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{{Short description|Subway line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}}
{{Redirect|Broad Street Line|the London railroad line sometimes called the "Broad Street branch"|North London Line City Branch}}
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{{Infobox rail line
| name                            = [[File:SEPTA B icon.svg|50px]]
| image                           = SEPTA Broad Street Subway car at Race-Vine.jpg
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| caption                         = A train at [[Race–Vine station]] in 2010
| type                            = [[Rapid transit]]
| system                          = [[SEPTA Metro]]
| status                          = Operational
| locale                          = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| start                           = {{plainlist|
* {{ric|SEPTA Metro|B1}}{{nbsp}}[[NRG Station]]
* {{ric|SEPTA Metro|B2}}{{nbsp}}[[Walnut–Locust station|Walnut–Locust]]
* {{ric|SEPTA Metro|B3}}{{nbsp}}[[8th–Market station|8th–Market]]
* {{hr}}
* {{ric|SEPTA Metro|B1}}{{nbsp}}{{ric|SEPTA Metro|B2}}{{nbsp}}{{ric|SEPTA Metro|B3}}{{nbsp}}[[Fern Rock Transit Center|Fern Rock T.C.]]
* {{ric|SEPTA Metro|B3}}{{nbsp}}[[Olney Transit Center|Olney T.C.]] (weekdays, partial)
}}
| stations                        = 24
| routes                          = {{plainlist|
* {{ric|SEPTA Metro|B1}}{{nbsp}}Local
* {{ric|SEPTA Metro|B2}}{{nbsp}}Express
* {{ric|SEPTA Metro|B3}}{{nbsp}}Spur
}}
| daily_ridership                 = 79,155 ({{abbr|FY|Fiscal year}} 2023)<ref name="ridership">{{cite web | title=Route Operating Statistics | url=https://public.tableau.com/shared/D9P89XMFT | accessdate=May 6, 2024}}</ref>
| website                         = {{url|https://www.septa.org/schedules/B}}
| open                            = September 1, 1928
| close                           = 
| owner                           = [[Philadelphia|City of Philadelphia]]
| operator                        = 1928–39: Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.<br />1940–68: [[Philadelphia Transportation Company|Philadelphia Transportation Co.]]<br />1968–present: [[SEPTA]]
| character                       = Underground and surface
| depot                           = [[Fern Rock Transit Center]]
| stock                           = Kawasaki B-IV Subway trains
| linelength                      = {{convert|12.5|mi|km|1|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Broad Street Subway |url=http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Philadelphia/Broad |access-date=January 22, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050208193312/http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Philadelphia/Broad/ |archive-date=February 8, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| tracks                          = 2–4
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| electrification                 = {{600 V DC|conductor=third rail}}
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The '''B''',{{efn|[[Naming convention|Conventions]] for line names state they are to be referred to by letter only (i.e. "the B", not "the B line")<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwww.septa.org/metro/unification-reorganization/|title=SEPTA Metro: Unification and Reorganization|publisher=[[SEPTA]]|access-date=May 18, 2024}}</ref>}} formerly known as the '''Broad Street Line (BSL)''',{{efn|Also known as the '''Broad Street Subway''' or the '''Orange Line'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://iseptaphilly.com/marketfrankford-broadstreetlines |title=How to Ride – Market–Frankford and Broad Street Lines |publisher=I SEPTA Philly |access-date=February 13, 2020}}</ref>}} is a [[rapid transit]] line in the [[SEPTA Metro]] network in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The line runs primarily north-south from the [[Fern Rock Transit Center]] in [[North Philadelphia]] through [[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City Philadelphia]] to [[NRG Station]] at Pattison Avenue in [[South Philadelphia]]; the latter station provides access to the stadiums and arenas for the city's [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major professional sports]] teams at the [[South Philadelphia Sports Complex]], about a quarter mile away. The trains of the B run underneath [[Broad Street (Philadelphia)|Broad Street]] for almost its entire length.

The line, which is entirely underground except for the northern terminus at Fern Rock, has four tracks in a local/express configuration from Fern Rock to Walnut–Locust and two tracks from Lombard-South to the southern terminus at NRG Station. It is one of only two [[rapid transit]] lines in the SEPTA Metro system overall alongside the [[L (SEPTA Metro)|L]], though Center City Philadelphia is also served by five stations of the [[PATCO Speedline]] rapid transit line which runs from Center City Philadelphia through [[Camden, New Jersey]] to [[Lindenwold, New Jersey]]. With about 115,000 boardings<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2019 |title=Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan |url=http://septa.org/strategic-plan/reports/FY%202020%20Annual%20Service%20Plan-update.WEB.pdf |access-date=September 27, 2020 |website=SEPTA |archive-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827224154/http://septa.org/strategic-plan/reports/FY%202020%20Annual%20Service%20Plan-update.WEB.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> on an average weekday in 2019, it is the second busiest route in the SEPTA system.

The line and its trains were leased to [[SEPTA]] in 1968<ref name="studentvoices">{{cite web |url=http://student-voices.org/news/index.php?NewsID=33647 |title=Student Voices: Phila. threatens to seize subways from SEPTA |access-date=May 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216180542/http://student-voices.org/news/index.php?NewsID=33647 |archive-date=February 16, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> after it assumed operation of the city transit systems from the former [[Philadelphia Transportation Company]] (PTC).<ref name=septahistory>{{cite web |last=SEPTA |url=http://www.septa.org/inside/history.html |title=SEPTA history |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520115222/http://www.septa.org/inside/history.html |archive-date=May 20, 2007  }}</ref> B cars bear both the SEPTA logo and the seal of the City of Philadelphia to reflect the split ownership-operation arrangement.

