Station Review #60: Allegheny (SEPTA)
Allegheny is a station on SEPTA's Market Frankford Line/L, located at Kensington Avenue and Allegheny Avenue in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA. This station is not to be confused with Allegheny station on the Broad Street Line/B or Allegheny station on the Manayunk-Norristown line. History Allegheny Station was originally part of the Frankford Elevated line, a line created by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT). This opened for service on November 5th, 1922, and it ran from Bridge-Pratt Station to 2nd Street station, completely elevated. At some point, these two lines were merged together in the early 1940s. In between 1988 and 2003, Allegheny Station was rebuilt as part of the rebuilding of the entire Frankford Elevated. Due to this, Allegheny station is now accessible. Over the past few years, Kensington Avenue as a whole has gotten a reputation for being a hub for the Delaware Valley drug market, with people coming ...