BROAD STREET STATION Train No. 23, scheduled to arrive at 11.47 p.m., April 26, 1952 will be the last train operated into Broad Street Station. Train No. 431, scheduled to leave at 1.10 a.m., April 27, 1952 will be the last train dispatched from Broad Street Station. After departure of Train No. 431, Broad Street Station will be officially closed to all Passenger Train Service. "A" Tower will remain open until 11.01 a.m., April 27, 1952 to allow removal of all passenger car equipment from Broad Street Station. Railway Express facilities at 18th and Market Streets will remain at the present location until porper facilities are provided elsewhere. Track leading from the east side of the Schuylkill River to the Railway Express facilities, connected at east side of the river by interlocked switch and signals, controlled by Broad, will be provided. All swithces east of the Schuylkill River will be hand operated. Demolition of Broad Street Station Building and the Chinese Wall to 17th Street will start promptly after the closing of Broad Street Station.
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