CityRailTransit
Timeline of the Philadelphia (USA) Rail Transit Network

Suburban Trains (Regional Rail)

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Metro (SEPTA)

04-03-1907: Philadelphia Rapid Transit (Market-Frankford Line) > 15th - 69th St
22-05-1907: Philadelphia & Western Railway (Norristown High Speed Line) > 69th - Stafford
03-08-1908: Philadelphia Rapid Transit (Market-Frankford Line) > 15th - 2nd
07-09-1908: Philadelphia Rapid Transit (Market-Frankford Line) > 2nd - Market-Chestnut
04-10-1908: Philadelphia Rapid Transit (Market-Frankford Line) > Market-Chestnut - South St
__-__-1911: Philadelphia & Western Railway (Norristown High Speed Line) > Stafford - Stafford PRR
26-08-1912: Philadesphia & Western Railway (Norristown High Speed Line) > Villanova - Norristown
05-11-1922: Philadelphia Rapid Transit (Market-Frankford Line) > 2nd - Bridge/Pratt
02-09-1928: Broad Street Line > City Hall - Olney
20-04-1930: Broad Street Line > City Hall - Lombard-South
14-11-1931: Philadelphia & Western Railway (Norristown High Speed Line) > Norristown - Norristown Transportacion Center closed
21-12-1932: Broad-Ridge Spur > Girard - 8th & Market St.
07-06-1936: PATCO > 8th & Market St. - Broadway [Broad-Ridge Spur service]
18-09-1938: Broad Street Line > Lombard-South - Snyder
08-05-1939: Philadelphia Rapid Transit (Market-Frankford Line) > 2nd - South St closed
01-01-1946: Market-Frankford Line > 30th - 40th [rerouted via new underground section]
15-02-1953: PATCO > 8th & Market St. - 15-16th & Locust St [Broad-Ridge Spur service]
__-__-1956: Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co. (Norristown High Speed Line) > Villanova - Stafford PRR closed
16-05-1977: Market-Frankford Line > 2nd - Girard [rerouted]
09-09-1956: Broad Street Line > Olney - Fern Rock
27-08-1968: PATCO > 15-16th & Locust St - Broadway [Broad-Ridge Spur service] service withdrawn
27-08-1968: Broad-Ridge Spur > 8th station added
04-01-1969: PATCO > Broadway - Lindenwold
15-02-1969: PATCO > Broadway - 15-16th & Locust St service restored
08-04-1973: Broad Street Line > Snyder - Pattison
07-09-1979: PATCO > Franklin Square station closed
01-02-1980: PATCO > Woodcrest station added
__-__-1981: Broad-Ridge Spur > Girard - 8th service withdrawn
06-09-1983: Broad-Ridge Spur > Girard - 8th service restored
__-__-1991: Broad-Ridge Spur > Spring Garden station closed
25-07-2003: Market-Frankford Line > Margaret-Orthodox - Bridge/Pratt closed
04-08-2003: Market-Frankford Line > Margaret/Orthodox - Frankford Transportation Center

Light Rail (SEPTA)

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Tramways (SEPTA)

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This page was added on December 30, 2009