Suburban Station, located at 16th Street and JFK Boulevard, was the underground terminus of the commuter rail lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR).

Underground replacement for Reading Terminal—originally to be called 11th Street Station—was part of the Market East redevelopment project.

Trains on the former PRR lines began providing service through the connection to and from Market East on September 3, 1984.

After allowing for final track connections to be made, trains from the former Reading Railroad began using the tunnel on November 10, 1984.

[3] Bernard Goldentyer was the CCCC Project Manager for the City of Philadelphia, making him responsible for coordinating the efforts over a dozen different contracts totaling over $250 million.