![]() 5th Street/Independence Hall station platform | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 5th and Market Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°57′02″N75°08′56″W / 39.9505°N 75.1488°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | City of Philadelphia | ||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | August 3, 1908 [1] [2] [3] | ||||||||||
Previous names | 5th Street (1908–2016) [4] | ||||||||||
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5th Street/Independence Hall station is a subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the intersection of 5th and Market Streets, served by SEPTA Metro L trains. The station serves multiple notable Philadelphia landmarks, including Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the National Constitution Center, the National Museum of American Jewish History, and the Philadelphia Bourse. [5]
The station originally opened as 5th Street station and was renamed by SEPTA on June 29, 2016. [4] [6]
The station is also served by numerous SEPTA bus routes, the 17 , 33 , 38 , 44, and 48.
The station opened August 3, 1908 as part of the first extension of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's Market Street Subway. [1] [3] The line had originally opened a year earlier between 69th Street and 15th Street station. [1] [3]
The station was expanded in the 1950s along with the creation of the Independence Mall, and was last rehabilitated in 1974 in preparation for the United States Bicentennial. [2] [7] Elevators were installed in 2010, making the station accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act. [7]
In July 2016, the city approved designs to rehabilitate the station, including new signage and lighting, rebuilt staircases and headhouses, as well as new artwork. [2] The project began fall 2018 and it is scheduled for completion in fall 2020, coming in at an estimated total cost of $19.5 million. During the construction project, trains were bypassing the station. [7] [8]
The station has two side platforms with separate fare control on either side. 5th Street is the only station on the line in Center City that does not have a mezzanine crossover between the two platforms.