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Broad Street Run: Getting there

This Sunday, May 3, The Broad Street Run will be back again. Here is what you need to know if you are heading down to either run, or to cheer on the pack.

    by Tracey Romero
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This Sunday, May 3, The Broad Street Run will be back again. The course route will start at the Central High School Athletic Field at Broad Street and Somerville Avenue and finish inside the Philadelphia Navy Yard at the end of Broad Street in South Philadelphia. Here is what you need to know if you are heading down to run or cheer on the pack.

Getting There

Streets will be closed in connection with the Broad Street Run. If driving, you are advised to use alternate routes and to avoid areas along the race course. Be sure to also allow for longer driving times.

The following areas are the most impacted:

  1. Broad Street and cross streets along the race course (Somerville Avenue to the Philadelphia Navy Yard)

Due to the limited amount of parking in the start area, race officials recommend runners park their cars for free near the finish area in FDR Park or at one of the stadium lots and take SEPTA's Broad Street line to the start area.

Runners who are officially registered can show their race bib to SEPTA station cashiers on the line for free, easy access to trains before and after the race.

Public Transportation Detours

More than 30 Bus Routes and the 15 Trolley will be detoured beginning as early as 3:30am on Sunday. Enhanced service will operate on Sunday on the Broad Street Line. The affected lines are: 3, 4, 7,9,12, 16, 17, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 48, 53, 54, 56, 60, 61, 64, 68, 75, 79, 124, 125, G, J, H, XH, and R. Service on Trolley Route 15 will be replaced by buses for the entire route to accommodate detours around Broad Street and Girard Avenue. You can find individual route detours on the System Status page of www.septa.org.

Passengers planning to use surface transit this weekend are encouraged to plan around these detours, allow extra time for travel, and to use rail travel alternatives including the Broad Street, Market Frankford, Regional Rail, and Trolley Lines where available to minimize delays.

Additionally, starting at 4:10am on Sunday, there will be twelve additional trains on the Broad Street Line to shuttle runners, spectators, and passengers along Broad Street between Fern Rock & AT&T Station. These additional trains will supplement normally scheduled local train service on the line. Broad Street Line trains are scheduled to make the 8-mile express trip from Olney to City Hall in less than 15 minutes. Olney Transportation Center is a short walk from the race's starting line while AT&T Station provides the best access to the race's finish line in South Philadelphia.

For live coverage of the 2015 Broad Street Run, visit philly.com/broadstreetrun.

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