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	13 + 1 reopening in 2024
Service
Type	Rapid transit
Operator(s)	Port Authority Transit Corporation
Rolling stock	120 electric multiple units
Daily ridership	18,000 (weekdays, Q1 2024)
Ridership	5,452,000 (2023)
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
Route map
	Legend
	Proposed extension
	to 40th Street Portal
	Franklin Square
	re-opening 2024
	Benjamin Franklin Bridge
	(Delaware River)
	PA
	NJ
	Broadway
	(Walter Rand T.C.)
	Sources
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;

The PATCO Speedline, signed in Philadelphia as the Lindenwold Line and also known colloquially as the PATCO High Speed Line,^[5]^[6]^[7] is a rapid transit route operated by the Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO), which runs between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden County, New Jersey.

The line runs underground in Philadelphia, crosses the Delaware River on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, runs underground in Camden, then runs above ground to the east end of the line in Lindenwold, New Jersey (with the Haddonfield, New Jersey stop being below street level). The Port Authority Transit Corporation and the Speedline are owned and operated by the Delaware River Port Authority. The line opened between Lindenwold and Camden on January 4, 1969, with the full line to Philadelphia opening a few weeks later on February 15, 1969.

The PATCO Speedline operates 24 hours a day, one of only a few U.S. mass transit systems to do so.^[a] In 2023, the line saw 5,452,000 rides, or about 18,000 per weekday in the first quarter of 2024.

^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
^ "Transit Ridership Report First Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^ PATCO Pennsylvania map
^ PATCO New Jersey map
^ Graham, Troy (January 7, 2011). "Man attacked, robbed in Mellon Center concourse". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 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. Retrieved January 27, 2011. "Exploring the sale or privatization of the PATCO High Speed Line"

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[APTAdaily-1] "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.

[APTA_Ridership_Report-2] "Transit Ridership Report First Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[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. 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. Retrieved January 27, 2011. "Exploring the sale or privatization of the PATCO High Speed Line"

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