Southwest Philadelphia - Transportation

Transportation

A number of SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley Lines traverse the area along Chester, Woodland, and Elmwood Avenues, providing easy access to Center City through the 40th Street Portal. These also extend to Darby and Yeadon.

Southwest Philly is served by 4 of the 5 Subway-Surface Lines (Trolleys) 11, 13, 34, and 36. It is also served by bus routes 12, 37, 52, 64, 108, G, and also with the Airport and Media/Elwyn Regional Rail lines.

• Airport Line-Eastwick Station & Terminus at the Airport
• Media/Elwyn Line-49th St, and Angora Station.

• Route 11 runs along Woodland Avenue to Darby
• Route 13 runs along Chester Avenue to Yeadon and with some scheduled trips to Darby with route 11.
• Route 34 runs along Baltimore Avenue to Angora
• Route 36 runs along Elmwood Avenue to Eastwick near the Philadelphia Int'l Airport.

Philadelphia International Airport, a number of oil refineries, and many heavy industrial uses are located in the Southwest section. The housing stock is diverse with ornate Queen Anne style twin mansions in the neighborhoods bordering Cedar Park, plainer and simpler styles of twins predominating closer to the airport, and newer rowhouses, many with porches, filling in many neighborhoods. The sports complex is very close to Southwest Philadelphia

Less than 1% of Southwest is covered by trees, giving it one of the lowest ratios of shade tree cover in the city.