Allegheny station (Market–Frankford Line)


Allegheny station is a rapid transit station on SEPTA Market–Frankford Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at the intersection of Kensington and Allegheny avenues and H Street in the Kensington neighborhood of North Philadelphia. The station is also served by SEPTA City Bus routes 3, 60, and 89.

History

Allegheny is part of the Frankford Elevated section of the line, which began service on November 5, 1922.
Between 1988 and 2003, SEPTA undertook a $493.3 million reconstruction of the Frankford Elevated. Allegheny station was completely rebuilt on the site of the original station; the project included new platforms, elevators, windscreens, and overpasses, and the station now meets ADA accessibility requirements. The line had originally been built with track ballast and was replaced with precast sections of deck, allowing the station to remain open throughout the project.
In 2019, the Philadelphia Weekly magazine called the intersection "one of the most notorious drug corners" of the city; a controversial plan to build a supervised injection site near the station on Hilton Street was announced in March of that year.

Station layout

Access to the station is via the southwest corner of Allegheny and Kensington avenues. There is also an eastbound platform exit-only stair to the northeast corner of the intersection.