The Subway of Philadelphia, PA 2019

The subway system in the city of Philadelphia, a city of 1.5 million people.
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[@Deejayboy]

Very good video with other scenes of Philly interjected. I live in FL so no subways here, but I'm from Philadelphia and rode all of them a lot back in the 50s as a kid. My dad had 2 flower shops in the subway. I grew up riding the subways, the EL, trolley cars and busses, including trackless trolleys. Recently visited there and rode the regional rail for free, now that I'm a senior citizen!

[@chromebomb]

Miami has a "subway"

[@transitvideosbayarea]

Miami has a metrorail that’s an el.

[@shanewalters2565]

@@transitvideosbayarea I mean, the Chicago El is a subway since it goes underground, whether metros go underground or not, they're technically still subways

[@pforce9]

I don't miss riding the subway. I do enjoy watching videos of my home town. These days, I will not even drive across the bridge to San Francisco. Too much noise, too much pollution.

[@sammigliori8338]

Man does this vid bring back old memories. I grew up in West Philly. We could see and hear the El from our porch passing Sears at 63rd & Market. Rode it many many times. Thank you for sharing this.

[@allen7585]

Considering America doesn't support public transportation, I'll gladly take what SEPTA offers. Never felt unsafe. There are some whackos on them just like every city but 95% of the people are just like in this video - sit there with headphones on. For being so old I find the stations to be in decent shape - especially compared to some NYC stations. I was there a few weeks ago and was shocked at how many are literally falling apart.

[@dragonknightofamiraka3636]

Cypress Station is like purgatory.

[@cee-lopreen6754]

people have been shot/stabbed/robbed/jumped on Septa though so be careful definitely.

[@lisaheisey6168]

I grew up in Philadelphia and Delaware County. So, I've ridden the els, trolleys, subway, and buses all throughout my life.

[@XzavierWalker]

I miss riding the Blue and Orange Subway lines in Philly

[@elchapolauren890]

Thank you so very much for reminding me why i need to get back home to philly simply so i can ride the subway & el lines Hope to see yall by the end of 2020 😘🤗

[@chromebomb]

PHILLY IS THE BEST

[@joemancini2988]

Spent a summer while I was in college scrubbing down SEPTA trolley barns & subway stations. Only job I could find. Worst summer of my life.

Awesome. Always loved the subway.

[@Locos-del-oeste]

Super video 😍👌❗

[@Thomas1980]

wow....superb video!

[@quinnbullock4751]

Your videos are cool and interesting i have not been on a train in a while as Christchurch does not have a commuter rail

[@RocketShipSquid]

I want to go to Philly some day, the patco sounds fun!

[@king49334]

Must go to the hoods

[@notsure6187]

patco is awesome and takes you over the Franklin Bridge

[@RocketShipSquid]

@@notsure6187 wow!

[@CroniValpo]

@@notsure6187 beatifull train! Congratulation Old train in Valparaiso / Viña del Mar kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqPchIWrn86LkMk Greetings from Valparaiso, Chile, South America.

[@CroniValpo]

@@king49334 the train is the best in the world.

[@tkso.philly3879]

I'm from Edgewood street60th and Market.My cousins bedroom window faced the train at 52nd and Market.

[@justincui]

If SEPTA plans to replace both the Market Frankford and Broad Street fleets with newer trains, would the infastructures allow both fleets to be replaced by one common replacement fleet or would the infrastructures require different replacement fleet types for the two different lines?

[@transitvideosbayarea]

It would require different trains, because the third rail on the Market Frankfurt Line has the electric contact facing down, a unique system only used by Metro North in NY. Broad St Line uses conventional 3rd rail.

[@mikemerlyn.1691]

There is a song about this- “Ya can’t get to Frankford on the Frankford El”! It’s on KZbin. Grew up in Philly, taking the el tons of times. Living in Florida now. Only thing like the el is the tram at Tampa Airport. Nothing else is close for me.

[@Jimbodisfan]

That's a line from the song "Beat Up Guitar" by The Hooters, from their album Zig Zag.

