NRG station

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NRG
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NRG station platform
General information
Location3600 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°54′19″N75°10′24″W / 39.9054°N 75.1732°W / 39.9054; -75.1732
Owned by City of Philadelphia
Operated by SEPTA
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg SEPTA City Bus: 4, 17 [1]
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedApril 8, 1973 [2]
Previous namesPattison (1973–2010)
AT&T (2010–2018) [3]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Terminus Broad Street Line Oregon
Broad Street Line
Express (special events)
Walnut–Locust
Future services (2024)
Preceding station SEPTA Metro.svg SEPTA Metro Following station
Terminus SEPTA B1 icon.svg Oregon
SEPTA B2 icon.svg
special events
Walnut–Locust
Location
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NRG
Location within Philadelphia

NRG station (formerly named AT&T station, and earlier Pattison station) is the southern terminus of SEPTA's Broad Street Line, located at 3600 South Broad Street, at the intersection with Pattison Avenue in the South Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [4] The station's naming rights were sold to NRG Energy in 2018. [5] Previously, naming rights were sold to AT&T for eight years. [3]

Contents

NRG station is located within short walking distance of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, providing access to Citizens Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Field, the Wells Fargo Center, and Xfinity Live! Philadelphia, the home venues of Philadelphia's four main professional sports teams – the Phillies, Flyers, 76ers, and Eagles, as well as the Temple University football team, select games of the Villanova University men's basketball team, and Philadelphia Wings lacrosse team. [6]

All local Broad Street Line trains serve the station. SEPTA often operates special "Sports Express" trains before and after large events. These trains run nonstop between NRG and Walnut–Locust stations and make express stops north to Fern Rock Transportation Center. [7] The station has a park and ride lot not operated by SEPTA; it is used for stadium parking during sporting events. [8]

History

NRG station house with Citizens Bank Park in the background NRG Station.jpg
NRG station house with Citizens Bank Park in the background

Pattison station opened for service on April 8, 1973 as one of the last two stations of the Broad Street subway to open, the other being the neighboring Oregon station. [2] The original line, which dates back to 1928, ran from Olney to City Hall. [9] From 1938 until this station's opening, the line terminated at Snyder station. [10] The two-station extension was built at a cost of $37 million in 1973 dollars. [2]

Renaming

On June 17, 2010 the station was renamed "AT&T Station." Naming rights were sold to AT&T for five years at a cost of $5 million; SEPTA netted $3 million, while the agency's advertising contractor Titan Outdoor (now Intersection) received the remaining $2 million. The costs for renaming – included changing of all mentions of the station throughout the line to "AT&T Station and Sports Complex" – were covered by the $3 million. [3] [11] [12] The initial contract was later extended for an additional three years.[ citation needed ]

On July 25, 2018, SEPTA announced that NRG Energy had agreed to a five-year contract for the station's naming rights, paying $5.25 million. The name change to NRG Station took effect on August 1 and was inaugurated on August 14. [13] Intersection received 15% of this contract, or about $800,000. [14] It cost about $150,000 to change around 7,000 signs in the SEPTA system to reflect the name change, as well as $97,000 to reprint 6,000 route maps. [6] The contract also allows NRG to set up marketing tables in SEPTA stations, as well as rentable portable phone chargers in this station. [6]

Station layout

Much like Oregon station, NRG station has its fare control barriers at four street-level headhouses, all located on the east side of Broad Street. The station has an unusually wide and long island platform to accommodate crush capacity crowds that occur regularly after events at the Sports Complex. There is an additional, infrequently-used platform on a level immediately beneath the regular service platform which is visible from the gated stairways along the length of the platform.

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