T2 (SEPTA Metro)

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The T2 (Baltimore Avenue line) is a trolley line operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) that connects the 13th Street station in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Angora Loop station in the Angora neighborhood of West Philadelphia.

At , it is the shortest of the SEPTA Metro's five T branches, which operate on street-level tracks in West Philadelphia and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and in a shared subway with rapid transit trains in Center City.

Route description

Starting from its eastern end at the 13th Street station, the T2 runs in a tunnel under Market Street. It stops at underground stations at 15th Street, 19th Street, 22nd Street, 30th Street, and 33rd Street. From 15th to 30th Streets, it runs on the outer tracks in the same tunnel as SEPTA's Market–Frankford Line.

Passengers may transfer free of charge to the Market–Frankford Line at 13th, 15th, and 30th Streets and to the Broad Street Line at 15th Street. Connections to the SEPTA Regional Rail are also available. Underground passageways connect the 13th and 15th Street Stations to Jefferson Station and Suburban Station.

The T2 surfaces at the 40th Street Portal near 40th Street and Baltimore Avenue (US 13), then heads west on Baltimore until it ends at a loop at 61st Street.

History

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A 1911 map showing the proposed streetcar Routes 113 and 187, whose tracks would decades later be used by SEPTA's Route 34.

The Delaware County and Philadelphia Electric Railway Company installed transit tracks for horsecars running along Baltimore Avenue as early as 1890, but it was the arrival of the electrified trolley two years later that allowed the extension of the line westward to the new community of Angora.

The line was routed into the subway–surface tunnel on December 15, 1906. The route was called the Angora Line until it was given the number 34 in 1911.

In April 2020, the line's operations were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Service resumed on May 17, 2020.

In 2021, SEPTA proposed rebranding their rail transit service as "SEPTA Metro", in order to make the system easier to navigate. Under this proposal, the subway–surface lines were rebranded as the "T" with a green color and numeric suffixes for each service. Route 34 was renamed as the "T2". SEPTA described that "most comments were positive" in the public comment period for this rebranding project.

Stations and stops

All are in the City of Philadelphia.

Neighborhood/ location	Station or stop	Connections	Notes
Market East	Template:Stl	Template:Ric: Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link	Closed between 12:30–5:00am
Penn Center	Template:Stl	Template:Rint SEPTA Regional Rail: all lines (at Suburban) Template:Ric: Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link Template:Rint SEPTA Suburban Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link	Late night terminus
	Template:Stl	Template:Ric: Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link Template:Rint SEPTA Suburban Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
Center City West	Template:Stl	Template:Ric: Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link Template:Rint SEPTA Suburban Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link	Replaced 24th Street station
University City	Template:Stl	Template:Rint Amtrak (at 30th Street) Template:Rint NJ Transit: Template:Rint Atlantic City Line (at 30th Street) Template:Rint SEPTA Regional Rail: all lines (at 30th Street) Template:Ric: Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link	No direct passage to 30th Street Station
	Template:Stl	Template:Ric: Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link	Serves Drexel University
	Template:Stl	Template:Ric: Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link	Serves University of Pennsylvania
	Template:Stl	Template:Ric: Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link	Serves University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Spruce Hill	Template:Stl	Template:Ric: Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link	End of T3, T4, and T5 concurrency
	41st & Baltimore
	42nd & Baltimore	Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
	43rd & Baltimore		Serves Clark Park
	44th & Baltimore		Serves Clark Park
	45th & Baltimore
	46th & Baltimore
Cedar Park	47th & Baltimore
	48th & Baltimore (WB)	Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
	Florence & Baltimore (EB)	Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
	49th & Baltimore	Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
	50th & Baltimore
	51st & Baltimore
	52nd & Baltimore (WB)	Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
Angora	Broomall & Baltimore (EB)	Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
	53rd & Baltimore
	54th & Baltimore
	55th & Baltimore
	56th & Baltimore
	57th & Baltimore
	58th & Baltimore	Template:Rint SEPTA Regional Rail: Media/Wawa Line (at Template:Stl) Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
	59th & Baltimore
	60th & Baltimore	Template:Rint SEPTA City Bus: Template:SEPTA bus link
	Template:Stl		Also called Angora Loop

External links

• 1974 Philadelphia Trolley Brochure, pages 12–13 and 14–15