==History==
[[File:BSL Loop.jpg|alt=Center City Loop|thumb|The proposed Center City distribution loop of the Broad Street Line from the 1913 rapid transit development plan utilizing Arch Street, 8th Street, and Walnut Street.]]
Service on the northern half of the Broad Street Line (B), between City Hall and [[Olney Transit Center|Olney Avenue]], opened on September{{nbsp}}1, 1928. While the original subway tunnel had been finished to just north of the present-day Lombard-South station, service to the Walnut–Locust station did not begin until 1930, and the Lombard-South station entered service in 1932. Service from that point south to [[Snyder (BSL station)|Snyder Avenue]] began on September{{nbsp}}18, 1938. Service to a new park-and-ride station built next to the Fern Rock shops began in 1956, and the line was extended further south to Pattison Avenue in 1973 to serve the recently completed [[South Philadelphia Sports Complex|Sports Complex]].<ref name="stations">{{cite web |title=Stations of The Broad Street Subway |url=http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Philadelphia/Broad/stations.html |access-date=March 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010430052927/http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Philadelphia/Broad/stations.html |archive-date=April 30, 2001 |date=March 1, 2009}}</ref>

The total cost of the original segment, "Olney Avenue to South Street," was stated{{by whom|date=October 2020}} at $102 million.{{cn|date=October 2020}}

Although the Broad Street line was originally planned in the 1920s to be a 4-track facility for its entire length (Fern Rock portal to Snyder), the tunnel was built with provision for 4 tracks only from the portal to just north of Lombard-South. At the time of opening, the outer 2 tracks were built along this length, whereas the inner 2 express tracks were built only in two sections, from the Fern Rock portal/shops to just south of Olney, and from Girard to their terminus just north of Lombard South. To close the gaps, the two inner express tracks were laid from Erie to Girard in 1959, and again from Olney to Erie in 1991.

From Lombard-South station south to Snyder, the tunnel was constructed differently – only the eastern half of the line was built. The track currently used for southbound trains is actually the northbound express track. The extension in 1973 to Pattison station (now called NRG Station) continued this arrangement. Space exists under the western half of Broad Street for the construction of the western half of the tunnel, which would include the remaining 2 tracks and additional island platforms for southbound local and express trains. The resulting infrastructure would match the configuration built in the northern half of the line.

Provisions for [[flying junctions]] exist in the tunnels at three locations: north of Olney station, north of Erie station, and between Tasker-Morris and Snyder stations. These were to connect to planned but never built extensions to the north, northeast, northwest and southwest. Tracks were laid in the upper levels of the flying junctions north of Olney and Erie; these have been used over the years to store out-of-service trains and as layover points for express and Ridge Spur trains.

The NRG Station contains a lower level platform (very narrow compared to the very wide upper level platform), built to accommodate additional trains for large crowds at sporting events. Seldom used for passenger service in recent years, these tracks are most often used to store rolling stock and work trains.

The Spring Garden station on the Ridge Avenue spur line was closed in 1989. The [[Franklin Square station]] on the PATCO route was closed in 1953, reopened in 1976 for the US Bicentennial, then closed again in 1979. It reopened after a major renovation in April 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thefranklinsquarestation.com|title=Franklin Square Station|access-date=June 26, 2023|publisher=Port Authority Transit Corporation}}</ref>

The B is one of only two [[rapid transit]] lines in the United States outside of [[New York City Subway|New York City]] to use separate local and express tracks for a significant length, the other being Chicago's [[North Side Main Line (CTA)|North Side Main Line]] from [[Armitage (CTA station)|Armitage]] north, used by [[Purple Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|Purple Line]] express trains.

