Septaman113 wrote:On the Eastern End,I heard that one time that the Sub Surface was supposed to go East to the river,but I dont know if that unused tunnel just past Juniper was a part of that or not.
On the western end, a number of years ago there was talk of extending the subway-surface tunnel all the way to Darby. I never saw anything about how they would have dealt with Routes 34,36, and 13, but I do remember the proposal.
Prior to the 1956 opening of the current tunnel, the subway-surface routes were 10, 11, 31,34,37 and 38. When the extension opened, 31 and 38 were bustituted, 37 was bustituted and changed to run from South Philly to Chester ( its original western terminus) and replaced in the subway, and south of Elmwood Ave & Island Rd. by Route 36. The eastern end of Route 13 was diverted into the subway from Chestnut and Walnut Streets. At the same time the all surface Route 42 on Spruce Street- Chestnut and Walnut Streets was bustituted. A number of other streetcar routes were bustituted and the 1923-26 8000 and 5200 series conventional cars retired ( the 5200's were the last double ended cars to run in the city) and the remaining streetcar system became all PCC.