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Location | 201 West Carpenter Lane Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
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Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Parking | 93 spaces | ||||||||||||||||
Accessible | No | ||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||
Opened | June 11, 1884 [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Electrified | March 22, 1918 [2] | ||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Carpenter Lane | ||||||||||||||||
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2017 | 342 boardings 342 alightings (weekday average) [3] | ||||||||||||||||
Rank | 80 of 146 | ||||||||||||||||
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Designated | August 6, 1981 [4] | ||||||||||||||||
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