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45-664: This branch makes local stops between Thorndale and Center City Philadelphia along Amtrak's Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line , an electrified 104-mile two to four-track high-speed route between Harrisburg Transportation Center in Harrisburg and 30th Street Station in Philadelphia . The line was originally part of Pennsylvania's " Main Line of Public Works ", a series of canals and railroads to connect Philadelphia with Harrisburg , Pittsburgh , and points west built between 1826 and 1834 by

90-404: A cost of $ 140,000; it replaced an earlier Victorian depot that was built in 1893. It is 19.9 miles (32.0 km) track from Philadelphia's Suburban Station . In 2017, the average total weekday SEPTA boardings at this station was 1,114 and the average total weekday SEPTA alightings was 1,136. The Paoli Intermodal Transportation Center (ITC) Project was proposed as a relocation and expansion of

135-444: A parking garage. The canceled light rail Greenline would have connected Paoli station with the towns of Phoenixville and Oaks, Pennsylvania . Paoli has one center high-level island platform with an overpass allowing passengers to travel from the center platform to the ground level. Some SEPTA trains terminate/originate here. Originally, the station had four tracks, however the center tracks were removed in 2017 to allow for

180-548: A parking lot, is a primary advocate for quality of life issues in Center City. Other community organizations of this type include Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Society Hill Civic Association, South of South Street Neighborhood Association, Washington Square West Civic Association, and the Queen Village Neighbors Association. Paoli station Paoli station is a passenger rail station located in

225-926: A traffic camera used by the Philadelphia branch of the Westwood One MetroNetworks traffic service. Across the street from City Hall is the Masonic Temple , the headquarters of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania , a legacy of the Founding Fathers and signers of the Declaration of Independence , many of whom were Freemasons ; these include George Washington and Benjamin Franklin . While Philadelphia's population declined between 1990 and 2000, Center City's population increased by 10% over that same period. In 2007,

270-472: Is also located in center city, at 1114 Walnut Street . Mütter Museum , a medical museum, is located in center city at 19 S. 22nd Street. Center City Philadelphia has a vast number of restaurants, bars, and nightclubs. McGillin's Olde Ale House , at 1310 Drury Street, is one of the nation's oldest pubs (founded in 1860). Center city streets and bridges include Benjamin Franklin Bridge , which connects

315-720: Is bounded by South Street to the south, the Delaware River to the east, the Schuylkill River to the west, and Vine Street to the north. The district occupies the old boundaries of the City of Philadelphia before the city was made coterminous with Philadelphia County in 1854. The Center City District, which has special powers of taxation, has a complicated, irregularly shaped boundary that includes much but not all of this area and also extends beyond it. The Philadelphia Police Department patrols four districts located within Center City –

360-466: Is currently in the design phase and once construction begins, it will take three years to complete and bring SEPTA service to Coatesville. In announcing the return of service to Coatesville, Chester County commissioner Terrence Farrell announced $ 1 million in funding to kick-start a parking garage to coincide with SEPTA's return to the station via the Paoli/Thorndale Line. The Paoli/Thorndale Line

405-413: Is home to most of Philadelphia's tallest buildings, including Philadelphia's City Hall , the second-tallest masonry building in the world and, until 1987, the tallest in Philadelphia, as well as the tallest building in the world for fourteen years (1894–1908). In March 1987, One Liberty Place broke the gentlemen's agreement not to exceed the height of the statue of William Penn atop City Hall. Upon

450-786: Is home to some of the nation and world's leading cultural institutions. Avenue of the Arts , a city-designated cultural district, includes Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts , which houses the Philadelphia Orchestra (a Big Five orchestra ) and the Academy of Music , home of the Philadelphia Ballet and Opera Philadelphia . The avenue is home to multiple theatres, including the Miller , Suzanne Roberts , and Wilma theatres. Forrest Theatre

495-600: Is in the U.S. Custom House, a part of the Independence National Historical Park , in Old City , Center City. The William J. Green Jr. Federal Building houses the Federal Bureau of Investigation Philadelphia Field Office . The Consulate-General of Italy in Philadelphia is located in the 1026 Public Ledger Building at 150 South Independence Mall West. The Consulate-General of Panama in Philadelphia

