SEPTA Route 36

Route 36
Subway–surface trolley line
Route 36; Subway–surface trolley line
	SEPTA Route 36 at the 40th Street Portal
Overview
Termini	Eastwick, Philadelphia; Center City Philadelphia;
Stations	8 underground stations, 1 surface level station, and 40 street-level stops
Service
System	Subway-Surface Trolley Lines
Depot(s)	Elmwood Carhouse
Daily ridership	12,737 (2019)
History
Opened	1904
Technical
Line length	15.3 mi (24.6 km)[citation needed]
Track gauge	5 ft 2+1⁄4 in (1,581 mm) Pennsylvania trolley gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 600 V DC
Route map
	Legend
	SEPTA Main Line
	to Glenside
	NEC/Keystone Corridor
	32nd Street Tunnel
	Woodland & 42nd
	Diversion tracks to 40th and Market
	Elmwood & Island
	Non-Revenue Track to Woodland Ave.
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SEPTA's Subway-Surface Trolley Route 36 (a.k.a.; the Elmwood Avenue-Subway Line) is a trolley line operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) that connects the 13th Street station in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Eastwick Loop station in Eastwick section of Southwest Philadelphia, although limited service is available to the Elmwood Carhouse. It is the longest of the five lines that are part of the Subway-Surface Trolley system, and was even longer between 1956 and 1962 when the western terminus was at 94th Street and Eastwick Avenue. From 1962 through the 1970s, it was at 88th Street and Eastwick Avenue, making the route 16.2 miles (26.1 km) long.^[3] Since 1975, it only goes as far as what was once 80th Street at the southern edge of the Penrose Plaza shopping center parking lot. From 2024, Route 36 will be referred to as the T5 Elmwood Avenue Line

^ "The history of trolley cars and routes in Philadelphia". SEPTA. 1974-06-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2014-06-11. An early city ordinance prescribed that all tracks were to have a gauge of 5' 2¹⁄₄".
^ Hilton, George W.; Due, John Fitzgerald (2000-01-01). The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804740142. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
^ 1974 SEPTA Trolleys Brochure

[1] "The history of trolley cars and routes in Philadelphia". SEPTA. 1974-06-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2014-06-11. An early city ordinance prescribed that all tracks were to have a gauge of 5' 2¹⁄₄".

[2] Hilton, George W.; Due, John Fitzgerald (2000-01-01). The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804740142. Retrieved 2014-06-10.

[3] 1974 SEPTA Trolleys Brochure

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