![]() Routes 53 and 56 are actually also other former streetcar lines that were converted into bus routes. Route 23 then continues northwest on Germantown Avenue through North Philadelphia, which includes a six-way intersection with Erie Avenue and Broad Street, providing transfers to Routes 53 and 56 on Erie as well as the Broad Street Line at Erie station. In North Philadelphia, northbound Route 23 turns east to Huntingdon Street and then north again to Germantown Avenue, while southbound Route 23 moves from 10th Street west to Susquehanna Avenue and south again to 12th Street. From Center City, the line runs northbound on 11th Street and southbound on 12th Street. ![]() The southern terminal is the intersection of 11th and Market streets, adjacent to the Market–Frankford Line's 11th Street station, although southbound buses continue as far south as Locust Street before turning northbound. Route 23 begins in Center City Philadelphia. The route is consistently one of SEPTA's most heavily-traveled bus lines, coming in as the fourth-busiest for daily ridership in 2018, as well as an average weekday ridership of 14,322. A restoration of trolley service has been proposed in recent years, with a feasibility study planned between 20. Route 23 was once Philadelphia's longest streetcar route, extending south to Broad Street and Oregon Avenue in South Philadelphia, and was one of three suspended by SEPTA in 1992. The line runs between the Chestnut Hill and Center City neighborhoods via Germantown Avenue, 11th, and 12th Streets. It is operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ( SEPTA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. SEPTA Trolley Route 23 is a former streetcar line now operated with buses. ![]() Tracks for the former Route 23 trolley line on 11th Street. ![]()
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