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The first trackless trolley (trolley bus) service in Philadelphia was operated by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, [5] which had been established in 1902 [6] by the merger of several then-independent transit companies operating within the city and its environs.
The City Transit Division of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) operate almost all of Philadelphia's public transit, including all six trolley, three trackless trolley, and 70 bus lines within city limits. Some of the bordering municipalities are served by the City Transit division, despite not being part of the city.
Trolleybuses in Philadelphia From an alternative name : This is a redirect from a title that is another name or identity such as an alter ego, a nickname, or a synonym of the target, or of a name associated with the target.
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]
Callowhill Depot is home to two SEPTA trolley routes and 11 bus routes. The depot's trolley bays are 2, 3 and 4. Bay 2 is the rail shop, bay 3 is used by Route 10, and bay 4 is used by Route 15. These routes all operate in West Philadelphia, with their eastern terminus being either in downtown Center City Philadelphia or North Philadelphia.
SEPTA City Transit Division: Began service: 1859 () [2] 1894 () (electric trolley) [2] 1992 () (bus service) Former operator(s) Philadelphia Transportation Company: Route; Locale: Philadelphia: Communities served: North Philadelphia, Northwest Philadelphia, Chinatown: Start: 11th and Market Streets: Via: Germantown Avenue 11th Street (northbound)
Route 10, [a] currently in the rebranding stage to become T1, it is one of the five routes that is part of the SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines that connects the 13th Street station in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the 63rd Street–Malvern Avenue station in the Overbrook section of West Philadelphia.
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]