Market
Reading Terminal Market
The main reason to use this stop. Crowds and raised thresholds at the stalls vary. The market’s website lists its step-free doors.
Accessibility page for Reading Terminal Market
Better for Reading Terminal Market
8th-Market
Planned for wheelchair riders
A transfer station between the Market-Frankford Line and the Broad-Ridge Spur, with elevators. It’s the practical stop for Reading Terminal Market if you need a wheelchair-friendly station in Center City.
Written for riders heading to Reading Terminal Market.
- Market-Frankford
- Broad-Ridge Spur
Station 2457
- Elevators
- 2 · Street ↔ platform
- Escalators
- Check agency status
- After the elevator
- Outdoor route
Why this stop exists for Reading Terminal Market
8th & Market · the way to Reading Terminal Market
The station is accessible. After the elevator, you still go outside or through a concourse to the market.
Disability & mobility
Elevators first. Then the market at street level.
8th-Market is marked wheelchair-accessible. From here, Reading Terminal Market is a short trip outside or through a concourse. You can only start that trip if the elevators up from the platform are working.
Mall
Independence Mall · head east
Same station, but a longer trip outside, east toward 5th Street. If the elevators at 5th St/Independence Hall station are working, use that stop instead.
Backup for Independence Mall if 5th Street elevators are out
Accessible stops in Center City are not interchangeable. 8th-Market is the stop for Reading Terminal Market. 5th Street is the stop for Independence Hall.
If the 8th-Market elevators are out, check our map before you board. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) elevator status: www3.septa.org/elevators.
On the ground
What the trip actually feels like
Three steps: the elevator, Market Street, the market hall.
01
Check the elevators before you board
This is an underground transfer station. The only other way up or down is stairs.
02
Come up toward Reading Terminal Market
A short trip outside or through a concourse. Crowds are the main difficulty.
03
Don’t confuse this stop with 5th Street
Independence Mall is a longer trip outside from here than from 5th Street.
Why this stop feels like this
A transfer stop that is also the way to Reading Terminal Market
- LineMarket-Frankford Line
- SpurBroad-Ridge Spur
- MarketReading Terminal Market at street level
- TodayElevator, then the market
8th-Market is the wheelchair-friendly way to reach Reading Terminal Market, when the elevators are working.
The stop is under Market Street. From here, riders can reach Reading Terminal Market without depending on nearby stations that are not accessible.
If an elevator is out, change plans; don’t treat it as a small delay. The market is only close once you’re past the elevator.
On the street
Where you'll come out
8th-Market station
8th Street · Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
8th-Market elevators · to Reading Terminal Market
Market-Frankford Line · Broad-Ridge Spur
Nearby when the elevators work: Reading Terminal Market. Independence Mall is farther away; use 5th Street station when you can.
Open 8th-Market on the live mapLive elevator status at 8th-MarketAfter the elevator
Travel time from this station
Sorted shortest first. Times are hand-set for a chair or stroller pace after you clear the elevators — not live routing.
At the venue
What each place offers
We copied these by hand from each venue’s own pages. They may be out of date or wrong, so confirm on the venue’s page before you go.
Reading Terminal Market
- The market is all on one level. Every entrance is step-free except Door 3 (12th and Arch Streets), which has 3 steps. Automatic door openers are at Door 6 (12th Street) and Door 9 (Filbert Street).
- Accessible indoor seating in Center Court and the Rick Nichols Room, and accessible restrooms.
- The market doesn’t lend wheelchairs or scooters.
Source: Reading Terminal Market
Last look
Before you go
Four things to check before you go.
Check the map
Make sure the 8th-Market elevators are working before you ride.
Plan on Reading Terminal Market
It’s the short trip from this stop.
Use 5th Street for Independence Hall
It’s closer to Independence Mall, when its elevators are working.
Verify market access
The market’s website lists its step-free doors. Our map covers the station elevators. Check both.
About this guide. We put these guides together by hand. Travel times are our own estimates, and venue details are copied from their websites, so either can be wrong or out of date. Check the venue’s page before you go. For elevators, trust the live map and the transit agency.