Once the Pattison station opened to the public, SEPTA's Broad Street line consisted of over ten miles of track and eventually made local- and express-train options available to the public. The Philadelphia Department of Commerce joined with SEPTA to plan and fund the expansion. Pictured here is the first public "dedication train" that traveled to the new stations in South Philadelphia, bringing subway service within easy walking distance of Philadelphia's sports-stadium complex along Pattison Avenue and offering fans another way to reach Phillies, Eagles, 76ers, and Flyers games. ![]() ![]() After years of construction below South Broad Street, on April 6, 1973, the first SEPTA subway car traveled to the Oregon and Pattison stations in South Philadelphia.
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