During early 2020, the line operated "Lifeline Service" due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania]]. From April 2020, trains bypassed the {{stn|Logan}}, {{stn|Wyoming||SEPTA}}, {{stn|Susquehanna–Dauphin}}, {{stn|Fairmount||SEPTA}}, {{stn|Spring Garden||Broad Street Line}}, {{stn|Chinatown||SEPTA}}, {{stn|Lombard–South}}, and {{stn|Tasker–Morris}} stations. All stations were reopened by July 2020.<ref name="covid">{{cite web|date=April 2020|title=SEPTA Transit Network Lifeline Service Schedule|url=http://www.septa.org/covid-19/img/2020-covid-service-map.pdf|access-date=April 14, 2020|publisher=[[SEPTA]]|archive-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416084044/http://septa.org/covid-19/img/2020-covid-service-map.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>[[File:SEPTA B-IV 689 at City Hall station.jpeg|thumb|right|A Broad Street Line local train bound for NRG Station arrives at City Hall station]]
In September 2021, SEPTA proposed updating wayfinding across the SEPTA Rail Transit network, rebranding their rail transit service as "SEPTA Metro". Under this proposal, services along the Broad Street line would be rebranded as the "B" lines with an orange color. Each service utilizing the trunk would receive a numeric suffix. Local service would be known as the B1 Broad Street Local, the express and special service as the B2 Broad Street Express and B2 Express Sport Special, and the Broad–Ridge Spur as the B3 Broad–Ridge Express.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vitarelli|first1=Alicia|author2=Staff|title=SEPTA Metro? Transit agency mulling big changes including new name, map, and signage|publisher=WPVI-TV|location=Philadelphia, PA|date=September 7, 2021|url=https://6abc.com/septa-transportation-public-transit-navigation-city-commuting/11007031/|accessdate=September 7, 2021}}</ref><ref name=wayfinding>{{cite web|title=Wayfinding Recommendations|publisher=SEPTA|url=https://planning.septa.org/projects/wayfinding-master-plan/recommendations/|accessdate=September 7, 2021|archive-date=September 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907141259/https://planning.septa.org/projects/wayfinding-master-plan/recommendations/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Following public feedback, SEPTA revised the Wayfinding Master Plan. Rather than being referred to as the B Lines, the Broad Street line become the "B". Express and special services became simply "B2", local became "B1" and the Broad–Ridge Spur became "B3", with signage letting riders know whether a train terminates at Walnut–Locust or NRG Station. Additionally, SEPTA stated they would pilot neighborhood maps in stations and prioritize the deployment of real-time information signage and on mobile apps.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Design Concept Feedback |url=https://planning.septa.org/design-concept-feedback/ |access-date=March 18, 2022 |website=planning.septa.org}}</ref>
<!-- ===Timeline===
{| class="wikitable" ; style=width:75%
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! style="width:20%" | Date
! style="width:80%" | Event
|-
| September 1, 1928 || Original section of subway opens from City Hall to Olney Avenue. Fare is 15 cents (equal to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|0.15|1928|r=2}}}} today).
|-
| April 20, 1930 || Extended service from City Hall to South Street.
|-
| December 21, 1932 || Open Ridge Avenue Spur, service Girard Avenue to 8th and Market Streets
|-
| {{nowrap|September 18, 1938}} || Extended south from South Street to Snyder Avenue.
|-
| August 8, 1943 || Ridge Avenue Spur through-routed with Bridge Line to [[Camden, New Jersey]] evenings and Sundays.
|-
| February 15, 1953 || Discontinued evening and Sunday through service to Camden, all Ridge Avenue Spur trains run to 8th and Market only.
|-
| September 13, 1953 || Evening and Sunday through service to Camden resumed.
|-
| September 9, 1956 || Extended north from Olney to Fern Rock (over existing tracks to Fern Rock shops).
|-
| September 28, 1959 || Weekday and Saturday daytime express service begins following installation of second pair of tracks north to Erie, Ridge Avenue Spur trains extended from Girard to Erie Monday to Saturday daytime.
|-
| 1965 || Discontinued express service except Monday-Friday rush periods.
|-
| 1967 || [[Roosevelt Boulevard Subway]] station built at Adams Avenue in anticipation of extending the subway along Roosevelt Boulevard.
|-
| August 27, 1968 || Locust Street-Camden tracks separated from BSL to form PATCO Line. Ridge Avenue south terminal now at a new station at 8th and Market Streets
|-
| April 8, 1973 || Subway extended from Snyder Avenue to Pattison Avenue sports complex.Oregon Station opens.
|-
| September 5, 1976 || Discontinue Sunday service on Ridge Avenue Spur.
|-
| November 19, 1979 || Discontinue express service due to a lack of serviceable cars.
|-
| February 15, 1981 || Suspend Ridge Avenue Spur service, due to interference with construction.
|-
| January 3, 1983 || Resume Monday-Friday express service, Olney to Walnut–Locust.
|-
| September 6, 1983 || Resume Ridge Avenue Spur service.
|-
| 1989 || Broad Ridge Spur Spring Garden Station closes.
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| 1991 || Express Tracks extended from Erie to Olney. Olney Terminal is rebuilt.
|-
| March 12, 1992 || Fern Rock is expanded with a pedestrian walkway to as part of the Railworks Project [[SEPTA Regional Rail|Regional Rail Lines]].
|-
| October 31, 2008 || Single day ridership record of 404,000 passengers occurs during Phillies World Series Parade event.
|-
| 2010 || Pattison Station name changed to AT&T Station.
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| 2018 || AT&T Station name changed to NRG Station.
|}" -->

===Proposed extensions===

====Roosevelt Boulevard====
{{Main|Roosevelt Boulevard Subway}}
Both the City of Philadelphia and SEPTA have studied extending the B along Roosevelt Boulevard, in order to serve a growing population in the northeast section of the city. The city government's archives contain a survey report, prepared in 1948, discussing a need for an extension of the B from Erie Avenue to the vicinity of Pennypack Circle (see [[Roosevelt Boulevard (Philadelphia)|Roosevelt Boulevard]]).<ref name=cityarchive>[http://www.phila.gov/phils/docs/Inventor/textonly/archser/S069.htm City archive on BSS]</ref> Subway car destination signage even included station and terminus names for major streets along Roosevelt Boulevard such as Rhawn Street, in the newer "South Broad" cars. An expansion into another part of the City could better use the capacity of the four-track trunk line.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pennsylvania Transit Expansion Coalition (PA-TEC) |url=http://www.blvdsubway.pa-tec.org/ |title=Broad Street Line – Boulevard Extension |access-date=February 17, 2011 |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320142232/http://www.blvdsubway.pa-tec.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1964, the city proposed a {{convert|9|mi|km|spell=in|adj=mid}}, $94{{nbsp}}million extension of the then-Broad Street line along Roosevelt Blvd. in conjunction with a new Northeast Expressway to be built by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Development was limited to the building of one subway station by [[Sears, Roebuck and Company]] in 1967, at its complex on Roosevelt Boulevard at Adams Avenue, at the cost of $1{{nbsp}}million, in anticipation of future service. This station was destroyed when the facility was demolished in October 1994.<ref name=secrets>{{cite web |url=http://www.whyy.org/tv12/secrets/subway.html |title=Secrets Beneath the Streets |access-date=August 23, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050829185812/http://www.whyy.org/tv12/secrets/subway.html |archive-date=August 29, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ultimately the Northeast Expressway was never built, due to lack of funds, and the subway extension remained a paper concept.

