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49th Street (SEPTA station)
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49th Street is a railway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
along the SEPTA Media/Elwyn Line
. It is located at 49th Street & Chester Avenue and is handicap accessible. The station is a sheltered-shed on one of two platforms in a park-like setting on the southwest corner of 49th and Chester. The other platform contains a ramp to the Chester Avenue bridge.
Chester Avenue carries the SEPTA Route 13
trolley, which is part of the Subway-Surface Trolley
system. 49th Street itself contains an alternate trolley line used as the Subway-Surface Line's diversion services when the tunnels are closed.
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
along the SEPTA Media/Elwyn Line
Media/Elwyn Line
The Media/Elwyn Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail line running from Center City Philadelphia west to Elwyn in Delaware County.Originally known as the Media/West Chester Branch, service was truncated on September 19, 1986 from West Chester to its current terminus at Elwyn. Service expansion beyond Elwyn...
. It is located at 49th Street & Chester Avenue and is handicap accessible. The station is a sheltered-shed on one of two platforms in a park-like setting on the southwest corner of 49th and Chester. The other platform contains a ramp to the Chester Avenue bridge.
Chester Avenue carries the SEPTA Route 13
SEPTA Route 13
SEPTA's Subway-Surface Trolley Route 13 is a trolley line operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority that connects the 13th Street in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Yeadon Loop station in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, although limited service is available to the Darby...
trolley, which is part of the Subway-Surface Trolley
SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley Lines
The Subway–Surface Trolley Lines or Green Lines are five SEPTA trolley lines that operate on street-level tracks in West Philadelphia and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and in a shared subway with rapid transit trains in Philadelphia's Center City....
system. 49th Street itself contains an alternate trolley line used as the Subway-Surface Line's diversion services when the tunnels are closed.