Olney Transit Center
SEPTA bus and subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Olney Transit Center (formerly the Olney Transportation Center) 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 SEPTA Metro B before the Fern Rock Transit Center terminus.
Olney Transit 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 hosts 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.
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