On September{{nbsp}}10, 1999, SEPTA filed a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Northeast Extension with the EPA.<ref name="FTA-FHA Cite">{{cite journal|title=Environmental Impact Statement on Transportation Improvements Within the Roosevelt Boulevard Corridor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|journal=Federal Register|date=September 10, 1999|volume=64|issue=175|pages=49271–49273|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1999-09-10/html/99-23615.htm|access-date=May 10, 2015}}</ref> In December 2001, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission supported extending the then-Broad Street Line along Roosevelt Blvd. to Bustleton Avenue, where it would be joined by the then-[[Market–Frankford Line]] (L), extended from its Frankford terminal (now the rebuilt [[Frankford Transit Center]]). The estimated cost had ballooned to $3.4{{nbsp}}billion.

====Philadelphia Naval Yard====
Currently, the B terminates southbound at [[NRG Station]] at Pattison Avenue and three major stadiums. With the redevelopment of the [[Philadelphia Naval Yard]] directly to the south, a Health Impact Assessment report was issued in March 2012 to determine if extending the line to the Naval Yard would be a viable option for commuters. It determined that extending the line to the Naval Yard would more than halve the number of private cars commuting back and forth, with the remainder taking the proposed subway line and/or using a bicycle sidepath. The HIA recommends making an extension of the B a priority, and recently, the extension has garnered much support.<ref>

{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Sandy |date=November 16, 2015 |title=Navy Yard Subway Extension Update: Funding for New Feasibility Study Secured |url=https://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/11/16/navy-yard-subway-extension-study/ |website=phillymag.com |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204150056/https://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/11/16/navy-yard-subway-extension-study/|archive-date=December 4, 2019| access-date=November 2, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://phila2035.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/LS_HIA_FINAL.pdf |title=LOWER SOUTH DISTRICT HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT: Summary Report |date=March 2012 |publisher=Philadelphia City Planning Commission |access-date=June 14, 2012 |archive-date=July 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710052454/http://phila2035.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/LS_HIA_FINAL.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====West and Southwest Philadelphia====
[[File:Twinning.png|thumb|Subway & Elevated Lines for Suggested Unified System "Twinning Plan", 1916, map]]
In 1916, the director of the Philadelphia department of city transit, William S. Twinning proposed scrapping the initial plan of building an elevated line along Woodland Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia that would connect onto the existing Market Street Subway-Elevated at 32nd Street and planned to replace it with a branch of the Broad Street Subway that would have split off at Broad and Federal Streets, continued along Federal Street before merging onto Greys Ferry Avenue until the Schuylkill river. It would then cross the Schuylkill to merge with Woodland Avenue and continue down Woodland and Island Avenues where the line would end.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digital Collections: Subway & Elevated Lines for Suggested Unified Lines, 1916, map |url=https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/44151 |access-date=February 22, 2025 |website=Free Library of Philadelphia |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A study and review of the problem of passenger transportation in Philadelphia, by a unified system of lines; an analysis of the plans proposed for its solution ... |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044031337181&seq=37 |access-date=February 22, 2025 |website=HathiTrust |language=en}}</ref> Twinning had an alternate plan which would have split off from the Broad Street subway at Broad and Ridge and continued down Ridge avenue before merging southwards onto 8th Street, then turning west on Walnut Street where it would have continued under the Schuylkill River into West Philadelphia before turning southward on 42nd Street then finally turning onto Woodland Avenue where it would have continued to Island Avenue.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digital Collections: Subway & Elevated Lines...Independent (Competitive) system, 1916, map |url=https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/44150 |access-date=February 22, 2025 |website=Free Library of Philadelphia |language=en-US}}</ref> This alternate plan would officially be adopted by the city and authorized the construction of the subway-elevated line to southwest Philadelphia in 1922.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digital Collections: Diagram of Rapid Transit System as Authorized, 1923, map |url=https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/44159 |access-date=February 22, 2025 |website=Free Library of Philadelphia |language=en-US}}</ref>

