This line runs 24 hours on Fridays and Saturdays. Overnight replacement bus: An overnight bus (named the Market-Frankford Owl bus) runs Sunday to Thursday, making the same stops as the subway.Frequency: Every 6 minutes during the week at non-peak hours, every 4 minutes during the week at peak hours and every 10 minutes on weekends.Its route of approximately 13 miles (21 kilometers) include below ground sections as well as surface ones and it is the most used line by Philadelphia’s residents. Lines Operated by SEPTA: Market-Frankford Line:Īlso known as the blue line, this line has 28 stations along its route that begins downtown at 69th Street Transportation Center, passes below Market Street and ends at the Frankford Transportation Center. An additional subway line is operated by the company PACTO. Philadelphia has 3 subway lines operated by SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority), the same company that is in charge of most of the city’s buses, trolleys and trains. It is the most used mode of transportation by residents and visitors, making it the sixth most used subway system in the United States.
Philadelphia’s current subway is the foundation of the city’s transportation system. This route was transformed and extended several times until 1969 when it became what is known today as the PACTO Line. PACTO’s current system was constructed modeling routes that date back to the nineteenth century. In addition to SEPTA, the company PACTO is in charge of a small portion of Philadelphia’s transportation. SEPTA is currently in charge of most of Philadelphia’s transportation, including not only the main subway lines, but also a large number of bus routes, trains and trolley lines. These three lines are operated daily by SEPTA which was created in 1963 after absorbing the two agencies that were previously in charge of transportation: the Passenger Service Improvement Corporation (PSIC) and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Compact (SEPACT). This line was extended several times until 1973, when it reached Pattison Avenue and completed what is known today as the Broad Street Line. Twenty one years after the opening of the Market-Frankford Line, the northern half of the Broad Street Line began to operate. Several extensions were made over the years that resulted in what we now know as the Norristown Line. It was then known as the Philadelphia and Western Railroad and its route began on 69th street ending in Strafford, Pennsylvania. In the same year that the first line was opened, the Norristown Line also began to operate.
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