Olney Transportation Center

Preceding station	SEPTA			Following station
Logan toward NRG		Broad Street Line Local		Fern Rock T.C. Terminus
Erie toward Walnut–Locust		Broad Street Line Express
Erie toward 8th & Market		Broad–Ridge Spur		Fern Rock T.C. Terminus
				Terminus

Future services (2024)
Preceding station SEPTA Metro Following station Logan toward NRG Fern Rock Transit Center Terminus Erie toward Walnut–Locust Erie toward 8th–Market

Location

The Olney Transportation Center (soon to be known as Olney Transit Center;^[1] also called Olney Terminal) is a SEPTA bus and subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at the intersection of Broad Street and Olney Avenue in the Logan neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia. It is a major bus terminal as well as the last subway stop on the Broad Street Line before the Fern Rock Transportation Center terminus.

Olney Transportation Center is located near Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, La Salle University, Central High School, and the Philadelphia High School for Girls. The Olney neighborhood is a short distance east of the center; the center's name derives from Olney Avenue, which runs through both Olney and Logan. It is the second-most traveled terminal or transportation center in SEPTA's organization.

History

Originally built in 1928, Olney station was the original northern terminus of the Broad Street Line subway until 1956, when it was extended to the Fern Rock Transportation Center. The underground subway station is accessible from both sides of Broad Street including from the bus terminal on the eastern side of the street and has a food stand inside it. The bus terminal is outdoors with a roof on top and serves buses that serve Philadelphia County, Montgomery County, and Bucks County. It also served as a trolley terminal until January 11, 1986 for Ogontz Avenue's Route 6, and was near Sigler Travel, a former Greyhound Lines bus station. Express and local trains both stop at this station. It has two island platforms, one for the two northbound tracks, and one for the two southbound tracks.

On February 18, 2021, three unidentified gunmen opened fire at the station at 2:50 pm, wounding eight people, one very seriously. The ages of victims ranged from 17 to 71. Its motive is generally unknown to authorities and those involved.^[2][3]

Image gallery

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  Station platform in 2018
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  Station building at Olney Transportation Center
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  The express tracks and platforms at Olney on the Broad Street Line.
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  Train leaving the station
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  Olney Terminal in 1984 with All-Electric PCC 2117 awaiting departure on Surface Streetcar Trolley Route 6.

References

External links

• SEPTA – Olney Transportation Center

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SEPTA Metro

Lines	Current  Market–Frankford Line  Broad Street Line  Local  Express  Spur  Subway–surface trolley lines  Route 10  Route 34  Route 13  Route 11  Route 36  Route 15  Media–Sharon Hill Line  Route 101  Route 102  Norristown High Speed Line Former Trolley routes 6 23 50 53 56 60 Proposed Roosevelt Boulevard Subway
Stations	List of stations Major stations 69th Street T.C. Darby T.C. Drexel Station at 30th Street Fern Rock T.C. Frankford T.C. Norristown T.C. Olney T.C.
Equipment	PCC II

Regional Rail

Lines	Current      Airport Line      Chestnut Hill East Line      Chestnut Hill West Line      Cynwyd Line      Fox Chase Line      Glenside Combined      Lansdale/​Doylestown Line      Manayunk/​Norristown Line      Media/Wawa Line      Paoli/​Thorndale Line      Trenton Line      Warminster Line      West Trenton Line      Wilmington/​Newark Line Former Bethlehem Line Cynwyd-Ivy Ridge service Elwyn-West Chester service Pottsville Line Proposed Schuylkill River Passenger Rail
Stations	List of current stations List of former stations Major stations 30th Street Suburban Jefferson
Equipment	ABB ALP-44 Comet EMD AEM-7 Siemens ACS-64 Silverliner Silverliner I Silverliner II Silverliner III Silverliner IV Silverliner V

Buses and
trolleybuses

Current	Trackless trolley routes 59 66 75 City bus routes 6 23 29 35 37 38 53 56 60 79 Suburban bus routes 103 104
Former	Trackless trolley routes 29 79

Miscellaneous

• 25 Hz traction power system
• Callowhill Depot
• Center City Commuter Connection
• SEPTA Key