Franklin Square Station

Sector: Infrastructure / Historic Preservation
Role: Trade Partner — Concrete
Client: Delaware River Port Authority / PATCO
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Overall Project Investment: $29.3 Million

Project Overview

Originally opened in 1936, PATCO’s Franklin Square Station had been closed to passenger service since 1979. Its $29.3 million modernization brought the historic station back into service in 2025 after 46 years, restoring an important transportation connection beneath one of Philadelphia’s best-known public spaces.

As a Trade Partner on the larger station modernization, Torrado Construction contributed concrete and restoration work within its contracted scope. Work included exterior sidewalk construction surrounding the new station entrance along with concrete and related work at the underground platform level.

Working within a historic transit environment required careful execution and coordination as part of a broader construction team modernizing the station for contemporary passenger service.

Project Highlights

• Trade Partner — Concrete
• Concrete and related restoration work
• Exterior sidewalk construction
• Underground platform work
• Historic transportation environment
• Participation in a major transit modernization

Community Impact

The reopening of Franklin Square Station restored a transportation connection that had been absent for more than four decades. The modernized station improves access to Franklin Square, Old City, Chinatown, and surrounding destinations while strengthening PATCO connections between Philadelphia and South Jersey.

Torrado’s contribution represents one part of a larger project that brought a piece of Philadelphia transportation history back to life.