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Philadelphia Tribune - Summer Sojourner 2008 - Index

Sightseeing Tours
Philadelphia Trolley Works
The Philadelphia Trolley Works is a
fun way to see the city and all that it
has to offer. The 90-minute tour
includes all day on/off privileges and
a tour of Fairmount Park. For more
information, call (215) 389-8687 or
visit phillytour.com
Ride the Ducks
This unique tour provides passengers
with an 80-minute entertaining,
historically accurate, land and water
sightseeing adventure aboard
amphibious WWII Duck vessels.
Each tour features a scenic journey
past Philadelphia’s historical and cultural
sites, including Old City,
Independence Mall, Society Hill and
South Street before plunging into the
Delaware River just South of the Ben
Franklin Bridge for a 20-minute water
tour along Penn’s Landing featuring a
spectacular view of the Bridge and
the city skyline.
For more information call (215)
227-3825 or visit phillyducks.com.
Philadelphia Pass
The Philadelphia Pass grants you
admission to over 30 city attractions
and museums. Tickets are available
at the Independence Visitors Center
(across from the Liberty Bell) and the
National Constitution Center, 6th and
Arch sts. For more information, call
(888) 567-7277 or visit philadelphiapass.com.
City Pass
A City Pass ticket includes admission
to six major city attractions,
including the Franklin Institute, the
Adventure Aquarium, the Academy of
Natural Sciences and more. For ticket
information, call (707) 256-0490 or
visit citypass.com.
I Glide Tours & Rentals
Tour the Philadelphia Museum of
Art district on a guided segway tour.
For tour information, call (215) 735-
1700 or visit iglidetours.com/philadelphia.
City Guide — Listings
SEPTA (215) 580-7800 - a comprehensive
series of trains, buses, subways
and streetcars that run throughout Center
City and the surrounding suburbs.
Red, white and blue buses with the
SEPTA logo travel in Center City,
Philadelphia. Call for specific travel
instructions and additional information
on fares. See Rail Map. For more information,
visit www.septa.com.
Subway lines - the Market-Frankford,
which crisscrosses the city east and
west & the Broad Street Line, which travels
north and south. Fare on most routes
is $2.00. Discount tokens and passes
available at SEPTA sales offices. SEPTA
offers a “day pass” or tourist pass that
allows visitors unlimited riding for a single
day on all city transit vehicles plus a
one-way trip on the Airport Line. Day
passes cost $5.50 and can be purchased
at www.shop.SEPTA.org.
Commuter Rail - Suburban Station,
Market East Station, and the historic
30th Street Station provide transit in and
around the city. Suburban and Market
East are at the heart of the Center City
shopping and business district. The 30th
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Street Station provides connections with
AMTRAK (215-824-1600). Also, the University
City Station provides transit service
to the University of Pennsylvania
area. All of these stations connect the
whole rail system with the Airport Rail
Line.
Route 42 - travels from Center City to
the Civic Center and University City.
Route 76 - travels from Society Hill
along South Street to Market Street and
the Benjamin Franklin Parkway all the
way up to the Philadelphia Museum of
Art, the Zoo and Fairmount Park.
Airport Rail Line (R1) - links the entire
SEPTA rail system in Center City with
the Philadelphia International Airport.
Runs daily, every 1/2 hour.
Philly PHLASH - Downtown Loop (215)
4-PHLASH - see Philly in a PHLASH
with this downtown loop service that provides
a comfortable and soothing traveling
experience from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m,
March 1-November 30. The purple minishuttle
bus transports visitors to most of
the city’s historic sites. There are continuous
loops from Logan Circle, through
Center City (with stops at City Hall, the