Introduction
SEPTA Bus Route 1 operates from PARX Casino and Northeast Philadelphia to 54th Street and City Avenue via City Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard. Operations of route 1 is split between Comly (District 1) and Frankford (District 2).
Official SEPTA Route 1 Map
https://schedules.septa.org/maps/1.pdf
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Service Patterns
While SEPTA Route 1 trips primarily end southbound at 54th Street and City Avenue, northbound trips could end at one of many locations:
- PARX Casino in Bensalem
- Drummand and Decatur Roads
- Roosevelt Boulevard and Pratt Street
- Byberry East Industrial Park
Some trips that originate or terminate at PARX Casino also operate via Drummand and Decatur, which is often noted by the “via Drummand and Decatur” on the signs.
All trips on SEPTA Route 1 serve limited stops between Wissahikcon and Hunting Park Avenues, and Oxford Circle on Roosevelt Boulevard, only making stops at…
- Hunting Park-Wissahickon
- Hunting Park-20th
- Hunting Park-18th/Clarissa
- Hunting Park-Germantown
- Hunting Park-Broad
- Roosevelt-9th
- Roosevelt-7th/Wyoming
- Roosevelt-5th
- Roosevelt-Mascher
- Roosevelt-Front
- Roosevelt-Rising Sun
- Roosevelt-C St
- Roosevelt Boulevard at Tower Center (Southbound)
- Roosevelt Boulevard at Friends Hospital (Northbound)
- Roosevelt-Pratt
- Roosevelt Boulevard at Oxford Circle
SEPTA Route 1 runs local service to all other stops along the route.
Transit Center and SEPTA Metro Station Connections
Major Transfer Points along route 1 include…
- Roosevelt Boulevard and Rhawn Street
- SEPTA bus routes 14, 20, 28, 50, Boulevard Direct
- Roosevelt Boulevard and Cottman Avenue
- SEPTA Bus Routes 14, 20, 50, 70, 77, Boulevard Direct
- Roosevelt Boulevard and Oxford Circle
- SEPTA Bus routes 19, 67, and 59
- Roosevelt Boulevard and Tower Center (Friends Hospital northbound)
- Roosevelt Boulevard and 5th Street
- SEPTA bus routes 47 and 75
- Hunting Park Avenue and Broad Street
- Hunting Park Avenue and Wissahickon Avenue
- Wissahickon Transit Center
- City Avenue
- SEPTA Bus routes 44, 52, and 65
Route 1 History
Route 1 to 23rd-Venango
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SEPTA Route 1 Started off as the Boulevard Limited service on November 18th 1957, running limited stop weekday service along Roosevelt Boulevard between Pennypack Circle and 23rd-Venango.
The first extension would be on September 3rd 1963, with the line being extended west via the Boulevard Extension and City Avenue to 54th Street.
The route was re-numbered to route 1 on September 12th, 1988, and a limited extension to 69th Street Transit Center (then called 69th Street Terminal) to the west would be added on the same date. Service on route 1 would also be slightly modified to serve Wissahickon Transit Center by request.
The route would also be extended to Red Lion and Academy Roads to the east. All limited service north of Harbison Avenue would become local all-stops service starting January 23rd 1989
This route was diverted to operate via Allegheny Avenue and Ridge Avenue to Wissahickon Transit Center and then via City Avenue instead of operating via the Boulevard extension to City Avenue, starting March 5th 1990
The limited extension to 69th Street Transit Center was discontinued on September 9th 1996.
The line would be extended north to Byberry East Industrial Park September 13th 1999.
Saturday service was introduced on February 23rd, 2004.
Service was extended north yet again to Philadelphia Park (Now Parx) Casino to the east on February 12th, 2007, alongside the creation of routes 50 and 150. This would become the way route 1 operates until February 2027. As with the New Bus network Phase 2, route 1 would be discontinued in favor of the Boulevard Direct being extended south into Wissahickon Transit Center.
Other Routes using the same numbers
Historically, there was no other bus routes that used number 1 externally. However, internally, the Market-Frankford Line was referred to as route 1.
New Bus Network Changes
Service on route 1 will be discontinued in February 2027 in favor of Boulevard Direct service.
Timetables
Below are some historic timetables for SEPTA’s Route 1. These are older (out of date) timetable scans with their effective dates listed.
- Boulevard Limited
- 1988
- Route 1
- 1995
- 1996
- June 17th 1996
- September 9th 1996
- Service to 69th Street Transit Center discontinued
- 1997
- 2004
- February 23rd 2004
- Saturday service added
- February 23rd 2004
Audio Announcements
Here are the audio announcements for SEPTA Route 1.