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540-630: Is located in Suite 1 at 124 Chestnut Street. The Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia is located in Suite 310 of the Bourse Building off of Independence Mall. The Consulate-General of the Dominican Republic in Philadelphia was located in Suite 216 in the Lafayette Building at 437 Chestnut Street. It closed on November 7, 2005. The Consulate-General of Israel in Philadelphia was located on

585-610: Is the busiest regional rail line in the SEPTA system, carrying approximately 21,000 daily riders each weekday prior to the pandemic. It is also among the longest in the system, stretching out into the far western suburbs of Philadelphia, and as such has express service to some of the outer stations. In general, express trains operate one of the following four itineraries: There was also a round trip "Great Valley Flyer" service which ran as an express between 30th Street and Paoli , skipping all intermediate stops before continuing to Thorndale . This

630-540: The 2008 World Series , ending the " curse ". Seven other skyscrapers now exceed the height of Penn's statue, including One Liberty Place's little sister, Two Liberty Place . The Comcast Center, which was completed in 2007, became the tallest building in Pennsylvania , 30 feet taller than One Liberty Place. In 2018, the Comcast Technology Center opened, which is now the tallest building in Philadelphia and

675-549: The Frazer train yard as a turn-around location. The Paoli yard became an EPA superfund site. Prior to November 10, 1996, the service went as far west as Parkesburg, but service was truncated to Downingtown because Amtrak lacked facilities to turn SEPTA trains around, and trains were forced to deadhead out to Lancaster . Service was extended from Downingtown to a new station in Thorndale on November 22, 1999. A recent proposal to extend

720-808: The MP-54 electric multiple-unit (EMU) railcars, which were brick red ("Tuscan Red") in color (green in the Penn Central era) and had characteristic "owl eye" round windows at car ends. The MP-54s were replaced in the 1960s and 1970s with the Silverliner EMU cars, which are still in use today. More recently, SEPTA acquired push-pull coaches from the Bombardier corporation, which were hauled by AEM-7 electric locomotives similar to those used by Amtrak and New Jersey Transit . The AEM-7 locomotives were replaced with ACS-64 electric locomotives in 2018. Between 1984 and 2010

765-632: The Northeast Corridor . SEPTA activated positive train control on the Paoli/Thorndale Line on May 1, 2017. On April 9, 2020, service on the line was truncated to Malvern due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Service to Thorndale resumed on June 15, 2020. The Paoli/Thorndale Line includes the following stations west of the Center City Commuter Connection ; stations indicated with a gray background are closed. The Paoli/Thorndale Line has

810-707: The Parkway Central Library at 1901 Vine Street, the Independence Branch at 18 South 7th Street, the Philadelphia City Institute on the first floor and lower level of an apartment complex at 1905 Locust Street , and the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped at 919 Walnut Street. Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is headquartered in Center City. Center City Philadelphia

855-598: The West Trenton Line on weekdays and points on the Lansdale/Doylestown Line on weekends. As a part of the Keystone Corridor upgrade projects conducted by Amtrak and PennDOT , the line was upgraded in 2007 with new concrete ties, continuous welded rails, and overhead lines and substations. This upgrade allows SEPTA and Amtrak to operate multiple trains at the same time in the same manner as that found on

900-553: The 18th Floor at 1880 John F. Kennedy Boulevard. Israel closed the Philadelphia consulate in 2016. Residents of Center City are included within the School District of Philadelphia . From the 1940s to the opening of what is now known as the Greenfield School in 1954, many residents attended public schools in other areas and private schools due to the low number of public schools in Center City. In 2005, in an attempt to slow

945-589: The 6th, 9th, 3rd, and 17th districts. Among Center City's neighborhoods and districts are Penn's Landing , Old City , Society Hill , South Street , Washington Square West , Market East , Chinatown , Logan Square , the Museum District (located along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway ), Rittenhouse Square , Fitler Square , the Avenue of the Arts (South Broad Street), and Jewelers' Row . Center City

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990-520: The Center City area, located outside of Center City, include: Other high schools include: Combined middle and high schools include: Charter schools not operated by the School District of Philadelphia include: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia operates the following Roman Catholic parochial schools in the Center City area [1] : Other private schools in the Center City area include: The Free Library of Philadelphia operates

