Walnut–Locust station

This article is about Center City Philadelphia subway station. For the trolley station in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, see Walnut Street station (SEPTA).

Rapid transit station in Philadelphia

Walnut–Locust

Walnut–Locust station platform

General information
Location| 200 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates| 39°56′57″N 75°09′51″W﻿ / ﻿39.9493°N 75.1643°W﻿ / 39.9493; -75.1643
Owned by| City of Philadelphia
Operated by| SEPTA
Platforms| 2 island platforms
Tracks| 4
Connections|

* PATCO (at 12–13th & Locust or 15-16th & Locust)
* SEPTA City Bus: 4, 9, 12, 21, 27, 32, 42

Construction
Structure type| Underground
Accessible| Yes, except transfer to PATCO at 12-13th & Locust
History
Opened| April 20, 1930
Services
| Preceding station  |  SEPTA | Following station

|
|

Lombard–South

toward NRG

|  | Broad Street Line

Local

|  | City Hall

toward Fern Rock T.C.

Terminus |  | Broad Street Line

Express

NRG

(special events)

Terminus

Future services (2024)

| Preceding station  |  SEPTA Metro | Following station

|
|

Lombard–South

toward NRG

|  |  |  | 15th Street / City Hall

toward Fern Rock Transit Center

Terminus |  |  |
NRG

special events

Terminus

Location

Walnut–Locust/Avenue of the Arts (also Walnut–Locust) is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is located between Walnut Street and Locust Street at 200 South Broad Street in the Avenue of the Arts district of Center City, Philadelphia.

Walnut–Locust is served by local trains, special express trains for sporting events, and is the southern terminus for express trains, which reverse direction on tracks immediately south of the station. On the special service, the station is the last stop before its terminus at the NRG station.

It is the southernmost station in the Center City Concourse, the 500,000+ sq ft underground pedestrian concourse in Center City, which extends to Spruce Street.[1] The concourse connects to City Hall Station, the Market–Frankford Line, Subway–Surface Trolley Lines, Regional Rail and PATCO Speedline's 12–13th & Locust Station and 15–16th & Locust Station. However, no free interchange is available.

Passengers utilizing Walnut–Locust station may access the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the Bellevue shops and restaurants, and the Academy of Music. Seven blocks east of the station lies Washington Square, while Rittenhouse Square lies four blocks west.

## History

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Walnut-Locust station was built by the city of Philadelphia and opened on April 20, 1930.[2] This extended express trains one stop south from their initial terminus at City Hall station.

## Gallery

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* Station entrance separated from common complex

* Platform signage

* Tile work at the station

* Entrance from the northwest corner of Walnut Street and South Broad Street.

* Station entrance via the South Broad Street concourse

* Signs pointing towards PATCO trains

* Entrance to station complex at Broad and Locust

* Transfer tunnel to PATCO trains

* PATCO mezzanine at 15-16 and Locust

## References

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1. ^ "Center City Concourse Improvement Program". Retrieved 21 March 2018.
2. ^ "world.nycsubway.org: SEPTA Broad Street Subway". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved 2019-01-29.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Walnut-Locust station (SEPTA).

* SEPTA – Walnut–Locust station
* Walnut Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
* Locust Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
* Spruce Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

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