36th Street station (SEPTA)

Not to be confused with 36th Street Portal.

36th Street
subway–surface trolley line station
36th Street station
General information
Location	36th & Sansom Streets Philadelphia, PA
Coordinates	39.953890°N 75.194630°W / 39.953890; -75.194630
Owned by	SEPTA
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 21
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Electrified	Overhead lines
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station 37th Street toward 40th Street Portal Subway–surface trolley lines  11   13   34   36  33rd Street toward 13th Street
Location 36th Street Location within Philadelphia

36th Street station, also known as Sansom Common station, is a SEPTA subway station in Philadelphia. It is located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in a tunnel underneath the corner of Sansom and 36th Street, and serves Routes 11, 13, 34, and 36 of the SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines. Trolleys serving this station go eastbound to Center City Philadelphia and westbound to the neighborhoods of Eastwick and Angora and the Delaware County suburbs of Yeadon and Darby. It is about a block and a half walk away from the 36th Street portal where one may connect to the 10 trolley.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, fare control
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	←      Subway–surface trolley lines toward West Philadelphia (37th Street)
	Eastbound	→      Subway–surface trolley lines toward 13th–Market (33rd Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

• "Clickable Rail System Map". SEPTA. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
• "Subway–Surface Map". SEPTA. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2007.

External links

Media related to Sansom Commons / 36th Street (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA 36th Street/Sansom Common
• Sansom Street and 36th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Gallery

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  Mezzanine
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  View from the eastbound platforms under the street
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  The northeast corner entrance to Sansom Common station
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  Platform view