Kensington–Allegheny station
 Kensington–Allegheny | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 3200 Kensington Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°59′47″N 75°06′49″W / 39.9965°N 75.1135°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Philadelphia | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  SEPTA | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA City Bus: 3, 60, 89 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | November 5, 1922[1] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1997[2] | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Allegheny (1922–2025) | ||||||||||
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Kensington–Allegheny station is a rapid transit station served by SEPTA Metro L trains in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at the intersection of Kensington and Allegheny avenues (known as "K&A") and H Street in the Kensington neighborhood of North Philadelphia.[3] The station is also served by SEPTA City Bus routes 3, 60, and 89.
History
[edit]Kensington–Allegheny is part of the Frankford Elevated section of the line, which began service on November 5, 1922.[1][4][5][6]
Between 1988 and 2003, SEPTA undertook a $493.3 million reconstruction of the 5.5-mile (8.9 km) Frankford Elevated.[6] Allegheny station, as it was then known, was completely rebuilt on the site of the original station; the project included new platforms, elevators, windscreens, and overpasses, and the station now meets accessibility requirements.[6] The line had originally been built with track ballast and was replaced with precast sections of deck, allowing the station (and the entire line) to remain open throughout the project.[7]
In 2019, the Philadelphia Weekly magazine called the intersection "one of the most notorious drug corners" of the city; a controversial plan to build a supervised injection site near the station on Hilton Street was announced in March of that year.[8]
Station layout
[edit]Access to the station is via the southwest corner of Allegheny and Kensington avenues. There is also an eastbound platform exit-only stair to the northeast corner of the intersection.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Market-Frankford Subway–Elevated Line". SEPTA. Archived from the original on March 28, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ "Frankford Elevated Rapid Rail Line". Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ Williams, Gerry (1998). Trains, Trolleys & Transit: A Guide to Philadelphia Area Rail Transit. Piscataway, New Jersey: Railpace Company. ISBN 978-0-9621541-7-1.
- ^ Cox, Harold E. (1967). May, Jack (ed.). The Road from Upper Darby. The Story of the Market Street Subway-Elevated. New York, NY: Electric Railroaders' Association. p. 17. OCLC 54770701.
- ^ Hepp, John (2013). "Subways and Elevated Lines". Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ a b c Edward L. Woods, Jr.; Thomas A. Nuxoll (1999). "The Frankford Elevated Reconstruction Project" (PDF). American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ American Public Transportation Association (1996). "Success Under Fire--A Discussion of the SEPTA-Frankford Elevated Reconstruction Project (FERP)". National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ Courtenay Harris Bond (April 25, 2019). "Mayor Promises Kensington Residents Better Cooperation in Placement of Safehouse Site Following Neighborhood Uproar". Philadelphia Weekly. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
External links
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Media related to Allegheny station (Market–Frankford Line) at Wikimedia Commons
- SEPTA – Kensington–Allegheny station
- Images from NYCSubway.org
- Station entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Station exit from Google Maps Street View
