Fern Rock Transportation Center

40°02′28″N 75°08′10″W / 40.041°N 75.136°W / 40.041; -75.136Owned bySEPTA
City of Philadelphia (subway)Line(s)SEPTA Main Line
Ninth Street Branch (former)Platforms2 island platforms, 1 side platformTracks4 plus storage trackConnectionsSEPTA City Bus: 4, 28, 57, 70ConstructionStructure typeSurface levelParking639 parking spaces^[1]AccessibleYesOther informationFare zone1HistoryOpenedSeptember 9, 1956 (Broad Street Line)RebuiltMarch 12, 1992Electrified600 volts DC third rail (Broad Street)
Overhead catenary wires (12,000-volt/25 Hz) (Regional Rail)Passengers2017650 boardings
779 alightings
(weekday average)^[2] (Regional Rail)Rank34 of 146 (Regional Rail) Services

Preceding station	SEPTA			Following station
Wayne Junction toward Airport		Airport Line		Melrose Park toward Glenside
Wayne Junction toward 30th Street Station		Lansdale/​Doylestown Line		Melrose Park toward Doylestown
Wayne Junction toward Penn Medicine		Warminster Line		Melrose Park toward Warminster
		West Trenton Line		Melrose Park toward West Trenton
Olney T.C. toward NRG		Broad Street Line Local		Terminus
Olney T.C. toward Walnut–Locust		Broad Street Line Express
Olney T.C. toward 8th & Market		Broad–Ridge Spur

Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Tabor toward Philadelphia Bethlehem Branch Oak Lane toward Bethlehem New York Branch Oak Lane toward Bound Brook

Future services (2024)

Preceding station SEPTA Following station Wayne Junction toward Airport Airport Line Melrose Park toward Glenside Wayne Junction toward 30th Street Station Lansdale/​Doylestown Line Melrose Park toward Doylestown Wayne Junction toward Penn Medicine Warminster Line Melrose Park toward Warminster West Trenton Line Melrose Park toward West Trenton Preceding station SEPTA Metro Following station Olney Transit Center toward NRG Terminus Olney Transit Center toward Walnut–Locust Olney Transit Center toward 8th–Market

Location

The Fern Rock Transportation Center (soon to be known as Fern Rock Transit Center^[3]) is a SEPTA rail and bus station located at 10th Street and Nedro Avenue in the Fern Rock neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[1] Fern Rock serves as the northern terminus and yard for SEPTA's Broad Street Line, as well as a stop for SEPTA Regional Rail's Lansdale/Doylestown Line, Warminster Line, and West Trenton Line.

Four bus routes also serve the station. Fern Rock Transportation Center serves as the western terminus for the 28 and 70 bus routes.^[4][5] Fern Rock is also the northernmost terminus for the 4 and 57 bus routes.^[6][7]

Regional Rail platforms

Fern Rock Transportation Center serves the Warminster Line, West Trenton Line, and the Lansdale/Doylestown Line.^[8] In FY 2015, there was a weekday average of 825 boardings and 792 alightings.^[9]

The current SEPTA Regional Rail station at Fern Rock Transportation Center, located along the SEPTA Main Line, was built in March 1992 to accommodate Regional Rail commuters displaced during SEPTA's 1992/1993 Railworks reconstruction project. The new station replaced former Reading Railroad stations Fern Rock and Tabor, respectively located north and south of the new station. It has high-level platforms and is handicap-accessible, being directly connected to the subway station by a ramp from the subway platform. While passengers can readily transfer between the Broad Street Line and the Regional Rail Lines at Fern Rock, such a transfer requires payment of a separate fare of the subway and regional rail, unless the rider possesses a SEPTA Trailpass, which can be used for travel on both subway and regional rail. A non-revenue track connection exists here between the SEPTA Regional Rail Lines and SEPTA's Broad Street Line. A train crash occurred here on January 27, 2009, injuring nine. ^[10]

Broad Street platform

The Broad Street platforms at Fern Rock Transportation Center opened in 1956, when the line was extended north from the original northern terminus at Olney Terminal by the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) and the City of Philadelphia. Fern Rock Transportation Center also hosts the yard and maintenance facilities for the Broad Street Line, and is the line's only above ground station.

Fern Rock is the northern terminal for local and express trains on the line, as well as the special event service that extends express service to the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. Broad–Ridge Spur trains generally only serve the station on Saturdays and during non-peak weekday hours.^[11]

Station layout

All tracks are located at ground level, with Regional Rail platforms oriented north-south and the Broad Street platform oriented east-west, part of a larger balloon loop around the storage yard.

Image gallery

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  Regional Rail station
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  SEPTA Route 28 Bus at Fern Rock
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  Station with BSL in front, Regional Rail in the back
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  BSL Subway Cars at Fern Rock
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  Stereo (3D) picture of outbound train platform at Fern Rock Station (red/blue glasses needed).
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  Broad Street Line station
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  Outbound Silverliner V at Fern Rock Transportation Center.

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City Transit
Division

Lines	Current      Market–Frankford Line      Broad Street Line Broad–Ridge Spur      Subway–surface trolley lines 10 11 13 34 36   Route 15   Trackless trolley routes 59 66 75   City bus routes 6 23 29 35 37 38 53 56 60 79 Former Trolley routes 6 23 50 53 56 60 Trackless trolley routes 29 79 Proposed Roosevelt Boulevard Subway
Equipment	PCC II Trolleybuses

Suburban DivisionRegional 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	Current Former
Equipment	ABB ALP-44 Comet EMD AEM-7 Siemens ACS-64 Silverliner Silverliner I Silverliner II Silverliner III Silverliner IV Silverliner V

Infrastructure

Stations	30th Street Station 69th Street Transportation Center Darby Transportation Center Fern Rock Transportation Center Frankford Transportation Center Jefferson Station Norristown Transportation Center Olney Transportation Center Suburban Station List of SEPTA Metro stations
Other	Callowhill Depot Center City Commuter Connection

Miscellaneous