SEPTA
Why Did SEPTA Kick Protesters Off the Subway During the DNC?
A curious thing happened Tuesday afternoon. I was on my way to the Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center, traveling southbound on the Broad Street Line, when […]
SEPTA Suspends Pay-on-Board Option for Some Trains at Center City Stops
SEPTA Regional Rail commuters might want to leave five minutes earlier to catch the train next week. Starting Monday, passengers boarding Regional Rail trains at […]
Conventioneers, It’s Clear: Take the Subway
Back in 1983, when I moved here, SEPTA’s official Philadelphia Street and Transit Map (still the best paper map of the city around, if you can […]
SEPTA: Expect Crowds on the Broad Street Line All Week
SEPTA is also part of the city’s mobilization effort to get the delegates and hangers-on for the 2016 Democratic National Convention where they’re going. The […]
Hyundai Rotem Blames SEPTA Regional Rail Troubles on Improper Welding
The SEPTA Regional Rail car troubles that have led a third of the fleet to be removed from service are due to improper welding, Hyundai […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: We Made It Through the SEPTA Slowdown
Can we be frank? We thought this was going to be much, much worse, people.
SEPTA Adds 10 More Cars to Roster, Reshuffles Service Starting Monday
SEPTA announced this afternoon (July 15th) that it has secured 10 more rail cars from Maryland, and as a result, the interim weekday schedule in […]
SEPTA Shows Us Just How Hard-to-Detect Those Silverliner V Stress Fractures Are
This morning (July 14th) at its Overbrook Maintenance Facility, SEPTA Assistant General Manager for Operations Ron Hopkins took the assembled media on an inspection tour […]
Former Philly Mag Pinup Pup to Cover DNC With SEPTA’s K-9 Unit
When last we reported on Quest back in the September 2014 issue of Philly Mag, the German shepherd was a 10-week-old pup on his first day […]
Comcast Opens Wi-Fi Hotspots to Ease Commuter Woes
Comcast announced on Tuesday that it is opening up free access to more than 150 XFinity WiFi hotspots at SEPTA Regional Rail and High Speed Line […]
Explainer: What SEPTA’s Inspectors Should Be Asking About Those Silverliner V Wheel Assemblies
SEPTA and Hyundai Rotem have three possible options for returning the Silverliner V railcars to revenue service: Repair the damaged equalizer bars. Replace the damaged […]
SEPTA GM on This Morning’s Commute: We’re Getting There
Two of the three trainsets SEPTA has borrowed from Amtrak, the Maryland Transit Administration and New Jersey Transit went into service for this morning’s commute, Day […]
Here’s the New SEPTA Interim Weekday Schedule
A new SEPTA interim weekday schedule went into effect this morning in hope of easing travel for Regional Rail commuters this week. SEPTA released the schedule last […]
SEPTA: Don’t Expect to See Silverliner Vs Back Before Labor Day
While SEPTA is working to get additional service for Regional Rail riders in place, it’s also working to get the sidelined Silverliner V railcars back […]
SEPTA to Add 1,700 Regional Rail Seats Starting Monday
There’s a little good news for SEPTA Regional Rail riders who have been left stranded on platforms at the morning rush: Starting Monday, you may […]