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Center City Commuter Connection
Train emerging from the Center City Commuter Connection at Jefferson Station
Overview
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
System
SEPTA Regional Rail
Start
Suburban Station, Walnut–Locust station
End
Portal near 8th and Spring Garden Streets
No. of stations
2
Operation
Work begun
June 22, 1978
Constructed
1978–1984
Opened
November 12, 1984 (1984-11-12)
Operator
SEPTA
Traffic
Rail
Character
Passenger
Technical
Length
1.8 mi (2.9 km)
No. of tracks
4
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrified
Overhead line, 12 kV 25 Hz AC
Operating speed
40 mph (64 km/h)
Route map
Legend
former Reading Company lines
Temple University
Ninth Street Branch
Spring Garden Street
Callowhill Junction (City Branch)
Reading Terminal
Jefferson Station
(Market East)
Suburban Station
former Pennsylvania Railroad lines
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The Center City Commuter Connection (CCCC), commonly referred to as "the commuter tunnel", is a passenger railroad tunnel in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The tunnel was built to connect the stub ends of the two separate regional commuter rail systems, which were originally operated by Pennsylvania Railroad and the Reading Company, two rival rail companies.
All of the SEPTA Regional Rail lines except for the Cynwyd Line pass completely through the four-track tunnel, which contains two underground stations, Suburban Station and Jefferson Station, and the above-ground upper-level concourse for the east–west commuter lines serving 30th Street Station.
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operational control of its railroads. In November 1984, the CenterCityCommuterConnection opened, a tunnel linking the former Pennsylvania and Penn Central...
running south of SEPTA's Main Line tracks, which head into the CenterCityCommuterConnection tunnel at 20th Street. At the 20th Street intersection, both...
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of the SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail system. It serves stations between its namesake town, Warminster, and CenterCity Philadelphia. Half of the route...
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