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Broad Street Line Vehicle Replacement

Broad Street Line

Procurement of 200 new heavy-rail cars to replace the 1980s Kawasaki fleet on the Broad Street Line and Ridge Spur.

Council district
District 5
Neighborhood
Center City
Funding source
Federal 5337 + State
Funding amount
$750,000,000
Start date
2025-01-01
Completion
2031-12-31
First seen in feed
5/16/2026
Your council representative
Jeffery Young, Jr.
District 5 · D
215-686-3438
City Hall Room 577
900 projects in this district
4828 housing units approved
Registered Community Organization
Center City Residents Association (CCRA)
The RCO that gets formal notice of zoning changes here. Going to them first is how most organizing on a project starts.
Contact: Travis Oliver
2155466719
Meets: BEX Meeting Space, 2005 Market St and via Zoom
Neighborhood context (census tract 000500)
Median income
$69,267
Renter occupied
90.70%
Rent burdened
42.40%
(of renters, 30%+ of income)
Population
3,057
ACS 5-year 2022

Nearby projects

within 400m walk

Displacement signal

L&I demolition permits, last 3 yrs, within 400m

Philly doesn't publish eviction filings, so this uses demolition permits as the closest proxy for housing stock loss in the immediate area. 3 permits found.

1525 CHERRY ST2026-05-11
1523 CHERRY ST2026-05-11
1527 CHERRY ST2026-04-07
Data source · last refreshed 5/16/2026, 5:36:43 PM
SEPTA Capital Budget Projects
SEPTA

Manually curated, not a live feed. Refreshed each budget cycle (annual). Locations are approximate for line-wide projects (we plot the project at the line midpoint). Funding amounts are total project cost, not annual spend.