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Amtrak
www.amtrak.com | 215-824-1600
Northeast corridor Amtrak trains stop at 30th Street Station. See SEPTA Regional Rail Lines or SEPTA City Transit for information on traveling to the hospital from 30th Street Station. Taxi service also is available at 30th Street Station.
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SEPTA
www.septa.org | 215-580-7800
Regional Rail Lines
The Airport, Marcus Hook-Wilmington, Media-Elwyn and most Glenside-Jenkintown, Warminster and West Trenton trains provide direct service to the University City Station on the Medical Center campus. From other Regional Rail lines, transfer free to the Airport, Marcus Hook-Wilmington, Media-Elwyn and most Glenside-Jenkintown, Warminster and West Trenton trains at 30th Street or Jefferson Station (formerly Market East station). Your train ticket is your transfer.
SEPTA City Trains and Trolleys: The SEPTA Market/Frankford Blue Line (the elevated train/subway) stops at 34th and Market streets. A 10-minute walk south on 34th Street or a 5-minute ride on the LUCY shuttle takes you to the Hospital.
All SEPTA Subway/Surface Green Line trolleys except the Number 10 stop at 37th and Spruce streets, one block from the Rhoads entrance to the Hospital on 36th Street south of Spruce Street. If you take the Number 10 trolley, travel to 36th and Sansom streets. Walk four blocks south on 36th Street to the Rhoads entrance of the Hospital.
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LUCY® (Loop Through University City)
This SEPTA-run shuttle bus is free to students and employees of University of Pennsylvania, Penn Medicine, University City Science Center, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. All others can ride with Trans or TrailPass, transfers, or $2.25 bus fare. LUCY® has a wheelchair lift and two wheelchair tie-downs per bus. See schedules and more at www.universitycity.org/lucy.
The LUCY® shuttle runs every 12 to 35 minutes from 6:10 am to 7 pm, Monday through Friday except major holidays (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day).
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New Jersey PATCO Trains
www.ridepatco.org | 215-922-4600
Take the PATCO line to 8th and Market streets. Follow the underground concourse to the SEPTA Jefferson Station (formerly Market East station). From there, the R1 Airport, R2 Marcus Hook-Wilmington, and R3 Media-Elwyn Regional Rail lines provide direct service to the University City Station on the Medical Center campus. Or you may transfer from PATCO at 8th and Market streets to the SEPTA Market/Frankford Blue Line (the elevated train/subway). Take the westbound train to 34th and Market streets. A 10-minute walk south on 34th Street takes you to the Hospital.
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Greyhound Bus Lines
www.greyhound.com | 800-231-2222
From the Greyhound Bus Station at 10th and Filbert streets, walk to the Jefferson Station (formerly Market East station) at 11th and Market streets. From there, take the R1 Airport, R2 Marcus Hook-Wilmington, or R3 Media-Elwyn Regional Rail line to the University City Station on the Medical Center Campus. A taxi ride from the Greyhound Bus station costs about $12.