T2 (SEPTA Metro)
The T2, formerly Route 34, is a trolley line operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania [Transportation Authority (SEPTA)] that connects the 13th Street station in Center City, Philadelphia, to the Angora Loop station in the Angora, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Angora neighborhood] of West Philadelphia.
At, it is the shortest of the SEPTA Metro's five trolley lines|T] services, which operate on street-level tracks in West Philadelphia and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and in a shared subway with rapid transit trains in Center City.
Route description
Starting from its eastern end at the 13th Street station, the T2 runs in a tunnel under Market Street. It stops at underground stations at 15th Street/City Hall, 19th Street, 22nd Street, Drexel Station at 30th Street, and 33rd Street. From 15th to 30th Streets, it runs on the outer tracks of the Market Street subway, running beside the LPassengers may transfer free of charge to the L at 13th, 15th Street/City Hall, and Drexel Station at 30th Street and to the B at 15th Street. Connections to SEPTA Regional Rail are also available. Underground passageways connect the 13th and 15th Street/City Hall stations to Jefferson Station and Suburban Station.
The T2 surfaces at the 40th Street Portal near 40th Street and Baltimore Avenue, then heads west on Baltimore until it ends at a loop at 61st Street.
History
The Delaware County and Philadelphia Electric Railway Company installed transit tracks for horsecars running along Baltimore Avenue as early as 1890, but it was the arrival of the electrified trolley two years later that allowed the extension of the line westward to the new community of Angora.The line was routed into the subway–surface tunnel on December 15, 1906. The route was called the Angora Line until it was given the number 34 in 1911.
In April 2020, the line's operations were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Service resumed on May 17, 2020.
Route 34 was renamed as the T2 on February 24, 2025.