[@Bikewithlove]

Nicely done. Despite it’s grittiness the EL and subway could be a very zen experience. It’s where I grew up. I left Philadelphia years ago because of political persecution (Philly is filled with aggressively hostile marxists and feminists manufactured for the past 30 years by its colleges) to somewhere far away where I’m much happier. I don’t miss the people there at all, but it was an invigorating environment. Thank you for giving me something to watch with my coffee and toasted bagel w/ Philadelphia cream cheese :)

[@lol-ug2ry]

Nice

[@awhanphing1252]

Everyday commuting with no skips stinky shit for years

[@ericday4505]

The only problem is this is the El, not the subway.

[@matthewhernandez8342]

Does Patco count as one of their lines? Also how much is the fare?

[@BottomLin3Op]

Bardock no, Patco is Delaware River Port Authority(DRPA)

[@BottomLin3Op]

Patco is based on a distance fare sorta like zones. The further you go the more you pay but it’s still cheap something around 6 bucks end to end

[@notsure6187]

it is not, just as PATH isnt MTA

[@cee-lopreen6754]

PATCO is not affiliated with SEPTA

[@raymondmuench3266]

Is the subway mostly an el?

[@lambo8961]

There are two sections that are overground with a underground section. It is mostly overground though. It starts out overground (69th-Market to 46th and Market) and then it goes underground (46th-Market to 2nd-Market) and overground again from Spring Garden or I-95 to Frankford). I hope that helps

[@SigmaRho2922]

@@lambo8961 There are 2 subway lines.

[@matthewhernandez8342]

@@SigmaRho2922 what about the Patco?

[@Deejayboy]

@@matthewhernandez8342 Patco runs underground in Center City Philly, then heads east and travels across the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, which crosses the Delaware River. Entering Camden, NJ, it goes underground but only for a couple of stations. It then emerges and finishes as an above ground train until it reaches Lindenwold.

[@GamerRobYT]

@@matthewhernandez8342 patco isnt septa its patco (port authority transportation corporation) it runs over ben Franklin bridge near penns landing to Jersey but yeah it does gi underground

[@joshabate4205]

If you want to get a real view of what everyday life is like when riding the el go take video of the el stop at kensington & allegheny its a disgrace

[@cee-lopreen6754]

boomer ok

[@gt-gu7rb]

That's not the subway! That's the L it only runs partially underground

[@DashTransit]

While locals call the Market-Frankford "The EL" and the Broad Street Line "The Sub" The Market-Frankford Line is classified as a Subway/Elevated Line, which means technically yes, it's a subway. The uploader was not wrong for referring to it as such

[@5442steve]

Correction. This is not the subway. It is the EL. From 69thst to Frankfort. Please get your facts right. Do your homework

[@DashTransit]

*69th Street to Frankford While locals call the Market-Frankford "The EL" and the Broad Street Line "The Sub" The Market-Frankford Line is classified as a Subway/Elevated Line, which means technically yes, it's a subway. The uploader was not wrong for referring to it as such

[@thabuloodles9209]

Thee L

[@artureklatexia4410]

The great America has trains that are ugly and very loud. As far as trains are concerned, has not the US really developed ?! Everything seems very primitive. The stations also completely underdeveloped. At first glance, it looks like Germany 50 years ago.

[@nelsonricardo3729]

We have more important things to spend our money on like sports stadiums...

[@artureklatexia4410]

Nelson Ricardo I do not bring a country forward with a stupid sports stadium. For this you need highly modern and very attractive new trains. But this statement just says everything, why the US has come down in very many places. Maybe it will work - make America Great Alain - in the next 100 years.

[@matthewhernandez8342]

Outside of NYC, Chicago, LA, San Francisco and Philadelphia public ransit isnt that good. Even in these cities the bus and train service isnt perfect.

[@spencergraham-thille9896]

@@matthewhernandez8342 Maybe sub out LA with Boston.

[@jpgm2015]

Bardock *DC *Boston

[@davidpomeroy7594]

I didn’t care for phillys rapid transit. Dirty, dangerous and quite small and useless

[@jpgm2015]

David Pomeroy definitely small compared to even smaller cities

[@BottomLin3Op]

It really is and makes it hard to get around to a lot of places. The bus network is there bread and butter. And a lot of the train operators are bus operators

[@allen7585]

I don't know - poop smeared all along a San Fran station escalator was probably the worst I've seen.

[@shermancoleman5941]

Why are you complaining u drive right

[@BottomLin3Op]

Sherman Coleman who’s complaining? I’m just stating facts it’s not about if I drive or not. There network sucks.

[@brainwells6634]

Chicago L has better views

[@notsure6187]

Brian Wells debatable