Suburban Station

Suburban Station
Suburban Station
	The platform of Suburban Station in Philadelphia
General information
Location	1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	39°57′07″N 75°10′29″W
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	SEPTA Main Line (Center City Commuter Connection)
Platforms	5 island platforms
Tracks	8
Connections	BSL (at City Hall); MFL (at 15th Street); 10 11 13 34 36 (at 15th Street); SEPTA City Bus: 2, 4, 16, 17, 27, 31, 32, 33, 38, 44, 48, 62; SEPTA Suburban Bus: 124, 125;
Construction
Bicycle facilities	22 rack spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	CC
History
Opened	September 28, 1930 (replaced Broad Street station)
Rebuilt	2007
Previous names	Penn Center Station
Passengers
2017	25,062 boardings, 25,062 alightings (weekday average)
Rank	1 of 146
Services
Former services
	Suburban Station Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Architect	Graham, Anderson, Probst & White; Stewart, Joseph, & Co.
Architectural style	Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	85001962
Added to NRHP	September 5, 1985

Suburban Station is an art deco office building and underground commuter rail station in Penn Center in Philadelphia. Its official SEPTA address is 16th Street and JFK Boulevard. The station is owned and operated by SEPTA and is one of the three core Center City stations on the SEPTA Regional Rail and one of the busiest stations in the Regional Rail System.

The station, which was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad to replace the original Broad Street Station, opened on September 28, 1930.

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