Best Ways To Get To The Game

Unfortunately we live in a city where our beloved sports teams all play in the middle of nowhere. And as a kid from the burbs, this is especially heartbreaking for me as it takes a great deal of time and effort to reach a Phillies, Flyers, Sixers, or Eagles game.



If you live in Bucks County or north of Philadelphia hopefully this article will help you find the least stressful and most enjoyable way to reach the teams you love.



95

The easiest way to get down to South Philly is to hop on 95. The only problem is if you leave at about 5:00 or later you’re going to run into stop and go traffic starting at Woodhaven and ending all the way down at around the Allegheny exit near Center City. If you have the resources to leave at 4:00 or earlier you shouldn’t hit any traffic and should have plenty of time before your event.



Boulevard

If you want to try and bypass the traffic of 95, the Roosevelt boulevard is a great alternative. The only problem with the boulevard is that it gets a little backed up around the Neshaminy exit and turnpike exit. But after that if you are willing to put up with the stop lights and the stop and go, the boulevard is for the most part a smooth ride. I geuss another negative about taking the boulevard is eventually you have to make your way east over to 95. Your best options are to get on at either Bridge Street or Allegheny.



West Trenton Train

The West Trenton line is very convenient because you have a lot of options as to where to get on. My advice is try to pick a stop where you know you can park for free. Once on, the best place to get off is either Fern Rock Transportation Center or City Hall. From there you hop on the Broad Street subway line and you’re there. It costs roughly 8 dollars if you’re traveling from Yardley down to Fern Rock or City Hall, and for the subway it costs roughly 4 dollars depending on whether or not you have a transit pass. Considering the facts that parking is $15 and the price of gas is not cheap, if you’re traveling alone and meeting your friends down at a game the train is your cheapest and least stressful option.



Trenton Train

Probably the quickest and best way to get down the game for me is hopping on the Trenton line at Cornwell’s Heights. The Cornwell’s Heights stop is right after the Bensalem exit on 95 and right before all the traffic of Woodhaven. Parking is free at Cornwell and it takes roughly 20-25 minutes to get into the city. Once into the city you get off at Suburban Station where you hop on the Broad Street Line. You don’t have to worry about traffic after the game because Septa does a pretty good job of providing a lot of express subway trains from the stadium back into the city.



Depending on where you live there are probably a million other ways to get down to South Philly. As a kid from Bucks County these are some of the smartest ways I could come up with to get down to the games. Feel free to comment on how you get to the game or ideas of other smart ways to travel to South Philadelphia.