Ground broke along Ridge, 8th and Locust in 1930 and in 1932 [[Fairmount station (SEPTA)|Fairmount]], [[Spring Garden station (Broad–Ridge Spur)|Spring Garden]], [[Chinatown station (SEPTA)|Vine(now Chinatown)]] and [[8th Street station (Philadelphia)|8th and Market]] opened. Due to the worsening effects of The [[Great Depression]], construction on Locust Street was paused indefinitely leaving an unfinished tunnel from 8th and Market to 18th and Locust. The city was able to gather limited funds from president [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Roosevelt]]'s new deal program for other subway projects but none for the Woodland line. In a report from the mid 40s by the Department of city transit started to seriously consider finishing the subway to at least 49th and Woodland knowing that traffic from Camden and North Philadelphia alone couldn't justify service under Locust Street. But in the end nothing came from these reports.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Speeds Line to City and Suburbs |url=https://digital.hagley.org/08144710_speed_lines}}</ref> By the '50s 9th/10th and Locust, 12th/13th and Locust and 15th/16th and Locust were furnished for passenger service and opened in 1953 servicing trains running on the Bridge line from Camden, New Jersey. Majority of passengers on the bridge line did not continue south of 8th-Market,<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 4, 1962 |title=Article clipped from The Philadelphia Inquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/71311943/ |access-date=February 22, 2025 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |pages=1}}</ref> Transferring the Market-Frankford or Ridge Avenue lines instead. In 1969 the Bridge line was extended to Lindenwold, New Jersey and ownership and operation were handed over to [[Delaware River Port Authority]] as the service was renamed to [[PATCO Speedline|PATCO]].

====Northwest====
The same report also proposed a northwest extension. This would have branched off at the North Philadelphia station and would have taken over the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s Chestnut Hill Branch which is still operated today as part of the [[SEPTA Regional Rail]] system as the [[Chestnut Hill West Line]].

==Operation==
===Rolling stock===
[[file:Broad St Line Interior.jpg|thumb|right|Interior of a Broad Street Line train]]
[[File:B4 builders plate.jpg|thumb|Builders plate of the B4/B-IVs]]
The first set of rail cars for the Broad Street subway was the B-1 cars built in 1926–27 by the [[J.G. Brill Company]]. The [[Pressed Steel Car Company]] supplied an additional set in 1938 collectively known as the B-2's. The JG Brill Company also built and delivered 26 deluxe art-deco streamlined subway cars to the Delaware River Joint Commission in early 1936 for use on its Bridge Line from 8th and Market into Camden, NJ via the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. These cars were designed to be compatible with the other Broad Street cars, and could run in multiple with them. After the Bridge Line became part of the [[PATCO Speedline|PATCO Lindenwold Hi-Speedline]] in late 1968, 23 of these former "Bridge Line" cars were sold to the City of Philadelphia in 1969 to be used on the Broad Street subway, and were designated as the B-3's, until they were retired by early 1984.

The first set has had the second longest lifespan of any subway car in Philadelphia, after that of the Market Street cars built for what ultimately became the [[Market–Frankford Line]]. Although the line was a host for the [[State of the Art Car|UMTA's State of the Art Car program]], real replacements for the Broad Street cars did not come until late 1982, when SEPTA introduced new "B-IV" cars built by [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company|Kawasaki]], which are currently the only cars operating the line. The cars are 67ft 6in long, 10ft 1.5in wide, and 12ft 3in tall.

==== Preservation ====
* A small number of B-1, B-2, and B-3 historic cars remain stored in derelict condition within Fern Rock yard.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=nycsubway.org: SEPTA Broad Street Subway|url=https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/SEPTA_Broad_Street_Subway|access-date=September 23, 2021|website=www.nycsubway.org}}</ref>
* One B-1 car was sent and sold to the Trackside Brick Oven Pizzeria in [[Wallingford, Connecticut]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://tracksidepizzeria.com/about|access-date=September 23, 2021|website=Trackside Brick Oven Pizzeria|language=en-US}}</ref>
* One B-1 car (#55) is present at the [[Illinois Railway Museum]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=IRM Roster – Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 55|url=https://www.irm.org/cgi-bin/rsearch.cgi?rapid=Southeastern+Pennsylvania+Transportation+Authority=55|access-date=September 23, 2021|website=www.irm.org}}</ref>
* One B-3 car (#1009) is partially restored at the [[Rockhill Trolley Museum]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=March 3, 2011|title=Philadelphia Subway #1009 » Rockhill Trolley Museum|url=http://rockhilltrolley.org/philadelphia-subway-1009/|access-date=September 23, 2021|website=Rockhill Trolley Museum|language=en-US}}</ref>
* Two B-3 cars (#1018, #1023) are at the [[Seashore Trolley Museum]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=SEPTA 1018|url=https://collection.trolleymuseum.org/browse.php?id=01018RPA|url-status=live|access-date=September 23, 2021|website=Seashore Trolley Museum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923221729/https://collection.trolleymuseum.org/browse.php?id=01018RPA |archive-date=September 23, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=DELAWARE RIVER PORT AUTHORITY 1023|url=https://collection.trolleymuseum.org/browse.php?id=01023RPA|url-status=live|access-date=September 23, 2021|website=Seashore Trolley Museum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923221734/https://collection.trolleymuseum.org/browse.php?id=01023RPA |archive-date=September 23, 2021 }}</ref>

===Operating times and headways===
[[File:BSL3.jpg|thumb|Broad Street subway train at Fern Rock Transportation Center station, 2009]]

A local trip along the entire line takes about 35 minutes. Trains run from approximately 5:00{{nbsp}}am to 1:00{{nbsp}}am, with a timed transfer at 12:30{{nbsp}}am at City Hall station to connect with the Market Frankford Line based on final trains. The Broad Street Owl bus service replaces the subway throughout the night Monday through Friday mornings, stopping at the same locations as the subway trains. The line itself ran 24 hours a day until it was eliminated in 1991; it was reinstated on June{{nbsp}}20, 2014, for Friday and Saturday overnights only on a trial basis. It was made permanent on October{{nbsp}}8, 2014, due to the line successfully carrying an extra 10,000 riders on the then-Broad Street Line during the weekend overnight periods. This was eliminated again in 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 Pandemic.]]

