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Route 23 was once Philadelphia's longest streetcar route, [4] extending south to 11th St. and Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia, and was one of three suspended by SEPTA in 1992. A restoration of trolley service has been proposed in recent years, with a feasibility study planned between 2021 and 2027. [ 5 ]
The original fleet of ten 23-foot-2-inch (7.06 m) Brill "Rail-less Cars" of 1923–24 was replaced in 1935 by eight Brill T30 vehicles, another short vehicle. With the conversion of the major Ridge Avenue route (61) to trolley buses in 1941, Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) again turned to Brill for the needed additional vehicles.
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The trolleys will be distributed among SEPTA's subway–surface lines and its Route 15 in Philadelphia, and its Routes 101 and 102 in neighboring Delaware County. The first trolley is expected to be delivered from Alstom in the Spring of 2027, with the last trolley to be delivered some time in 2030.
In the 1980s, SEPTA was in the process of upgrading its subway–surface trolley lines, replacing its fleet of PCCs with new light rail cars. Some lines, such as Routes 6, 50, 53, and 60 were converted to buses, while Routes 15, 23, and 56 continued to use PCCs into the 1990s. In 1992, SEPTA ended streetcar service on these three lines as well.
Callowhill Depot was an all-trolley depot until May 28, 1955, when Route 70 (52nd Street Line) was converted to bus operation. Callowhill Depot was the base of all streetcar routes that operated in West Philadelphia, until National City Lines converted most of them to buses.
This is a route-map template for SEPTA Route 23, a Philadelphia bus and former trolley route.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Although some of Philadelphia's transit lines date to the 19th century and the SEPTA agency began operations in 1965, the transit network itself had no formal name until 2024, when it was named "SEPTA Metro" as part of an effort to make the system easier to navigate. The effort is also replacing each line's name with a single letter, plus a ...