Tag: SEPTA

Beginning June 16, the restored 1947 trolleys will once again provide service from Port Richmond to West Philadelphia along Route 15 on Girard Avenue.

Portions of the new network, which trims the number of routes from 125 to 106, will launch on June 1, 2025, and continue through the fall.

Transit systems like SEPTA aren’t absent from urban planners’ guise of how public infrastructure impacts users physically and emotionally.

The transit agency is testing out a new gate system at 69th Street Station that would replace the traditional turnstiles currently in use.

The victim and the suspect have yet to be identified.

Northeast High School students have returned to class after the mass shooting injured 8 students.

After two years of public comment, SEPTA’s bus-route overhaul is yet again back to the public for further comment before being approved for implementation.

Starting Monday, passengers with a SEPTA Key card can tap in up to five riders for the same trip.

The transit agency is working to bring its service back to pre-pandemic levels.

SEPTA’s CEO said the rail cars, which have been around since the late ‘90s, have “reached the end of their useful life” and that “commuters deserve better.”

The rebuilt trolleys have modern underpinnings and a vintage look. SEPTA expects them to be back in service this spring.

“Based on our discussions with SEPTA, if you adopt my proposal they will not cut service or raise fares,” Shapiro told lawmakers Tuesday.

Hundreds rallied and rode the Chestnut Hill West Regional Rail line Sunday as Gov. Josh Shapiro plans to increase transit funds.

“SEPTA does not want to make these cuts, especially at a time when ridership is growing,” CEO Leslie Richards said during Thursday’s board meeting.

“We cannot let SEPTA be decimated,” one resident said. “I could only imagine what else is on the chopping block.”