The local portion of the B carries a headway of 8 minutes or less during the daytime all day weekdays, 10–12 minutes all day on weekends and major holidays, and 12 minutes in the evenings. Weekend night service consists of a 20-minute frequency, while owl bus service early weekday mornings utilize a 15-minute frequency. The express portion of the line ranges from seven minutes during peak hours to 12 minutes off-peak, while the Broad Ridge Spur ranges from 7 minutes during peak hours to 20 minutes off-peak.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="50%" class=wikitable
!align="left"|Service
!align="center"|Start Time
!align="center"|End Time
|-
|Northbound train
|4:52{{nbsp}}am
|12:55{{nbsp}}am
|-
|Southbound train
|4:45{{nbsp}}am
|12:43{{nbsp}}am
|-
|Northbound night owl bus
|12:22{{nbsp}}am
|5:35{{nbsp}}am
|-
|Southbound night owl bus
|12:14{{nbsp}}am
|5:34{{nbsp}}am
|-
|Northbound Broad–Ridge Spur (Monday–Friday)
|5:45{{nbsp}}am
|9:15{{nbsp}}pm
|-
|Southbound Broad–Ridge Spur (Monday–Friday)
|5:24{{nbsp}}am
|8:48{{nbsp}}pm
|-
|Northbound Broad–Ridge Spur (Saturday)
|6:40{{nbsp}}am
|9:26{{nbsp}}pm
|-
|Southbound Broad–Ridge Spur (Saturday)
|6:17{{nbsp}}am
|9:03{{nbsp}}pm
|}

==B3 spur==
[[Image:BSL-8-Market-2018b.jpg|thumb|left|Broad–Ridge Spur train at 8th and Market]]
A two-track spur of the B, known as the '''B3''' (formerly the '''Broad–Ridge Spur'''), diverges from the main line at [[Fairmount (BSL station)|Fairmount]]. Originally known as the '''Ridge–8th Street subway''', the line follows Ridge Avenue, southeastward from the intersection of Broad Street, Ridge and Fairmount Avenues to a two-level junction beneath 8th and Race Streets, where tunnels leading to and from the [[Benjamin Franklin Bridge]] to Camden connect to it, then proceeds south under 8th Street. At its southern terminus at [[8th Street (BSL station)|8th and Market streets]], passengers may transfer to the Market–Frankford Line and the [[PATCO Speedline]]. The spur operates Mondays through Saturdays from 6{{nbsp}}am to 9{{nbsp}}pm, running two-car trains (though platforms can fit five cars).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://iseptaphilly.com/blog/broadridgespur |title=Route of the Week – Broad–Ridge Spur |author=ISEPTAPHILLY Blog |publisher=[[SEPTA]]}}</ref>

Ridge spur service to 8th and Market streets began on December{{nbsp}}21, 1932.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71271924/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |title=Ridge Ave. Subway to Run Tomorrow |date=December 20, 1932 |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71271947/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ 6] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> As part of that project, a tunnel shell running south under 8th Street then west under Locust Street to 18th Street (reusing parts of the never-completed Center City loop constructed in 1917) was completed in 1933 but not outfitted for service.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71274759/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |title=First Cash Riders Aboard As Locust Subway Opens |date=February 16, 1953 |page=21 |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71267412/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |title=Subway Bids Due for Work On Locust St |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=April 10, 1950 |page=21 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> [[PATCO Speedline|Bridge Line]] service from 8th and Market to Camden began on June{{nbsp}}7, 1936, sharing the Ridge Spur platforms at 8th and Market and splitting off from the Ridge Spur just south of Chinatown station.

Beginning in June 1949, Ridge Spur and Bridge Line trains were through-routed at 8th and Market.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71274217/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |title=PTC to Link Camden and Girard Ave |date=June 23, 1949 |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |page=23 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The partially-built Locust Street tunnel was opened on February{{nbsp}}15, 1953; Bridge Line trains were extended to a new terminus at 15th–16th Street station with two intermediate stops, while Ridge Spur trains reverted to running between 8th Street and Girard.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71274929/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |title=Mere 150 Miles of Cable Stalls Locust Subway Start |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=January 5, 1953 |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71275209/courier-post/ |title=Beginning Sunday, February 15: New Highspeed Rail Service to and through Central Philadelphia via Bridge Line and Locust St. Subway (advertisement) |date=February 13, 1953 |author=Philadelphia Transportation Company |newspaper=Courier-Post |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In January 1954, due to low ridership, off-peak service and Saturday again began operating between Girard and Camden, with a shuttle train operating between 8th and 16th stations. Sunday service was suspended at that time due to minimal usage.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71275051/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |title=Lack of Riders to Cut Service On Locust Street Subway: Full Shutdown On Sundays Listed by PTC |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=January 6, 1954 |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Ridge Spur service was suspended from August{{nbsp}}23 to 27, 1968, as tracks were switched to a new upper-level terminal platform at 8th Street station to allow conversion of the 8th–Locust Street subway into the [[PATCO Speedline|Lindenwold High-Speed Line]] (PATCO Speedline).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71258397/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |title=Ridge Ave. Subway Halted for Weekend; Buses to Substitute |date=August 21, 1968 |page=41 |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |via=Newspaper.com}}</ref>

