NRG Station

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title: "NRG Station" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["septa-metro-b-stations", "railway-stations-in-philadelphia", "railway-stations-in-the-united-states-opened-in-1973", "south-philadelphia", "1973-establishments-in-pennsylvania", "railway-stations-located-underground-in-pennsylvania"] description: "Rapid transit station in Philadelphia, U.S." topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_Station" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Rapid transit station in Philadelphia, U.S. ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox station"]

Field	Value
name
style	SEPTA Metro
image	SEPTA AT&T (Pattison) station.jpg
image_caption	NRG Station platform
address	3600 South Broad Street
borough	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
coordinates
owned	City of Philadelphia
operator	SEPTA
platform	2 island platforms
tracks	4
connections	SEPTA City Bus:
structure	Underground
accessible	Yes
former	Pattison (1973–2010)
AT&T Station (2010–2018)
opened	April 8, 1973
passengers	4,295 Boardings (FY 2018) (weekday average)
services	{{Adjacent stations
line1	B1 adj
line2	B2 adj
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	15
mapframe-marker-color	#
mapframe-marker	rail-metro
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::callout[type=note] the rapid transit station serving the South Philadelphia Sports Complex ::

| name = | style = SEPTA Metro | image = SEPTA AT&T (Pattison) station.jpg | image_caption = NRG Station platform | address = 3600 South Broad Street | borough = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | coordinates = | owned = City of Philadelphia | operator = SEPTA | platform = 2 island platforms | tracks = 4 | connections = SEPTA City Bus: | structure = Underground | accessible = Yes | former = Pattison (1973–2010) AT&T Station (2010–2018) | opened = April 8, 1973 | passengers = 4,295 Boardings (FY 2018) (weekday average) | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=SEPTA Metro |line1=B1 adj|right1=Oregon |line2=B2 adj|right2=Walnut–Locust|note-mid2=special events}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = # | mapframe-marker = rail-metro NRG Station (formerly named AT&T Station, and earlier Pattison station) is the southern terminus of the SEPTA Metro B, located at 3600 South Broad Street, at the intersection with Pattison Avenue in the South Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station's naming rights were sold to NRG Energy in 2018. Previously, naming rights were sold to AT&T for eight years.

NRG Station is located within short walking distance of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, providing access to Citizens Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Field, Xfinity Mobile Arena, and Stateside Live!, the home venues of Philadelphia's four main professional sports teams – the Phillies, Flyers, 76ers, and Eagles, as well as the Temple University football team, select games of the Villanova University men's basketball team, and Philadelphia Wings lacrosse team.

All local Broad Street Line trains serve the station. SEPTA often operates special "Sports Express" trains before and after large events. These trains run nonstop between NRG Station and Walnut–Locust station and make express stops north to Fern Rock Transit Center. The station has a park and ride lot not operated by SEPTA; it is used for stadium parking during sporting events.

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/NRG_Station.jpg" caption="NRG Station house with [[Citizens Bank Park]] in the background"] ::

Pattison station opened for service on April 8, 1973 as one of the last two stations of the Broad Street subway to open, the other being the neighboring Oregon station. From 1938 until this station's opening, the line terminated at Snyder station. The two-station extension was built at a cost of $37 million in 1973 dollars.

Renaming

On June 17, 2010, the station was renamed "AT&T Station." Naming rights were sold to AT&T for five years at a cost of $5 million; SEPTA netted $3 million, while the agency's advertising contractor Titan Outdoor (now Intersection) received the remaining $2 million. The costs for renaming – included changing of all mentions of the station throughout the line to "AT&T Station and Sports Complex" – were covered by the $3 million. The initial contract was later extended for an additional three years.

On July 25, 2018, SEPTA announced that NRG Energy had agreed to a five-year contract for the station's naming rights, paying $5.25 million. The name change to NRG Station took effect on August 1 and was inaugurated on August 14. Intersection received 15% of this contract, or about $800,000. It cost about $150,000 to change around 7,000 signs in the SEPTA system to reflect the name change, as well as $97,000 to reprint 6,000 route maps. The contract also allows NRG to set up marketing tables in SEPTA stations, as well as rentable portable phone chargers in this station.

Station layout

Much like Oregon station, NRG Station has its fare control barriers at four street-level headhouses, all located on the east side of Broad Street. The station has an unusually wide and long island platform, long enough to hold multiple trains, to accommodate crush capacity crowds that occur regularly after events at the Sports Complex. There is an additional, infrequently-used platform on a level immediately beneath the regular service platform which is visible from the gated stairways along the length of the platform.

References

References

1. (September 5, 2010). "Broad Street Line Schedule". [[SEPTA]].
2. (April 7, 1973). "Subway Extension To Stadium Opens". [[Philadelphia Inquirer]].
3. (June 2020). "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". [[SEPTA]].
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5. McCrone, Brian. (26 July 2018). "The Last Stop on Broad Street Line? The SEPTA Station You Get Off for the Sports Stadiums? It's Getting a New Corporate Name".
6. (25 June 2010). "SEPTA approves changing name of Pattison station to AT&T". [[Philadelphia Inquirer]].
7. "Broad Street Line Sports Express". [[SEPTA]].
8. "Non-SEPTA parking for NRG Station (Formerly AT&T Station)". [[SEPTA]].
9. Hepp, John. (2013). "Subways and Elevated Lines". Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia.
10. ISEPTAPhilly Blog. "Route of the Week – Broad Street Line". [[SEPTA]].
11. (June 17, 2010). "Heading to game? Stop at AT&T Station". [[WHYY-FM.
12. Merritt, Athena D.. (June 18, 2010). "AT&T near naming rights to SEPTA stop".
13. (July 25, 2018). "SEPTA sells naming rights of AT&T Station to NRG". [[Philadelphia Inquirer]].
14. Saksa, Jim. (July 26, 2018). "SEPTA drops AT&T, renames ex-Pattison Station for NRG Energy". [[WHYY-FM.
15. Winberg, Michaela. (August 15, 2018). "SEPTA swapping 7,000 signs — at a cost of nearly $150,000 — to rename AT&T Station for NRG". Billy Penn.

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