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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.
Metra is the descendant of numerous passenger rail services dating to the 1850s. The present system dates to 1974, when the Illinois General Assembly established the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) to consolidate transit operations in the Chicago area, including commuter rail as a public utility. The RTA's creation was a result of the ...
Notes References Lines SEPTA Regional Rail lines Line Weekday ridership (FY 2023) Route length Inbound terminus [b] Outbound terminus Airport Line 5,268 12.10 mi (19.47 km) Temple University Airport Terminals E & F Chestnut Hill East Line 2,318 12.20 mi (19.63 km) 30th Street Station Chestnut Hill East Chestnut Hill West Line 2,768 14.59 mi (23.48 km) Temple University Chestnut Hill West ...
SEPTA, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, is a regional public transportation authority [5] that operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly four million people throughout five counties in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It also manages projects that maintain ...
SEPTA Metro is an urban rail transit network in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority . The network includes two rapid transit lines, a light metro line, a surface-running trolley line, and a subway–surface trolley line, totaling 78 miles (126 km) [ b ] of rail ...
The SEPTA Regional Rail system (reporting marks SEPA, SPAX) is a commuter rail network owned by SEPTA and serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The system has 13 branches and more than 150 active stations in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , its suburbs and satellite towns and cities .
Rapid transit: All Stops 69th Street: Frankford: Broad Street Line: Rapid transit: Local NRG: Fern Rock: Express Walnut–Locust NRG (limited) Spur 8th–Market: Subway–Surface Trolleys: Subway/surface: Route 10: 63rd–Malvern/ Overbrook: 13th Street: Route 34: 61st–Baltimore/ Angora: Route 13: Yeadon Darby (limited) Route 11: Darby: Route ...
In 1974, the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) was created to provide stability in the commuter rail system, as most private commuter companies in the area were beginning to fail. [4] In 1984, RTA created the Commuter Rail Service Board to help with planning an organized commuter rail system in the Chicago area. [4] The board was renamed Metra ...