Fern Rock Transportation Center

Fern Rock Transportation Center
SEPTA rapid transit and regional rail station
File:Fern Rock Rail Station.JPG
Location	Nedro Avenue and 10th Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates
Owned by	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s)
Platforms	1 island platform (subway) 1 island platform, 1 side platform (regional rail)
Tracks	2 (subway), 3 (regional rail)
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 4, 28, 57, 70
Construction
Parking	639 parking spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	September 9, 1956 (Broad Street Line)
Rebuilt	March 12, 1992
Electrified	Third rail (600 volts) (BSL) Overhead catenary wires (12,000-volt/25 Hz) (Regional Rail)
Services
File:Northbound Silverliner V at Fern Rock TC.jpg Outbound Silverliner V at Fern Rock Transportation Center. Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station   Subway   Olney toward AT&T Broad Street Line Local Terminus Olney toward Walnut–Locust Broad Street Line Express Olney toward 8th Street Broad Street Line Ridge Spur   Regional Rail   Wayne Junction toward 30th Street Station Lansdale/Doylestown Line Melrose Park toward Doylestown Wayne Junction toward University City Warminster Line Melrose Park toward Warminster West Trenton Line Melrose Park toward West Trenton

The Fern Rock Transportation Center is a SEPTA rail and bus transportation center located at 10th Street and Nedro Avenue in the Fern Rock neighborhood of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fern Rock serves as the northern terminus and yard for SEPTA's Broad Street Line, as well as a stop for the Lansdale/Doylestown, Warminster, and West Trenton SEPTA Regional Rail Lines. Four SEPTA bus lines also serve Fern Rock Transportation Center.

Broad Street Line

Fern Rock Transportation Center became the northern terminus of the Broad Street Line in 1956, when the Broad Street Line was extended north from the original northern terminus at Olney Transportation Center by the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) and the City of Philadelphia. Fern Rock Transportation Center also hosts the yard and maintenance facilities for the Broad Street Line, and is the only station on this line that sees the light of day.

All local and express trains on the Broad Street Line terminate at Fern Rock Transportation Center. All the Special Sport Express trains that run to the Sports Complex at AT&T Station also originate at Fern Rock. Broad-Ridge Spur trains usually serve Fern Rock only during non-peak hours and on Saturdays.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits, connections to regional rail
P Platform level	Southbound	← Local toward AT&T (Olney) ← Ridge Spur toward 8th Street (Olney) ← Express toward Walnut–Locust(Olney) ← Sports Express toward AT&T (Olney)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Southbound	← Local toward AT&T (Olney) ← Ridge Spur toward 8th Street (Olney) ← Express toward Walnut–Locust(Olney) ← Sports Express toward AT&T (Olney)

Regional Rail

Fern Rock Transportation Center serves the Warminster Line, West Trenton Line, and the Lansdale/Doylestown Line. In FY 2013, there was a weekday average of 825 boardings and 792 alightings.

The current SEPTA Regional Rail station at Fern Rock Transportation Center, located along the SEPTA Main Line, was built in March 1992 to accommodate Regional Rail commuters displaced during SEPTA's 1992/1993 Railworks reconstruction project. The new station replaced former Reading Railroad stations Fern Rock and Tabor, respectively located north and south of the new station. It has high-level platforms and is handicap-accessible, being directly connected to the subway station by a ramp from the subway platform. While passengers can readily transfer between the Broad Street Line and the Regional Rail Lines at Fern Rock, such a transfer requires payment of a separate fare of the subway and regional rail, unless the rider possesses a SEPTA Trailpass, which can be used for travel on both subway and regional rail. A small track connection exists here between the SEPTA Regional Rail Lines and SEPTA's Broad Street Line.

SEPTA City Buses

Four bus routes serve Fern Rock Transportation Center. Fern Rock Transportation Center serves as the western terminus for the 28 and 70 bus routes. Fern Rock is also the northernmost terminus for the 4 and 57 bus routes.

Image gallery

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  BSL Subway Cars at Fern Rock

• 28Bus.JPG

  SEPTA Route 28 Bus at Fern Rock

• 3D Anaglyph of Fern Rock Station.JPG

  Stereo (3D) picture of outbound train platform at Fern Rock Station (red/blue glasses needed).

External links

• SEPTA – Fern Rock Transportation Center
  • Regional Rail
  • Broad Street Line (including Broad Ridge Spur)
• Nedro Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View