Cecil B. Moore station

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Cecil B. Moore
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Cecil B. Moore station platform
General information
Other namesCecil B. Moore/Temple University
Location1700 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°58′48″N75°09′25″W / 39.980°N 75.157°W / 39.980; -75.157
Owned by City of Philadelphia
Operated by Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg SEPTA City Bus: 3, 4, 16
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedSeptember 1, 1928 (September 1, 1928)
Previous namesColumbia (1928–1995)
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Girard
toward NRG
Broad Street Line
Local
Susquehanna–Dauphin
Future services (2024)
Preceding station SEPTA Metro.svg SEPTA Metro Following station
Broad–Girard
toward NRG
SEPTA B1 icon.svg Susquehanna–Dauphin
SEPTA B2 icon.svg and SEPTA B3 icon.svg do not stop here
Location
Cecil B. Moore station

Cecil B. Moore, also known as Cecil B. Moore/Temple University, formerly Columbia, is a subway stop on the SEPTA Broad Street Line in the Cecil B. Moore neighborhood in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a local station that has four tracks, with only the outer two being served. There are separate fare control areas for northbound and southbound trains, with no crossover, and a large pavilion entrance with an escalator on the northbound side. This is the main station serving Temple University, and therefore is one of the busiest stops on the line. Susquehanna–Dauphin station, six blocks north, also serves Temple University, although it is further from many of the main locations on campus. As of June 2007, Cecil B. Moore had an average of 5,644 daily boardings. [1]

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History

Columbia station was opened as part of the Broad Street Line on September 1, 1928. Following the 1987 renaming of the station's namesake street Columbia Avenue in honor of Cecil B. Moore, the station was renamed in 1995. [2]

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References

  1. PCPC North Broad St. Transportation and Access Study, June 2007.
  2. "CONTENTdm". digital.library.temple.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-24.