12–13th & Locust station
railway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
12–13th & Locust station is a PATCO Speedline subway station at 12th and Locust Streets in the Washington Square West neighborhood of the Center City Philadelphia. The station has a single island platform with a fare mezzanine above. The mezzanine level connects to the Center City Pedestrian Concourse.
Construction work to make the station accessible, including street to mezzanine and mezzanine to platform elevators, began in October 2020.
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