Tasker–Morris station

Rapid transit station in Philadelphia

Preceding station	SEPTA			Following station
Snyder toward NRG		Broad Street Line		Ellsworth–Federal toward Fern Rock T.C.

Future services (2024)

Preceding station	SEPTA Metro			Following station
Snyder toward NRG				Ellsworth–Federal toward Fern Rock Transit Center
(special events) does not stop here

Location

Tasker–Morris station is a rapid transit passenger rail station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line.^[2] It is located at 1600 South Broad Street in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and serves only local trains. The station is named for the nearby Tasker Street to the north and Morris Street to the south. In between the two streets is a customer service office for the Philadelphia Gas Works.

The streets Tasker and Morris were named after Thomas P. Tasker and Henry and Stephen Morris, the two families that founded the companies Morris, Tasker & Morris, and later the Pascal Iron Works, which occupied a site on Fifth Street between the two streets that would later take their name.^[3]

The song "Tasker-Morris Station" by The Menzingers is about the station. The song "Wedding Singer" by Modern Baseball also references the station.

Station layout

There are four street entrances to the station, two at Broad and Tasker streets, as well as two at Broad and Morris streets.

Gallery

The mezzanine level of Tasker-Morris station, facing Morris Street.
Station entrance

References

^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Capital Budget" (PDF). SEPTA. June 25, 2020. p. 64. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
^ "Official web page".
^ The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Steel pipe, like cheese steaks, traces its American roots to South Philadelphia" Posted February 24, 2017