Philadelphia, PA: As of December 14th, 2025, the new “State of the Art” Wissahickon Transit Center is now open. This is a major milestone for not just SEPTA, but the city of Philadelphia as well.
The original Wissahickon Transit Center was a trolley electricity substation, and was converted to a transit loop in the ’60s, only acting as a cutback for route 61 at the time, and sometimes-end point of route Z (now 35).
With I-76 being present, over time more and more routes were diverted to serve this location, including route A (present routes 9, and 27), E (present route 65), R (present route 82), 38, original route 45 (present routes 124 and 125) and more. Eventually, this small trolley substation would go on to serve over 5,000 passengers a day. That’s 84 articulated buses worth of people! With the original loop being too small for even one articulated bus, it was time for a change!
This new loop now has a “pull over” section for Ridge Avenue buses, as well as 8 individual berths for connecting transit routes to lay over and a boarding area for routes to board.
It also features indoor waiting areas, green scenery, and room for expansion.
Based on signs around the new transit center, more routes will be coming there in the future now that there is room. More than likely this will be in the form of the new bus network coming in the future.
As of now, here’s how the boarding patterns sit:
Routes 9, 27, 61, 62, 65, and 441 are currently unaffected as they will continue on Ridge Avenue as per usual. Their transit stops are outside of the current transit center.
- Route 38 now boards at Berth 1, the first berth on the side closes to I-76.
- Route 82 now boards at Berth 8, the berth closest to Main Street, near the bus exit.
- All other routes board at the waiting area opposite of Ridge Avenue. This is for routes 1, 35, 124, and 125
Based on this, there are currently 6 available berths, and when the bus network redesign comes, route 26 (current route K), and 60 would be extended to serve Wissahickon. Route 61 would also have regular cutbacks at Wissahickon, and Boulevard Direct Phase B would terminate at Wissahickon. This combined likely would fill in 4 or 5 of those available berths.
This new Wissahickon Transit Center was built with expansions in mind, unlike the previous transit center.