The Ridge Spur was closed from February 1981 to September{{nbsp}}6, 1983, during construction of the [[Center City Commuter Connection]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71267663/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |title=Praise, confusion greet reopening of subway spur |first=Sara |last=Kennedy |date=September 7, 1983 |page=6B |via=Newspapers.com |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]}}</ref> [[Spring Garden station (Broad–Ridge Spur)|Spring Garden station]], by then exit-only, was closed on September{{nbsp}}10, 1989, due to safety concerns.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71271252/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |title=SEPTA to close Ridge Ave. stop |date=July 27, 1989 |page=24 |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71271263/philadelphia-daily-news/ |title=Subway Station Closed for Good |page=16 |date=September 11, 1989 |newspaper=[[Philadelphia Daily News]] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Never drawing high ridership, the spur has been proposed for closure on several occasions. The 2014 closure of the [[Fashion District Philadelphia|Gallery Mall]], adjacent to 8th and Market station, caused ridership on the spur to drop by 25%.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://billypenn.com/2019/08/29/new-hope-for-the-lonely-broad-ridge-spur-part-of-the-center-city-loop-that-never-was/ |title=New hope for lonely Broad–Ridge Spur, part of the Center City Loop that never was |date=August 29, 2019 |newspaper=Billy Penn |first=Michaela |last=Winberg |access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref>
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==Stations==
All stations are located in the city of [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Stations served by B2 Special (for sports and entertainment events) are indicated with ○.{{clear left}}
* '''B1''': Trains display white marker lights, all stops, 7 days a week
* '''B2''': Trains display green marker lights, select stops between Fern Rock and Walnut Locust, 5 days a week
* '''B3''': Trains display yellow marker lights, Fern Rock to 8th-Market, 6 days a week
* '''B2 Special''': Trains display blue marker lights, select stops between Fern Rock and NRG, during events at sports complex. (Southbound only)
{{sort under}}
{|class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="text-align:left;"
!Neighborhood
!Station
![[File:SEPTA B1 icon.svg|25px]]
![[File:SEPTA B2 icon.svg|25px]]
![[File:SEPTA B3 icon.svg|25px]]
!class=unsortable|Connections
!Weekday<br />ridership (2018)<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 2019|title=Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan|url=http://septa.org/strategic-plan/reports/FY%202020%20Annual%20Service%20Plan-update.WEB.pdf|access-date=September 27, 2020|website=SEPTA}}</ref>
!class=unsortable| Notes
|-
|[[Fern Rock, Philadelphia|Fern Rock]]
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Fern Rock Transit Center}} {{Access icon}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|●
|{{rint|septa}} [[SEPTA Regional Rail]]: {{ric|SEPTA|Warminster}} {{ric|SEPTA|West Trenton}} {{ric|SEPTA|Lansdale/Doylestown}}<br>{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|28|57|70}}
|4,498
|
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Logan, Philadelphia|Logan]]
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Olney Transit Center}} {{Access icon}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|●
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|6|8|16|18|22|26|51|55|80}}
|16,591
|Serves [[Jefferson Einstein Hospital]] and [[La Salle University]]

|-
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Logan}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|│
| align="center"|│
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|16|41}}
|2,452
|
|-
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Wyoming}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|│
| align="center"|│
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|16}}<br>{{rint|trolley|link=Trolleybuses in Philadelphia}} [[Trolleybuses in Philadelphia|SEPTA Trackless Trolley]]: {{SEPTA bus link|75}}
|2,087
|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Hunting Park, Philadelphia|Hunting Park]]
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Hunting Park}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|│
| align="center"|│
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|1|16|53|82}}
|3,006
|
|-
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Erie}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|●
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|16|23|53|56|71|81}}
|7,750
|Serves [[Temple University Hospital]]

|-
|rowspan=2|[[Glenwood, Philadelphia|Glenwood]]
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Broad–Allegheny}} {{Access icon}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|│
| align=center|│
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|16|60}}
|3,842
|Serves [[Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry|Kornberg School of Dentistry]]

|-
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|North Philadelphia}} {{Access icon}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|│
| align="center"|●
|{{rint|us|amtrak}} [[Amtrak]]: [[Northeast Corridor|Northeast]] and [[Keystone Corridor]] services <small>(at {{stl|Amtrak|North Philadelphia}})</small><br>{{rint|septa}} [[SEPTA Regional Rail]]: {{ric|SEPTA|Trenton}} {{ric|SEPTA|CHW}} <small>(at {{stl|SEPTA Metro|North Philadelphia}})</small>, {{ric|SEPTA|LAN}} {{ric|SEPTA|Manayunk/Norristown}} <small>(at {{stl|SEPTA Metro|North Broad}})</small><br>{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|16|54}}
|4,168
|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Cecil B. Moore, Philadelphia|Cecil B. Moore]]
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Susquehanna–Dauphin}} {{Access icon}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|│
| align="center"|│
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|16|39}}
|3,392
|Originally named Dauphin-Susquehanna

