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22nd Street station (SEPTA)

1955 establishments in PennsylvaniaRailway stations in PhiladelphiaRailway stations in the United States opened in 1955Railway stations located underground in PennsylvaniaSEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Line stations
22nd Street trolley station Philadelphia
22nd Street trolley station Philadelphia

22nd Street station is an underground trolley station in Center City Philadelphia that serves the SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Lines. Similar to 19th Street station, three blocks east of it, the station has two side platforms and a total of four tracks. The station serves only subway–surface trolleys on the two outer tracks; the Market-Frankford Line subway uses the two inner tracks and bypasses the station as it travels between 15th Street and 30th Street station. The station was constructed by the Philadelphia Transportation Company in 1955, a replacement for the nearby 24th Street station just north of Market Street at the east end of the now-removed shared train and trolley bridge over the Schuylkill River. The former station site is now the Crown Lights Building (a tall rectangular black skyscraper topped with 4 large LED message boards atop its upper sides), the headquarters of PECO Energy.

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22nd Street station (SEPTA)
Market Street, Philadelphia Center City

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Market Street 2121
19103 Philadelphia, Center City
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