Olney Transportation Center

Olney Transportation Center
Olney Transportation Center
	Olney Transportation Center platform
General information
Location	5600 South Broad Street; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°02′20″N 75°08′41″W / 40.0389°N 75.1447°W
Owned by	City of Philadelphia
Operated by	SEPTA
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 6, 8, 16, 18, 22, 26, 55, 80, L
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	September 1, 1928
Services
	Terminus
Future services (2024)
Location
Location

The Olney Transportation Center (soon to be known as Olney Transit Center;^[1] also called Olney Terminal) 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 Broad Street Line before the Fern Rock Transportation Center terminus.

Olney Transportation 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 serves 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. Express and local trains both stop at this station. It has two island platforms, one for the two northbound tracks, and one for the two southbound tracks.

On February 18, 2021, three unidentified gunmen opened fire at the station at 2:50 pm, wounding eight people, one very seriously. The ages of victims ranged from 17 to 71. Its motive is generally unknown to authorities and those involved.^[2]^[3]

Image gallery

Station platform in 2018
Station building at Olney Transportation Center
The express tracks and platforms at Olney on the Broad Street Line.
Train leaving the station
Olney Terminal in 1984 with All-Electric PCC 2117 awaiting departure on Surface Streetcar Trolley Route 6.