|-
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Cecil B. Moore}} {{Access icon}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|│
| align="center"|│
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|3|4|16}}
|7,375
|Serves [[Temple University]]<br>Originally named Columbia Avenue
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Francisville, Philadelphia|Francisville]]
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Broad–Girard}} {{Access icon}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|●
|{{ric|SEPTA Metro|name=y}}: {{ric|SEPTA Metro|G|name=}}<br>{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|16}}
|4,009
|
|-
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Fairmount}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|│
| align="center"|●
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|16|61}}
|2,156
|
|-style="background:lightsilver"
|[[Callowhill, Philadelphia|Callowhill]]
|bgcolor="lightgray"|''[[Spring Garden station (Broad–Ridge Spur)|Spring Garden]]''
|rowspan="3" colspan="2" style="background: black; color: white;" align=center|B3 only
|bgcolor="lightgray" align="center"|│
|bgcolor="lightgray"|
|bgcolor="lightgray"|
|bgcolor="lightgray"|''Closed since 1989''
|-
|[[Chinatown, Philadelphia|Chinatown]]
||{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Chinatown}}
| align="center"|●
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|47|47m|61}} {{small|(all south)}}<br>{{rint|bus|link=NJ Transit Bus}} [[NJ Transit Bus Operations|NJ Transit Bus]]: {{NJ bus link|317|400|401|402|404|406|408|409|410|412|551}} {{small|(at Vine St & 8th St)}}
|322
|Originally named Vine

|-
|[[Market East, Philadelphia|Market East]]
||{{stl|SEPTA Metro|8th–Market}} {{Access icon}}
| align="center"|●
|{{ric|SEPTA Metro|name=y}}: {{ric|SEPTA Metro|L|name=}}<br>[[File:DRPA logo.svg|17px|link=Delaware River Port Authority]] [[Delaware River Port Authority|DRPA]]: {{rint|philadelphia|patco}}<br>{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|17|33|38}} {{small|(west)}}, {{SEPTA bus link|44|47}} {{small|(south)}}, {{SEPTA bus link|47m}} {{small|(south)}}, {{SEPTA bus link|61|62}}<br />{{rint|bus|link=NJ Transit Bus}} [[NJ Transit Bus Operations|NJ Transit Bus]]: {{NJ bus link|313|315|316|317|400|401|402|404|406|408|409|410|412|414|417|551|555}}
|2,254
|Originally named Market Street

|-
|rowspan=2|[[Chinatown, Philadelphia|Chinatown]]
|[[Broad–Spring Garden station|Spring Garden]] {{Access icon}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|●
|bgcolor="black" rowspan="10"|
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|16|43}}
|7,462
|Serves the [[Community College of Philadelphia]]

|-
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Race–Vine}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|●
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|16|27}}<br>{{rint|bus|link=NJ Transit Bus}} [[NJ Transit Bus Operations|NJ Transit Bus]]: {{NJ bus link|317|400|401|402|404|406|408|409|410|412|551}}
|3,226
|Serves the [[Pennsylvania Convention Center]]

|-
|[[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City]]
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|15th Street/City Hall}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|●
|{{rint|septa}} [[SEPTA Regional Rail]]: ''all lines'' {{small|(at [[Suburban Station]])}}<br>{{ric|SEPTA Metro|name=y}}: {{ric|SEPTA Metro|L|name=}} {{ric|SEPTA Metro|T|name=}}<br>{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|16|17|27|31|32|33|38|44|48|62|78}}<br>{{rint|bus|link=SEPTA Suburban Division bus routes}} [[SEPTA Suburban Division bus routes|SEPTA Suburban Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|124|125}}
|30,506
|Located in the Downtown Link concourse

|-
|rowspan=2|[[Washington Square West, Philadelphia|Washington<br/>Square West]]
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Walnut–Locust}} {{Access icon}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|●
|[[File:DRPA logo.svg|17px|link=Delaware River Port Authority]] [[Delaware River Port Authority|DRPA]]: {{rint|philadelphia|patco}} {{small|(at {{stl|PATCO|15–16th & Locust}} and {{stl|PATCO|12–13th & Locust}})}}<br>{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|9|12|16|21|27|32|38}} {{small|(east)}}, {{SEPTA bus link|42}}
|7,633
|Serves the [[Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts|Kimmel Center]] and [[Academy of Music (Philadelphia)|Academy of Music]]

|-
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Lombard–South}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|│

|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|27|32|40}}
|2,915
|Serves [[Peirce College]], and [[Penn Medicine Rittenhouse|Graduate Hospital]]
|-
|rowspan=5|[[South Philadelphia|South<br/>Philadelphia]]
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Ellsworth–Federal}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|│
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|64}}
|3,715
|Serves the [[Italian Market (Philadelphia)|Italian Market]]

|-
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Tasker–Morris}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|│
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|29}}
|4,505
|
|-
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Snyder}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|│
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|37|79}}
|5,500
|Serves [[Methodist Hospital (Philadelphia)|Methodist Hospital]]

|-
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|Oregon}} {{Access icon}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|│
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|7|45|63|68}}
|4,045
|Serves [[Marconi Plaza]]

|-
|{{stl|SEPTA Metro|NRG}} {{Access icon}}
| align="center"|●
| align="center"|○
|{{rint|bus|1|link=SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}} [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|SEPTA City Bus]]: {{SEPTA bus link|4|17}}
|1,541
|Serves the [[South Philadelphia Sports Complex]]<br>Originally named Pattison and later AT&T
|}

==References==
=== Notes ===
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=== Citations ===
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Attached KML |display=title,inline}}
{{Commons category|Broad Street Line}}
* [http://www.septa.org/service/bsl/ Broad Street Line] on SEPTA website
* [http://world.nycsubway.org/us/phila/broadstreet.html World.nycsubway.org: Philadelphia: SEPTA Broad Street Subway]

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