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SEPTA's creation provided government subsidies to such operations and thus kept them from closing down. For the railroads, at first it was a matter of paying the existing railroad companies to continue passenger service. In 1966 SEPTA had contracts with the PRR and Reading to continue commuter rail services in the Philadelphia region. [15]
Selected trips rerouted off 9th Street to bypass the Italian Market on June 11, 1989, due to traffic congestion. On May 16, 1993, all northbound service was moved to 7th Street. On May 16, 1993, northbound 9th Street service was reassigned to Route 47 m, operating northbound only and not on Mondays (as the Italian Market is closed).
SEPTA did replace two of the routes with their own bus service. Route 122 service was replaced by SEPTA's Route 91 on July 6, 1982 after only one year of service; Route 91 was eliminated due to lack of ridership. Route 121 was replaced by SEPTA's Route 92 on October 11, 1982; this service continues to operate today.
SEPTA Metro consists of twelve lines containing thirteen trains; The L and B, both of which were inherited from the former Philadelphia Transportation Company, and originally built by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company.
22nd Street 3.9 (6.3) 1 Glenwood, Philadelphia: North Philadelphia: 4.5 (7.2) Amtrak: Keystone Service SEPTA Regional Rail: Chestnut Hill West Line SEPTA Metro: Broad Street Line SEPTA City Bus: 4, 16: 11th Street Fairhill, Philadelphia: North Penn Junction Harrowgate, Philadelphia: Harrowgate Frankford Junction: Discontinued October 4, 1992 [9]
The Warminster Line is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail system. It serves stations between its namesake town, Warminster, and Center City Philadelphia.Half of the route is shared by other lines, including the Lansdale/Doylestown Line, West Trenton Line, Fox Chase Line, Chestnut Hill East Line, and Manayunk/Norristown Line.
From this point the route was designated R7 Chestnut Hill East as part of SEPTA's diametrical reorganization of its lines; trains continued on to the Trenton Line. [4] The R-number naming system was dropped on July 25, 2010. [5] As of 2022, most Chestnut Hill East Line trains continue through Center City to the Trenton Line. [6]
SEPTA and Amtrak share the four-track Main Line grade of the "Keystone Corridor" between Philadelphia and Thorndale. This branch makes local stops between Thorndale and Center City Philadelphia along Amtrak's Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line, an electrified 104-mile two to four-track high-speed route between Harrisburg Transportation Center in Harrisburg and 30th Street Station in ...