Center City Commuter Connection

E30169

commuter rail tunnel rail tunnel transportation infrastructure

The Center City Commuter Connection is an underground rail tunnel in downtown Philadelphia that links formerly separate commuter rail lines into a unified through-running system.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commuter rail tunnel → rail tunnel → transportation infrastructure →
alsoKnownAs	Center City Tunnel →
category	Rail infrastructure in Pennsylvania → Transportation in Philadelphia →
cityServed	Philadelphia →
connects	former Pennsylvania Railroad commuter lines → former Reading Company commuter lines →
constructionStartDate	1978 →
country	United States →
designedFor	commuter rail service →
electrification	overhead catenary →
enables	through-routing of trains between ex-PRR and ex-Reading lines →
endStation	Jefferson Station →
function	through-running of commuter rail trains across Center City →
hasOperator	SEPTA Regional Rail →
hasStation	30th Street Station → Jefferson Station → Market East Station → Suburban Station →
infrastructureType	underground rail tunnel →
length	approximately 1.7 miles →
locatedIn	Center City, Philadelphia →
location	Pennsylvania → Philadelphia →
numberOfTracks	4 →
openedForService	1984 →
openingDate	1984 →
operator	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority →
owner	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority →
partOf	Philadelphia rail network →
passesThroughStation	Jefferson Station → Market East Station → Suburban Station →
passesUnder	Center City business district →
purpose	to link formerly separate commuter rail lines into a unified through-running system →
railNetwork	SEPTA Regional Rail network →
regionServed	Delaware Valley →
replaced	stub-end terminal operations for commuter rail in Center City →
runsUnder	central business district of Philadelphia →
serves	SEPTA Regional Rail →
significance	integrated separate commuter rail networks into a single through system →
startStation	30th Street Station →
system	SEPTA →
trackGauge	standard gauge →
urbanArea	downtown Philadelphia →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jefferson Station (SEPTA) → Suburban Station →	partOf
West Trenton Line →	primaryHub
SEPTA Regional Rail →	usesInfrastructure