PATCO Speedline

PATCO Speedline
PATCO Speedline
	PATCO Speedline train at the Lindenwold station in 2017
Overview
Owner	Delaware River Port Authority
Locale	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden County, New Jersey
Termini	15–16th & Locust; Lindenwold;
Stations	14
Service
Type	Rapid transit
Operator(s)	Port Authority Transit Corporation
Rolling stock	120 electric multiple units
Daily ridership	18,300 (weekdays, Q1 2025)
Ridership	5,640,600 (2024)
History
Opened	January 4, 1969
Technical
Line length	14.2 mi (22.9 km)
Character	Underground, surface, and elevated (grade separated)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail, 750 V DC
Operating speed	30 mph (48 km/h) (avg.); 65 mph (105 km/h) (top)
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Proposed extension
	to 40th Street Portal
	Benjamin Franklin Bridge
	(Delaware River)
	PA
	NJ
	Broadway
	(Walter Rand T.C.)
	All stations are accessible
	Sources
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;

The PATCO Speedline, signed as the Lindenwold Line in Philadelphia and commonly referred to as the PATCO High Speed Line,^[5]^[6]^[7] is a rapid transit route operated by the Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO), connecting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with Lindenwold in Camden County, New Jersey.

The line runs underground in Philadelphia, crosses the Delaware River on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, continues underground through Downtown Camden, and then operates predominantly at grade or on elevated track between Camden and Lindenwold. Both PATCO and the Speedline are owned and operated by the Delaware River Port Authority. Service began on January 4, 1969, between Lindenwold and Camden, with full service to Philadelphia commencing on February 15, 1969. The Speedline integrates the historic Bridge Line, originally opened in 1936 between Philadelphia and Broadway Station in Camden, with newly constructed infrastructure along a former commuter rail corridor between Camden and Lindenwold.

The PATCO Speedline operates 24 hours a day, one of only a few U.S. mass transit systems to do so.^[a] In 2024, the line recorded 5,640,600 total rides, or about 18,300 per weekday in the first quarter of 2025.

^ "Transit Ridership Report First Quarter 2025" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. May 15, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. February 19, 2025. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
^ PATCO Pennsylvania map
^ PATCO New Jersey map
^ Graham, Troy (January 7, 2011). "Man attacked, robbed in Mellon Center concourse". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2011. The concourse connects to the Market-Frankford Line, the Ridge Avenue spur line, and the PATCO High Speed Line.
^ Stillwell, Eileen (January 20, 2011). "Google Transit features PATCO schedule". Courier-Post. Retrieved January 27, 2011. "If you're not a regular user of the PATCO Hi-Speedline"
^ Barna, John (January 6, 2011). "DRPA to look at sale of PATCO". Gloucester County Times. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2011. "Exploring the sale or privatization of the PATCO High Speed Line"

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[APTAdaily-1] "Transit Ridership Report First Quarter 2025" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. May 15, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[APTA_Ridership_Report-2] "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. February 19, 2025. Retrieved February 25, 2025.

[PA_Map-3] PATCO Pennsylvania map

[NJ_Map-4] PATCO New Jersey map

[5] Graham, Troy (January 7, 2011). "Man attacked, robbed in Mellon Center concourse". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2011. The concourse connects to the Market-Frankford Line, the Ridge Avenue spur line, and the PATCO High Speed Line.

[6] Stillwell, Eileen (January 20, 2011). "Google Transit features PATCO schedule". Courier-Post. Retrieved January 27, 2011. "If you're not a regular user of the PATCO Hi-Speedline"

[7] Barna, John (January 6, 2011). "DRPA to look at sale of PATCO". Gloucester County Times. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2011. "Exploring the sale or privatization of the PATCO High Speed Line"

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