Broad Street Station (Philadelphia)
Broad Street | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Former Pennsylvania Railroad station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A photograph of Broad Street Station in the 1890s by William H. Rau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Broad and Market Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Pennsylvania Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1881 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | April 27, 1952 (demolished 1953) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Broad Street Station at Broad and Market streets in Philadelphia was the primary passenger terminal for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in the city from December 1881 until the 1950s. Located directly west of Philadelphia City Hall, the site is now occupied by the northwest section of Dilworth Park and the office towers of Penn Center.