Walnut–Locust station

Walnut–Locust
Walnut–Locust
	Walnut–Locust station platform
General information
Location	200 South Broad Street; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°56′57″N 75°09′51″W / 39.9493°N 75.1643°WCoordinates: 39°56′57″N 75°09′51″W / 39.9493°N 75.1643°W
Owned by	City of Philadelphia
Operated by	SEPTA
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	PATCO (at 12–13th & Locust or 15-16th & Locust); SEPTA City Bus: 4, 9, 12, 21, 27, 32, 42;
Construction
Disabled access	Yes, except transfer to PATCO at 12-13th & Locust
History
Opened	April 20, 1930
Services
	NRG (special events) Terminus
Location
	Walnut–Locust Location within Philadelphia

Walnut–Locust/Avenue of the Arts (also Walnut–Locust) is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is located between Walnut Street and Locust Street at 200 South Broad Street in the Avenue of the Arts district of Center City, Philadelphia.

Walnut–Locust is served by local trains, special express trains for sporting events, and is the southern terminus for express trains, which reverse direction on tracks immediately south of the station. On the special service, the station is the last stop before its terminus at the NRG station.

It is the southernmost station in the Center City Concourse, the 500,000+ sq ft underground pedestrian concourse in Center City, which extends to Spruce Street.^[1] The concourse connects to City Hall Station, the Market–Frankford Line, Subway–Surface Trolley Lines, Regional Rail and PATCO Speedline's 12–13th & Locust Station and 15–16th & Locust Station. However, no free interchange is available.

Passengers utilizing Walnut–Locust station may access the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the Bellevue shops and restaurants, and the Academy of Music. Seven blocks east of the station lies Washington Square, while Rittenhouse Square lies four blocks west.

History

Walnut-Locust station was built by the city of Philadelphia and opened on April 20, 1930.^[2] This extended express trains one stop south from their initial terminus at City Hall station.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, Downtown Link concourse to 12–13th & Locust and 15-16th & Locust stations^[3]
P Platform level	Northbound	← Broad Street Line Local toward Fern Rock T.C. (City Hall)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Northbound	← Broad Street Line Express toward Fern Rock T.C. (City Hall)
	Southbound	→ Broad Street Line Express terminating trains → → Broad Street Line Sports Express toward NRG (Terminus) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Southbound	→ Broad Street Line Local toward NRG (Lombard–South) →