Comments on: PATCO subway station to be reopened

By: TC

TC — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:42:14 +0000

That could use some graffiti. Being that patco isn't all that great of a company and is by no means a "mass transit" system.
I think SEPTA should run this line.

GO SEPTA!

By: ian

ian — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:49:18 +0000

Hopefully they'll add a bigger hatch to get to the station,sot of like 11th st station hatch for the el( of course at a smaller size).Better yet, like the 2nd st station, near the penn's landing off ramp.

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:35:52 +0000

They had a trolley line on Delaware Ave. & they threw them out. They had a trolley line on 4th. & 5th. Sts. and they tore it up. They had the longest streetcar line in the country on 11th. & 12th. and they discontinued it.
Politicians are crazy.

By: David B.

David B. — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:02:57 +0000

I actually used the hatch exit when being evacuated from a fire on a PATCO train. A very interesting station to say the least!

By: Heide

Heide — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:54:13 +0000

I love the bright orange and retro look. Keep it!

By: Michael T. Greene

Michael T. Greene — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:51:55 +0000

I echo A.R. Turner's remarks…the tiling currently in Franklin Square should stay. The 8th and Market and City Hall PATCO stations still have their original tile at concourse level, and lend a touch of class and history to those stations.
I hope that if the City eventually builds the subway under Roosevelt Boulevard, they use some of the old tile patterns for the inner stations…some looks are timeless.

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:47:48 +0000

That station looks great!!! It can't be opened soon enough.

By: A. R. Turner

A. R. Turner — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:14:41 +0000

>the tilework and stainless steel elements need to conform with the cosmetic norms of all PATCO stations.

I hope you're talking about the paving tile and not the wall tiles, because it would be a travesty to replace that vintage subway tile with something else to conform to "cosmetic norms".