With the New Flyer Xcelsior buses coming in quickly, SEPTA is actively retiring the New Flyer D40LF buses in the feet, as well as the New Flyer DE40LF “first generation” hybrids. This thread will keep track of all the current buses retired, and this first post will be updated every time something changes. Retired 2001…
Today was the ribbon-cutting ceremony and press conference for the SEPTA “Boulevard Direct” Service. The actual line debuts on October 22nd, 2017. The main goal of this new service is to cut down on travel times. SEPTA Route 14 normally would take anywhere from 47 minutes to an hour on this trip. Specially branded “Boulevard…
SEPTA, aka Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, awarded a 3-year contract to NovaBus for 90 forty-foot buses and 155 sixty-foot buses. Of the 155 sixty-foot buses, 70 are to be sixty-foot hybrid articulated buses, and 85 are to be sixty-foot clean diesel articulated buses to NovaBus. SEPTA may later secure funding to get 85 hybrid sixty-foot…
Philadelphia, PA: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has eliminated the R designations on the regional rail lines as of today, July 25th 2010. The R# used for SEPTA’s Regional Rail destination signs are now history. Though many local residents, who are used to R#’s, are sad to see that they’re history, this change will allow…
According to some reliable sources on Philadelphia Transit Forums, SEPTA has confirmed the order of New Flyer DE40LFRs after a long wave of SEPTA only ordering diesel/diesel-electric buses in the original style. These new hybrids will be arriving this year, and the Pilot buses 8340 and 8341 will arrive in March 2010. For transit fans in…
