T5 (SEPTA Metro)

A trolley at 40th Street Portal in 2006
Overview
Termini
Stations8 underground stations, 1 surface level station, and 40 street-level stops
Service
TypeLight rail
SystemSEPTA Metro
Depot(s)Elmwood Carhouse
Daily ridership12,737 (2019)
History
Opened1904
Technical
Line length15.3 mi (24.6 km)
Track gauge5 ft 2+14 in (1,581 mm) Pennsylvania trolley gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line600 V DC
Route map
13th Street
15th Street/​City Hall
19th Street
22nd Street
Drexel Station at 30th Street
33rd Street
Baltimore Avenue
36th–Sansom
37th–Spruce
40th Street Portal
Baltimore Avenue
Chester–Woodland
Chester Avenue
41st–Woodland
42nd–Woodland
Diversion tracks to 40th–Market
43rd–Woodland
45th–Woodland
46th–Woodland
47th–Woodland
48th–Woodland
49th–Woodland
Woodland Avenue
Paschall–49th
49th–Grays
51st–Grays
52nd–Grays
Grays–Lindbergh
Lindbergh–Grays
53rd–Lindbergh
54th–Lindbergh
Wheeler–Lindbergh
56th–Elmwood
57th–Elmwood
58th–Elmwood
59th–Elmwood
Edgewood–Elmwood
61st–Elmwood
62nd–Elmwood
63rd–Elmwood
64th–Elmwood
65th–Elmwood
66th–Elmwood
67th–Elmwood
68th–Elmwood
69th–Elmwood
70th–Elmwood
71st–Elmwood
72nd–Elmwood
73rd–Elmwood
Elmwood Loop & Carhouse
Island–Elmwood
Non-Revenue Track to Woodland Ave.
Buist–Island
Tanager–Island
76th–Island
Lindbergh–Island
Island–Suffolk
80th Street/Eastwick

The T5, formerly Route 36, is a light rail line operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) that connects the 13th Street station in Center City, Philadelphia, to the 80th Street/Eastwick station in Eastwick section of Southwest Philadelphia. It is the longest of the five T services, and was even longer between 1956 and 1962 when the western terminus was at 94th Street and Eastwick Avenue. From 1962 through the 1970s, it was at 88th Street and Eastwick Avenue, making the route 16.2 miles (26.1 km) long. Since 1975, it only goes as far as what was once 80th Street at the southern edge of the Penrose Plaza shopping center parking lot.