SEPTA Route 23

SEPTA Trolley Route 23 is a former streetcar line now operated with buses. It is operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The line runs between the Chestnut Hill and Center City neighborhoods via Germantown Avenue, 11th, and 12th Streets.

Route 23
Center City to Chestnut Hill
A New Flyer D40LF Route 23 bus passing under the Pennsylvania Convention Center arcade in 2006
Overview
SystemMidvale District
OperatorSEPTA City Transit Division
Began service1859 (1859) (horsecar)
1894 (1894) (electric trolley)
1992 (1992) (bus service)
Former operator(s)Philadelphia Transportation Company
Route
LocalePhiladelphia
Communities servedNorth Philadelphia, Northwest Philadelphia, Chinatown
Start11th and Market Streets
ViaGermantown Avenue
11th Street (northbound)
12th Street (southbound)
EndGermantown Avenue and Bethlehem Pike (Chestnut Hill Loop)
Length10.7 mi (17.2 km)
Service
Frequency8-15 minutes (6am-9pm)
Weekend frequency15-40 minutes
Ridership13,117 (2019 weekday average)
TimetableRoute 23 schedule
Route map

Trolley
Bethlehem Pike
Chestnut Hill West
Mermaid Lane
Gorgas Lane
Germantown
Carhouse
Musgrave
Street
 53  56  Erie Avenue
Old York Road
to Luzerne Carhouse
 60  Allegheney Avenue
Huntingdon Street
Susquehanna Avenue
12th Street│11th Street
Bainbridge Street
Passyunk Avenue
Snyder Avenue
Oregon Avenue
Marvine Street│10th Street
Bigler Street

Diagrams are not to scale


Bus
Chestnut Hill Loop
CHW  L 
Windrim Avenue
Hunting Park Avenue
 R 
Erie Avenue
 56 
Ontario Street
(late-night terminal)
Allegheny Avenue
 60 
Susquehanna Avenue
Cecil B. Moore Avenue
 3 
Girard Avenue
 15 
Spring Garden Street
Ridge Avenue
Noble Street
 45  terminal
Arch Street
 48 
Market Street
 17  33  48 
Chestnut Street
 21 
Walnut Street
 21 
 45 
Legend
Bus/trolley services
Subway/rail services
Diagram shows only major stops
and high-frequency routes
 22  City Transit Division  24 

Route 23 was once Philadelphia's longest streetcar route, extending south to Broad Street and Oregon Avenue in South Philadelphia, and was one of three suspended by SEPTA in 1992. A restoration of trolley service has been proposed in recent years, with a feasibility study planned between 2021 and 2027.

The route is consistently one of SEPTA's most heavily-traveled bus lines, coming in as the fourth-busiest for daily ridership in 2018, as well as an average weekday ridership of 14,322.

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