1035-586: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The tracks subsequently became part of the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad before eventually becoming Amtrak's Keystone Corridor . The Main Line also refers to the affluent Philadelphia suburbs along the line of the same name. Prior to the late 1980s, all commuter rail operations went from Suburban Station to Paoli , the westernmost census designated place along

1080-570: The Keystone Corridor, it will allow for fewer stops and increased speeds for Amtrak's Keystone and Pennsylvanian trains between Philadelphia's 30th Street Station and the Harrisburg Transportation Center in downtown Harrisburg. It is also suggested by community leaders and transportation officials that the addition of commuter rail serving portions of Lancaster and Dauphin counties will help to alleviate future traffic congestion stemming from increased development along

1125-599: The Main Line. Because of this earlier operation, local residents called the R5 "the Paoli Local". Currently, all Paoli turn-around trains, which operate alternately on Saturdays and exclusively on Sundays, now use the nearby Malvern train station as its last stop (the Paoli train yard was closed down in the mid-1990s and was converted into extra parking, and a new Paoli train station), and use

1170-470: The Paoli station to a new site near the existing facility. Improvements in the plans for the new intermodal transportation center included a bridge over the rail tracks (Darby Road which will replace Valley Road), renovation or replacement of the existing station building, new passenger waiting and ticketing facilities, passenger amenities, bus, shuttle, passenger parking facilities, and potential new retail and commercial business development. Construction for

1215-594: The Paoli/Thorndale Line service further west from its terminus at Thorndale to Lancaster has been discussed by regional planning organizations, government officials, and members supporting the Capital Red Rose Corridor , which will provide commuter rail along the Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line between Lancaster and Harrisburg . Proponents of the Paoli/Thorndale Line extension to Lancaster, support that by allowing SEPTA and Capital Area Transit to operate commuter rail serving smaller stations along

1260-478: The Sunday Timetable terminate at Malvern and do not serve Exton , Whitford , Downingtown , or Thorndale stations. Electrified service between Philadelphia and Paoli was opened on September 11, 1915. As the Pennsylvania Railroad's first local commuter to be electrified, the line was used as an "experiment" for powering trains using AC overhead catenary wires . A previous commuter line to be electrified

1305-575: The area that made up the City of Philadelphia prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854 , which extended the city borders to be coterminous with Philadelphia County . The area has grown to the second-most densely populated downtown area in the United States (after Midtown Manhattan in New York City), with an estimated 202,000 residents in 2020 and a population density of 26,234 per square mile. Center City

1350-879: The city designated the area bound by 11th Street, Broad Street, Chestnut Street and Pine Street as the Gayborhood . Sunoco has its headquarters in the BNY Mellon Center . Cigna has its corporate headquarters in 2 Liberty Place . Aramark is headquartered in Center City on the east bank of the Schuylkill River on Market Street. Comcast is headquartered in the Comcast Center . The law firm Cozen O'Connor has its headquarters in Center City. Kogan Page has its U.S. headquarters in Center City. Lincoln National Corporation moved its headquarters from Fort Wayne, Indiana to Philadelphia in 1999. In Philadelphia Lincoln

1395-575: The city with Camden, New Jersey , and Benjamin Franklin Parkway , a one-mile long parkway that runs from Philadelphia City Hall to the Philadelphia Museum of Art . Three major center city streets are Broad , Market , and South Streets. There is a 500,000+ sq ft underground pedestrian concourse that connects many of the center city Septa stations to businesses and office buildings. Primarily running under Market Street and Broad Street ,

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1440-469: The completion of One Liberty Place, no Philadelphia major-league sports team won a world championship for the next two decades, a phenomenon known as the " Curse of Billy Penn ". In an effort to reverse the curse, a three-foot statue of Penn was affixed to the top of the Comcast Center upon its completion as the city's new tallest building in 2007. On October 29, 2008, the Philadelphia Phillies won

1485-511: The concourse spans east to west from 8th street to 18th street and north to south from John F. Kennedy Boulevard to Spruce Street . Amtrak 's primary Philadelphia station, 30th Street Station , is located immediately west of Center City, just across the Schuylkill River. SEPTA Regional Rail trains, New Jersey Transit Atlantic City Line trains, Market-Frankford Line trains, and subway-surface line trolleys also service 30th Street Station, and both Megabus and BoltBus stop on streets adjacent to

