2020.

External links

• SEPTA – Girard station
• Images at NYCSubway.org
• Station entrance from Google Maps Street View