Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The former SEPTA Route 6 trolley in Philadelphia, c. 1980. SEPTA was created by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, on August 17, 1963, to coordinate government funding to various transit and railroad companies in southeastern Pennsylvania. It commenced operations on February 18, 1964. [10] On November 1, 1965, SEPTA absorbed two predecessor ...
The SEPTA Regional Rail system (reporting marks SEPA, SPAX) is a commuter rail network owned by SEPTA and serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The system has 13 branches and more than 150 active stations in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , its suburbs and satellite towns and cities .
A new alignment of the PW&B (now the NEC) opened November 18, 1872, and on July 1, 1873, the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, later the Reading Company, leased the old line for 999 years. Connection was made over the PRR's Junction Railroad and later the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad. However, as a condition ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Major stops along the route include Oxford Circle and the Alma Loop in Castor, which is near a shopping center and a junior high and senior high school. It is one of three surviving routes of the Philadelphia trolley bus system. The trackless trolleys (or trolleybuses) replaced trolley cars (streetcars) on the route on in June 25, 1950. [2]
Notes References Lines SEPTA Regional Rail lines Line Weekday ridership (FY 2023) Route length Inbound terminus [b] Outbound terminus Airport Line 5,268 12.10 mi (19.47 km) Temple University Airport Terminals E & F Chestnut Hill East Line 2,318 12.20 mi (19.63 km) 30th Street Station Chestnut Hill East Chestnut Hill West Line 2,768 14.59 mi (23.48 km) Temple University Chestnut Hill West ...
SEPTA Metro is an urban rail transit network in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority . The network includes two rapid transit lines, a light metro line, a suburban trolley line with 2 branches, a surface-running streetcar line, and a subway–surface trolley ...
1.9 (3.1) SEPTA City Bus: 31, 52: 7,498 46th Street: 2.5 (4.0) SEPTA City Bus: 31, 64: 5,011 Rebuilt station opened April 14, 2008 Was a "B" Stop until discontinuation of Skip Stop service 40th Street: 3.2 (5.1) SEPTA Metro: Subway–Surface Trolleys (diverted/nighttime routes only) SEPTA City Bus: 30, 40, LUCY: 6,624 Original station was ...