W. River Dr., Market, 30th, and Arch Sts., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Philadelphia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 07, 1978. NRIS 78002456.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
30th Street Station, officially William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, is a major intermodal transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The station opened in 1933 as Pennsylvania Station–30th Street, replacing the 1881 Broad Street station as the Pennsylvania Railroad's main station in the city. The station is third-busiest Amtrak station in the nation with over 4.1 million passengers as of 2023.
30th Street Station is currently metropolitan Philadelphia's main railroad station and a major stop on Amtrak's Northeast and Keystone corridors. The station is also a major commuter rail station served by all SEPTA Regional Rail lines and is the western terminus for NJ Transit's Atlantic City Line. The station is also served by several SEPTA-managed city and suburban buses and by NJ Transit, Amtrak Thruway, and various intercity operators.
The station served over four million inter-city rail passengers in 2018.
In 2020, the station was named in honor of William H. Gray III, a former U.S. Congressman who represented Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1979 until 1991.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997424