Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal

The Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal is the primary intercity bus station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at 1001 Filbert Street in Center City Philadelphia, near the SEPTA Regional Rail Jefferson Station and the Fashion District Philadelphia shopping mall, a few hundred feet east of the Pennsylvania Convention Center and Reading Terminal Market, a few hundred feet south of the Trocadero Theatre and the south edge of Philadelphia's Chinatown district, and within 1/2 mile of Independence Mall, the U.S. Mint, and City Hall. The station building, which underwent an interior remodeling in early 2007, is relatively small and nondescript, belying its importance as one of the busiest, long distance, bus-only terminals in the United States. As of 2013 the terminal was the 4th busiest Greyhound bus station in the U.S.[1]

Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal
Intercity bus terminal
Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal
General information
Location1001 Filbert Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Coordinates39.9529°N 75.1571°W / 39.9529; -75.1571
Owned byGreyhound Lines
Platforms14 gates
Bus operators Greyhound Lines
Fullington Trailways
Martz Trailways
Peter Pan Bus Lines
Connections SEPTA Regional Rail at Jefferson Station
  Market–Frankford Line
at 11th Street
SEPTA City Bus
NJ Transit regional and suburban buses to South Jersey
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
WebsitePhiladelphia Greyhound Terminal

The station contains a variety of amenities for waiting passengers. These include a snack bar, food and beverage vending machines, televisions, video games, pay telephones, and restrooms. Like other significant transportation facilities, it also contains full service ticket counters and seating areas.

Bus companies serving the terminal

National provider

Greyhound also provides connecting service to other in-state and out-of-state destinations via transfers.

Interregional providers
Bus gates at Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal

Various interregional bus companies also provide direct service to and from the Philadelphia bus terminal. The companies and some of the key locations they serve include:

Like Greyhound, the Trailways providers' services connect with other bus routes in the Greyhound/Trailways system to allow trips to other regional and national destinations.

Regional and local transit connections

The Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal offers connections to SEPTA Regional Rail at Jefferson Station and the Market–Frankford Line at 11th Street station. Several SEPTA bus routes (17, 23, 33, 38, 44, 47m, 48, and 61) stop one block away from the terminal on Market Street. In addition. several NJ Transit bus routes (400, 401, 402, 404, 406, 410, 412, 414, 417, 551, and 555) stop in Center City Philadelphia as close as one block from the Greyhound Bus Terminal on Market Street. NJ Transit formerly provided regional bus service to the Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal via routes 313, 315, 316, 317, 408, 409, and 551. NJ Transit service to Philadelphia Greyhound Terminal ended on February 28, 2022 due to the reconfiguration of the bus station. The 551 bus was changed to start at 10th and Market streets while the remaining buses were changed to start at the Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden, New Jersey, with free transfers to buses operating into Philadelphia.[3]

References
  1. "Top Ten Busiest Terminals Based on Passenger Volume in 2013". Greyhound Lines, Inc. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  2. "Greyhound, Peter Pan will split up and be rivals again - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. "UPDATE: Bus Route Nos. 313, 315, 317, 408, 409 & 551: Bus Service Changes at Greyhound Terminal in Philadelphia – Beginning Monday, February 28, 2022". NJ Transit. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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