Penn Medicine station
Railway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Penn Medicine station (formerly University City station) is a train station in the University City section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the SEPTA Regional Rail system. The station serves the area around the University of Pennsylvania, and is located at South Street and Convention Avenue. Located on the West Chester Branch, it serves the Airport, Wilmington/Newark, Media/Wawa, Manayunk/Norristown, Warminster, and West Trenton Regional Rail services. In 2013, this station saw 3,091 boardings and 2,950 alightings on an average weekday.[5]
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Location | 3149 Convention Boulevard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°56′52″N 75°11′25″W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | West Chester Branch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | SEPTA City Bus: 30, 40, 42, 49, LUCY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bicycle facilities | 10 rack spaces[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | CC[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1995 (1995) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | University City Penn Medicine–University City | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 | 2,605 boardings, 2,518 alightings (weekday average)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 5 of 146 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station is less than a block from the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field and the Palestra. It is one block away from the medical campuses of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The rest of the University of Pennsylvania campus, Drexel University campus, and the Graduate Hospital campus and the neighborhood across the Schuylkill River are also nearby and easily accessible.