Frankford and Delaware Avenue station

SEPTA trolley stop and loop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Preceding station	SEPTA Metro			Following station
Front–Girard toward 63rd–Girard		major stops		Richmond–Westmoreland Terminus

Location

Frankford and Delaware Avenue station, also known as the Northern Liberties Loop and soon to be known as Frankford–Delaware station,^[1] is a SEPTA Route 15 trolley station in Philadelphia, United States, located in the Port Richmond neighborhood. The station serves the area surrounding Rivers Casino Philadelphia.

The loop opened in 2012 to serve SEPTA Route 15 trolleys. In that same year, Route 15 was redirected to this loop, due to the reconstruction of Interstate 95 (I-95) near Richmond Street. The I-95 reconstruction project caused the trolleys to be redirected to Frankord and Delaware Avenue station, while service to the Richmond-Westmoreland Streets Loop was replaced with buses.^[2] From 2020 until 2024, the whole of SEPTA Route 15 ran with buses, due to the SEPTA PCC IIs needing refurbishment.^[3] However, on June 16, 2024, eight newly-refurbished SEPTA PCC III cars, alongside buses, returned to service on the whole of Route 15.^[4]

Gallery

The Northern Liberties Loop
Rivers Casino Philadelphia is visible from the Frankford and Delaware Avenue station
Close up of the trolley station

References

^ "Network Map - SEPTA Metro" (PDF). SEPTA. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
^ "SEPTA Route 15 Trolley Detour in Fishtown, Port Richmond". 95revive.com. PennDOT District 6. January 2016. Archived from the original (pdf) on February 26, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
^ "SEPTA taking Girard Ave. trolley off the rails; 78 percent of fleet can't pass inspection". January 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
^ Myers, Michelle (16 June 2024). "'The Tesla of trolleys': Behold the return of SEPTA's cream-and-green 1947 trolleys". www.inquirer.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 17 June 2024.