Station Review #22: Race - Vine (SEPTA)


Race - Vine is a station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line, possibly one of the most overbuilt ones on the line. 

Tour

Average station on the BSL 

Race - Vine looks like every other station on the BSL that has express service, at least at the platform. It has everything: benches, trashbins, etc. 

Things get more interesting once you get to the mezzanine:

The Mezzanine 

An Old "Train Arriving" Sign

There's no sign for express, and othe other end doesn't have signs at all

Yeah...

This station has maps and information about nearby buses

It's too bad almost all of it is old and outdated

And the city bus map, too

And the little details are pretty cool too, like the painted on words here: 

Once you go outside up the stairs, you see the head houses, or the staircase.

Really pretty head house

Subway entrance

Frankly, I think this station is heavily overbuilt. Not that many people will ride to this station, you do not need the amount of people needed to fill up rhe entire station. It's a total waste. 

Transit Connections 

NJT Bus at Broad and Vine

There are many transit connections at Race - Vine Station. 

4: NRG/Pattison Station to Fern Rock Transportation Center via Broad Street and 9th street

16: City Hall to Cheltenham - Ogontz loop via Broad Street

27: Express: Broad - Carpenter to Plymouth Meeting Mall 

---------------- Routes below this are from NJT ----------------

317: 6th and Race (Philadelphia) to Asbury Park

400: 6th and Race (Philadelphia) to Sicklerville

401: 6th and Race to Salem

402: 6th and Race to Pennsville

404: 6th and Race to Pennsauken Industrial Park or Cherry Hill Mall

406: 6th and Race to Berlin

408: 6th and Race to Millville

409: 6th and Race to Trenton.

410: 6th and Race to Bridgeton

412: 6th and Race to Glassboro - Holy Dell

551: Express: 6th and Market to Atlantic City

Things to do in Northern Center City
Not much, there is a convention center, bit it's not very good. There's also a Catholic school and a portion pf a college here. 

Amenities

Accessible: ✓
Bathrooms: ×
Clean Station: ✓
Connections to other transit routes: ✓
Easy passage for each side: ✓
Fare Payment Kiosks (if applicable): ✓
Indoor Shelters: ✓
Maps: ✓
Multiple entrances/exits: ✓
Adequate Parking: ✓ (none)
Seating: ✓
Shelters: ✓
Station In Good Condition: ✓
Ticket Kiosks (if applicable): ✓
Ticket Offices: ×
TOD: ✓
Train Departure/Arrival Info (signs that update/screens): ×
Updated Signage: ×

Final Verdict: 6/10

Honestly, this station is still better than the station immediately south of it, even if that one is more useful...

Station Directory

--------Philadelphia County--------
Olney Transportation Center
Logan
Wyoming
Hunting Park
Erie
Allegheny
Cecil B. Moore
Girard
Fairmount
Spring Garden
Race - Vine
City Hall
Walnut - Locust
Lombard - South 
Federal - Ellsworth
Tasker - Morris
Snyder
Oregon
NRG (Pattison)

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