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News and Updates
New SEPTA Regional Rail Schedules go into Effect Today
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority‘s new regional rail schedules go into effect today, July 5th 2026. Highlights of the new schedules include…. For more information and details on the changes and improvements, check SEPTA’s official website, and more specifically, the Regional Rail section.
Smaller Buses Return to SEPTA’s Frontier Depot
Conshohocken, PA: After 15 years of exclusively operating forty-foot buses, SEPTA’s Frontier Depot finally houses smaller buses, meant to operate on lower ridership routes. These buses come in the form of SEPTA’s 2016 New Flyer MD30s which prevously only operated on contracted routes 310, LUCY, and the Cornwells Heights Parking Lot Shuttles. Unlike the forty-foot…
SEPTA’s Summer 2026 Schedules Go Into Effect Today
SEPTA‘s Summer 2026 schedules go into effect today, June 14th 2026. This schedule change mostly focuses on enhancements to service to the FIFA World Cup Fan Festival at Lemon Hill. Highlights include: The changes to routes 32 and 48 will revert in the fall schedule changes, but the changes to route 52 are permanent. The…
Photo of the Month, June 2026
Congratulations to Miekijackson2005 for winning Photo of The Month for June 2026 with this picture of a CENTRO Diesel powered Orion VII 3rd Gen. This month’s theme was “Travel via Transit”. All members of the discord server were invited to submit their photographs showing places transit can take you, with the photo being focused more on the background. The…
Overnight SEPTA Trolley Tunnel Service Resumes TONIGHT!
Philadelphia, PA Starting tonight, at 10pm, all SEPTA Metro Trolley service will continue overnight into the tunnel to 15th St / City Hall Station. Regular Sunday and Monday night diversions to 40th Street will still remain. After the 2025 Trolley Tunnel Blitz, SEPTA discovered many faults in the trolley wires and sliders in the tunnel,…
SEPTA Route T5 Trolleys Return to Island Avenue
Philadelphia, PA After three long years of rebuilding, SEPTA Metro Route T5 (former route 36) will return to 80th St/Eastwick Loop on May 24th, 2026 In Spring 2022, the City of Philadelphia started what is known as the “Island Avenue Improvement Program” which involved rebuilding much of Island Avenue, including SEPTA Metro Route T5 (former…
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