2nd Street station (SEPTA)

2nd Street
2nd Street station platform
General information
Other names	2nd Street–Penn's Landing–Old City
Location	2nd and Market Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°56′59″N 75°08′37″W / 39.9498°N 75.1436°W / 39.9498; -75.1436
Owned by	City of Philadelphia
Operated by	SEPTA
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 5, 17, 33, 48
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	August 3, 1908 (August 3, 1908)[1][2]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station 5th Street/​Independence Hall toward 69th Street T.C. Market–Frankford Line Spring Garden toward Frankford T.C.
Future services (2024) Preceding station SEPTA Metro Following station 5th Street/​Independence Hall toward 69th Street Spring Garden toward Frankford
Location 2nd Street Location within Philadelphia

2nd Street station (signed as 2nd Street–Penn's Landing–Old City on platforms) is a subway station on the Market-Frankford Line, beneath the intersection of 2nd Street and Market Street in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the easternmost stop in Center City and also the easternmost underground stop on the line.

The station serves the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, with station signs originally reading "Olde City". The 'e' has been covered on the signs with obvious blue stickers.^[3] The station also serves Penn's Landing and Spruce Street Harbor Park along the Delaware River.

2nd Street is also served by SEPTA bus routes 5, 17, 33, and 48.

The station opened August 3, 1908 as part of the first extension of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's Market Street Subway.^[2][1] The line had originally opened a year earlier between 69th Street and City Hall.^[2][1] The station was the eastern terminal of the line until September 7 of that year, when it was extended to the elevated Market–Chestnut station along the Delaware River.^[2] It was not until November 5, 1922, when trains were extended northeast along the current route of the Market–Frankford elevated.^[2]

On June 22, 2019, a passenger fell onto the tracks and was killed by an oncoming train.^[4]

The station has two side platforms. East of the station, the tracks turn north and begin to run elevated above Front Street towards Northeast Philadelphia.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2nd Street station (SEPTA).

• SEPTA – 2nd Street station
• 2nd Street-Penn's Landing Station images (World-NYCSubway.org)
• 2nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View