SEPTA Key’s Regional Rail rollout advances with more ‘tap to exit’ tech coming to stations
Starting Monday, Regional Rail riders will be able to tap their SEPTA Key Cards to exit at Jefferson Station weekdays from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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SEPTA regional rail train. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
SEPTA and a citizens’ crime commission have announced a $6,000 reward for information in the shooting of a conductor on a commuter train platform last week.
The transportation authority said the train was stopped Friday afternoon at a station in the Mount Airy neighborhood when a gunman opened fire during an attempted robbery, hitting the 57-year-old conductor at least once in the back of the thigh. The 19-year SEPTA employee was later reported in stable condition at a hospital.
Transit police released surveillance images of two suspects Monday, with Chief Thomas Nestel calling them “SEPTA’s most wanted people.” The transit agency is putting up $5,000 for the reward and the crime commission has added $1,000.