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1950-1964 Philadelphia Transportation Company PTC Pennsylvania rapid transit token pendant electric bus tram streetcars trackless trolley Market Frankford L line Broad Street Delaware River Bridge Line Front Street Locust Street South Street SEPTA n002890

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1950-1964 Philadelphia Transportation Company PTC transit token  

The Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) was the main public transit operator in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1940 to 1968.

A private company, PTC was the successor to the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT), in operation since 1902, and was the immediate predecessor of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).

PTC was established on January 1, 1940, by the merger of the PRT and several smaller, then-independent transit companies operating in and near the city. It operated a citywide system of bus, trolley, and trackless trolley routes, the Market–Frankford Line (subway-elevated rail), the Broad Street Line (subway), and the Delaware River Bridge Line (subway-elevated rail to City Hall, Camden, New Jersey, and now part of the PATCO Speedline) which became SEPTA's City Transit Division.

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front lettering: 
PHILADELPHIA 
PTC

back lettering: 
PTC

• quantity 1
• demonetized {no longer in circulation} polished Brass token 
• diameter: 20 mm
• weight: 3.27 g

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