Beginning in June 1949, Bridge Line and Ridge Spur services were through-routed, providing one-seat service between Girard station and Camden. The shell of this 8th–Locust Street subway was completed, but not outfitted for passenger service, in 1933. An underground tunnel continuing south following 8th Street then west following Locust Street to 18th Street, had been started in 1917 as part of plans for a Center City subway loop. In Philadelphia, the line joined the 1932-opened Broad-Ridge Spur just west of Franklin Square and shared its 8th Street / Market Street station. Relatively short, it only had four stations: 8th Street and Franklin Square in Philadelphia, and City Hall and Broadway in Camden (connecting to the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines at Broadway). Construction of the rail line did not begin until 1932, and the Bridge Line opened on June 7, 1936. The Delaware River Bridge (now Ben Franklin Bridge) was designed to accommodate rail as well as road traffic when it opened on July 1, 1926, it had two outboard structures beside the main roadway for rail and space for two streetcar tracks (never installed) on the main road deck. Early in the 20th century, the idea of a fixed Delaware River crossing connecting Camden and Philadelphia gained traction, and in 1919, the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey formed the Delaware River Bridge Joint Commission to build a bridge between the two cities. These railroads all terminated in Camden, where passengers could catch ferries across the Delaware River to Philadelphia. The modern-day PATCO Speedline follows the route of several historical mainline railroad lines, some dating back to the 19th century. Īn original Bridge Line car, preserved at the Seashore Trolley Museum The Speedline operates 24 hours a day, one of only a few U.S. February 15, 1969, saw the first trip from Lindenwold to Center City, Philadelphia. Speedline operation began on Janubetween Lindenwold and Camden, New Jersey.
In 2012, ridership reached a ten-year high, with the system having carried 10,612,897 passengers, but dipped to 10,007,256 by 2014. The line transports over 38,000 people daily. The Port Authority Transit Corporation and the Speedline are owned and operated by the Delaware River Port Authority. The Speedline runs underground in Philadelphia, crosses the Delaware River on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, runs underground in Camden, then runs above ground to the east end of the line in Lindenwold, New Jersey. The Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) Speedline (signed in Philadelphia as the Lindenwold Line and also known colloquially as the PATCO High Speed Line, or simply PATCO ) is a rapid transit system operated by the Port Authority Transit Corporation, which runs between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden County, New Jersey.
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