SEPTA's Subway-Surface Trolley Route 36 is a trolley line operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) that connects the 13th Street station in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Eastwick Loop station in Eastwick section of Southwest Philadelphia, although limited service is available to the Elmwood Carhouse. It is the longest of the five lines that are part of the Subway-Surface Trolley system, and was even longer between 1956 and 1962 when the western terminus was at 94th Street and Eastwick Avenue. From 1962 through the 1970s, it was at 88th Street and Eastwick Avenue, making the route 16.2 miles (26.1 km) long. Since 1975, it only goes as far as what was once 80th Street at the southern edge of the Penrose Plaza shopping center parking lot. From 2024, Route 36 will be referred to as the T5 Elmwood Avenue Line
SEPTA Route 36 at the 40th Street Portal
Image: 13th Street trolley 1
Image: 15th Street SEPTA 2018 trolley
Image: 30th Street Trolley Station 2
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is a regional public transportation authority that operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly four million people in five counties in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It also manages projects that maintain, replace and expand its infrastructure, facilities and vehicles.
The former SEPTA Route 6 trolley in Philadelphia, c. 1980
The entrance to the 15–16th & Locust station on Locust Street in Center City Philadelphia, which serves as both a SEPTA and PATCO station
The concourse at the Walnut–Locust station
The above-ground Market–Frankford Line in the Kensington section of Philadelphia
