8th Street station

8th–Market station is a rapid transit station complex at the intersection of 8th Street and Market Street in Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is served by SEPTA Metro's L and B3 trains, as well as the PATCO Speedline. It is the only station where these three lines intersect. The entire complex is owned by the City of Philadelphia, with the Delaware River Port Authority (owner of PATCO) and SEPTA leasing space for operations. The station complex comprises three platforms, one for the L, one for B3 trains, and the 8th & Market station on the PATCO Speedline. These are arranged across three underground levels. The upper mezzanine level spans above the L tracks, the middle level accommodates the east-west-running L and the northbound B3, and a lower level serving the PATCO Speedline, which runs north–south. Each platform has fare control and entrances/exits, though they are connected via the shared mezzanine level. For much of the 20th century, the corner of 8th and Market was a retail hub for the city, home to major department stores including Strawbridge's, Gimbels and Lit Brothers, all of which had direct access to the station complex. Today, that underground connection serves the Fashion District Philadelphia shopping mall, which offers indirect access to SEPTA Regional Rail at Jefferson Station, as well as connections to the B line via the Downtown Link concourse.

The east-west upper level platforms (now Market–Frankford Line) opened on August 3, 1908, as part of the first extension of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company's 1907-opened Market Street Subway. On December 21, 1932, the Broad-Ridge Spur of the Broad Street Line opened, with its terminus at a new lower-level island platform (signed as Market Street). Bridge Line service to Camden began on June 7, 1936, using a 1932-built tunnel connecting the lower level tracks to the Delaware River Bridge. Beginning in 1949, Ridge Spur and Bridge Line trains were through-routed, reversing at Market Street station. On February 15, 1953, the Locust Street Subway opened, extending the lower level tracks south and west to 16th and Locust streets. Bridge Line trains were extended to 16th and

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