Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Operated by SEPTA, which uses 110 Kawasaki cars.

Photos supplied by Stephen Ives

An inbound route 34 car in the subway station at 30th Street. This is a four-track station, with the Subway-Surface
tracks on the outside and the Market-Frankford tracks on the inside (beyond the right side of the picture).
An outbound route 34 car emerges from the subway portal at 40th Street.


This outbound route 36 car has just picked up passengers after emerging from the 40th Street portal (hidden behind the car), and is waiting to turn onto Woodland Avenue.


An inbound route 13 car turns from Chester Avenue onto Woodland Avenue, heading towards the 40th Street portal a couple of blocks away.


An outbound route 11 car approaches the end of the line on Main Street in Darby.

Photos by Jon Bell - February, 1996

Car 9041 on Route 11

9099 and 2182 at Elmwood

Photos by J. Bloodsworth - 1982

SEPTA LRV 9095, southbound Route 23 on 12th St at Passyunk Avenue in South Philadelphia
(December 1997)

Trolleys were replaced with diesel buses on Route 23 in September 1992, but rail and energized wire remain in place. Each year, SEPTA operates "Holiday Trolleys" in Center City on weekends between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, using the Route 23 tracks. 1997 saw additional hourly "Market to Market" trolleys running as far south as Snyder Avenue; for 1998 trolleys turned back at Bainbridge Street due to track replacement on 11th Street. The recent renewal of rail on this portion of the line provides some hope for the permanent return of Light Rail vehicles to the Route 23 at some point in the future.

SEPTA is currently in the procurement process for twelve low floor LRVs

Photo, text and map supplied by Mike Szilagyi

Photos compliments of Creighton Rabs

Updated May 31, 2001