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The SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines are a collection of five SEPTA trolley lines that operate on street-level tracks in West Philadelphia and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and also underneath Market Street in Philadelphia's Center City. The lines, Routes 10, 11, 13, 34, and 36, collectively operate on about 39.6 miles (63.7 km) of route. [2]
Trolley service was originally anticipated to return in late 2021. [9] As of August 2023, six of the 18 cars were restored but still not enough to resume trolley service. [10] SEPTA expected trolleys would be in service in late 2023. [11] However, that goal was also not met. Trolleys finally returned to service on June 16, 2024. [12] [2]
SEPTA placed its order for these trolley buses in February 2006. [30] The first vehicle was delivered in June 2007, and the remaining 37 were received by SEPTA during 2008. [32] These trolley buses have a diesel-driven auxiliary power unit, which provides electric power to the motors to enable limited operation away from overhead trolley wires.
The former SEPTA Route 6 trolley in Philadelphia, c. 1980. SEPTA was created by the Pennsylvania legislature on August 17, 1963, to coordinate government funding to various transit and railroad companies in southeastern Pennsylvania. It commenced on February 18, 1964. [10] On November 1, 1965, SEPTA absorbed two predecessor agencies:
SEPTA Owl Link was an on-demand microtransit service that provided late night connections from City Transit routes to employers in lower Bucks County. The service connected with the Route 14 bus at Horizon Boulevard, the Route 56 bus at the Torresdale & Cottman Loop, and the Route 66 trackless trolley at the City Line Loop.
SEPTA's subway–surface trolley route 34, also called the Baltimore Avenue subway line, is a trolley line operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) that connects the 13th Street station in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Angora Loop station in the Angora neighborhood of West Philadelphia.
Route 10 turns west on Lansdowne Avenue and at 60th Street, where now-abandoned tracks end just short of the line. These tracks once belonged to SEPTA Bus Route 46 when it was a trolley line (abandoned on August 11, 1957 [3]), and later served as pull-in/pull-out tracks for Route 10 before it was moved to SEPTA's Elmwood Depot.
SEPTA upgraded its website in late 2023, [9] [10] before the planned rollout of SEPTA Metro in 2024. [11] SEPTA also upgraded their app to reflect the changes in late 2024. [12] The first updated signs were installed at Drexel Station at 30th Street in February 2024. [13] Wyoming Station on the B1 was the second to receive updated signs on ...