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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.
Route 103 runs between Ardmore and the 69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby. It began as a streetcar line in 1902, operated by the Ardmore and Llanerch Street Railway, then the Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company (PSTC, doing business as Red Arrow Lines) until converted bus operation to December 1966. SEPTA acquired PSTC ...
SEPTA is the major transit provider for the city of Philadelphia and four surrounding counties within the Philadelphia metropolitan area: Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks, and Chester. It is a state-created authority, with the majority of its board appointed by the five counties it serves. [6]
Operated by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company until 1939 [19] and the Philadelphia Transportation Company until 1968, [20] the SEPTA subway system consists of two rapid transit systems converging in Center City, and five surface level trolley lines operated in a shared subway through downtown Philadelphia.
Center City, Philadelphia: Philadelphia: PRT: 1936 – Operated by PATCO Speedline since 1968 9–10th & Locust: Bridge Center City, Philadelphia: Philadelphia: PTC: 1953 – Operated by PATCO Speedline since 1968 12–13th & Locust: Bridge Center City, Philadelphia: Philadelphia: PTC: 1953 – Operated by PATCO Speedline since 1968 15–16th ...
The Center City Commuter Connection was tied into the former Reading Ninth Street Branch on November 12, 1984, completing the SEPTA Main Line as it is defined today. SEPTA activated positive train control on the Main Line from Glenside to Fern Rock on December 12, 2016 and from Fern Rock to 30th Street on January 9, 2017.
Several dozen traction companies were consolidated in 1902 into the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. The PRT funneled the West Philadelphia lines into subway tunnels as they approached the city center. After the PRT declared bankruptcy in 1939, it was reopened as the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC), which was absorbed into SEPTA in ...