Suburban Station

Suburban Station
The platform of Suburban Station in Philadelphia
General information
Location	1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	39°57′07″N 75°10′29″W / 39.95194°N 75.17472°W / 39.95194; -75.17472
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	SEPTA Main Line (Center City Commuter Connection)
Platforms	5 island platforms
Tracks	8
Connections	(at City Hall), (at 15th Street) SEPTA City Bus: 2, 4, 16, 17, 27, 31, 32, 33, 38, 44, 48, 62 SEPTA Suburban Bus: 124, 125
Construction
Bicycle facilities	22 rack spaces[1]
Accessible	Yes[1]
Other information
Fare zone	CC[2]
History
Opened	September 28, 1930 (1930-09-28) (replaced Broad Street station)
Rebuilt	2007
Previous names	Penn Center Station
Passengers
2017	25,062 boardings, 25,062 alightings (weekday average)[3]
Rank	1 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station 30th Street Station toward Airport Airport Line Jefferson toward Temple University 30th Street Station toward Chestnut Hill West Chestnut Hill West Line 30th Street Station toward Wawa Media/Wawa Line 30th Street Station toward Thorndale Paoli/​Thorndale Line 30th Street Station toward Trenton Trenton Line 30th Street Station toward Newark Wilmington/​Newark Line 30th Street Station toward Cynwyd Cynwyd Line Terminus 30th Street Station Terminus Chestnut Hill East Line Jefferson toward Chestnut Hill East Fox Chase Line Jefferson toward Fox Chase Lansdale/​Doylestown Line Jefferson toward Doylestown 30th Street Station toward Penn Medicine Manayunk/​Norristown Line Jefferson toward Norristown–Elm Street Warminster Line Jefferson toward Warminster West Trenton Line Jefferson toward West Trenton
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Philadelphia–30th Street toward Washington, D.C. Chesapeake 1980–1981 Terminus Philadelphia–30th Street toward Harrisburg Keystone Service 1981–1988 Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Philadelphia toward Pottsville Schuylkill Branch Terminus Philadelphia toward Chestnut Hill Chestnut Hill Line Philadelphia toward White Marsh Fort Washington Branch Philadelphia toward Norristown–Haws Avenue Norristown Line Philadelphia toward Paoli Paoli Line Philadelphia toward Trenton Trenton Line Philadelphia toward West Chester West Chester Line Philadelphia toward Wilmington Wilmington Line
Suburban Station Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Architect	Graham, Anderson, Probst & White; Stewart, Joseph, & Co.
Architectural style	Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	85001962[4]
Added to NRHP	September 5, 1985
Track layout JFK Blvd. and Cuthbert St. are omitted v t e Legend CHEFOXDOY NORWARWTR 15th St. CYN ends 16th St. 17th St. 18th St. 19th St. 20th St. AIRCHWCYNWAW THOTRENWK

Suburban Station is an art deco office building and underground commuter rail station in Penn Center in Philadelphia. Its official SEPTA address is 16th Street and JFK Boulevard.^[5] The station is owned and operated by SEPTA and is one of the three core Center City stations on the SEPTA Regional Rail and one of the busiest stations in the Regional Rail System.^[6]

The station, which was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad to replace the original Broad Street Station, opened on September 28, 1930.