1530-508: The first phase of the upgraded station commenced in February 2017. The first phase, which cost $ 48 million, made the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act by replacing the two low-level side platforms with a high-level island platform, constructing a pedestrian overpass over the tracks, and adding elevators and ramps. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the first phase of the project

1575-512: The flight of middle-class families, the school district and Center City District, an economic development agency, launched a program that promoted public schools in Center City, including Rittenhouse Square and Society Hill , and adjacent areas in Fairmount , Northern Liberties , and South Philadelphia . K-8 schools that have attendance boundaries in Center City and areas around Center City include: Neighborhood high schools for Center City and

1620-613: The highest total ridership on the system. Between FY 2013–FY 2019 yearly ridership ranged from 6–6.5 million, save a drop to 5.5 million in FY 2017. In FY 2019 its 6,170,950 passengers exceeded the next highest, the Lansdale/Doylestown Line , by nearly 1.2 million. Ridership collapsed during the COVID-19 pandemic . Center City, Philadelphia Center City includes the central business district and central neighborhoods of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, United States. It comprises

1665-422: The route was designated R5 Paoli and R5 Thorndale as part of SEPTA's diametrical reorganization of its lines. Paoli trains operated through the city center to the Lansdale/Doylestown Line on the ex-Reading side of the system. The R-number naming system was dropped on July 25, 2010. As of 2022, most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains either terminate at Temple University or continue through Center City to points along

1710-482: The same corridor. The entire main line between Thorndale, Lancaster and Harrisburg is currently electrified. SEPTA announced on March 7, 2019, that service would be extended back to Coatesville "in the near future." A new Coatesville station is planned to be constructed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) at 3rd Avenue and Fleetwood Street near the existing Amtrak station. The station

1755-525: The station. As of 2016 Taiwanese airline China Airlines provides a private bus service to and from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City for customers based in the Philadelphia area. This service previously stopped in Center City in front of the Marriott Hotel. The Center City Residents' Association , originally formed in 1947 to prevent Rittenhouse Square from being turned into

1800-497: The tallest building in the United States outside of Manhattan and Chicago. 1441 Chestnut, which is currently under construction, is also slated to be taller than City Hall. The first publicly accessible vantage point higher than City Hall opened at One Liberty Observation Deck on the 57th floor of One Liberty Place in 2015. Other Center City skyscrapers include the BNY Mellon Center and the Three Logan Square , which houses

1845-433: The western suburbs of Philadelphia at 13 Lancaster Avenue ( US 30 ), Paoli, Pennsylvania . It is served by Amtrak 's Keystone Service and Pennsylvanian trains, and most SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line trains. The station has Amtrak and SEPTA ticket offices, a waiting room, vending machines, restrooms, and a coffee shop. This one-story, tan brick building was constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1953 at

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1890-559: Was headquartered in the West Tower of Centre Square in Center City. In 2007, the company moved 400 employees, including its top executives, to Radnor Township from Philadelphia . Center City is home to some of the largest and most prominent buildings in the United States, including: The Philadelphia Fire Department operates five fire stations in Center City: The Federal Bureau of Prisons Northeast Region Office

1935-488: Was held on September 23, 2019, with Amtrak and SEPTA officials, disability rights groups, and area politicians in attendance. The second phase of the station project will replace the North Valley Road bridge. The third phase will turn the station into an intermodal transportation facility by constructing a high-level side platform adjacent to the outbound track, additional amenities for passengers, bus depot facilities, and

1980-710: Was the Long Island Rail Road in New York City , but this line used the DC third rail similar in nature to the New York City Subway system and most other heavy-rail interurbans. In addition, the original catenary poles are still in service in Lower Merion. This was also the first line to get PRR position light signals between Overbrook and Bryn Mawr. Between 1915 and the 1960s, the former Pennsylvania Railroad used

2025-416: Was the last named train on SEPTA, and one of very few remaining named commuter trains in the nation. Service was curtailed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21 and all trains ran as locals. In the new schedule effective December 19, 2021, express service from 30th Street to Bryn Mawr , and Wayne resumed but express trains between 30th Street and Paoli were not restored. All trains included in

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