It is adjacent to North Broad station (served by SEPTA Regional Rail) and North Philadelphia station (served by Regional Rail and Amtrak).

The North Philadelphia station opened with the initial segment of the Broad Street Line on September 1, 1928, in the growing North Philadelphia area.

[2] As the neighborhood deteriorated over the decades, the passage was closed, and the headhouses at Glenwood Avenue became exit-only.

[2] Around 2005, SEPTA embarked on a $17.7 million reconstruction of the station which included five new headhouses (including the ability to enter from Glenwood), elevators for handicapped accessibility, new signage, and improved amenities.

The work was originally to be completed by in fall 2007;[3] however, by the end of 2007, the headhouses were finished but the elevators were not yet installed.