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Transit Service Update

September 17, 2020

    TRANSIT SERVICE UPDATE

    Summer schedules will remain in effect for most Transit Routes with the following changes effective Tuesday September 8, 2020:

    LUCY GOLD and GREEN ROUTES – full schedule resumes
    ROUTES 310/311 (HORSHAM BREEZE)
    ROUTES 102, 110, 115 – school trips added
    NORRISTOWN HIGH SPEED LINE – schedule adjustments for on-going track work improvements
    ROUTE 91 SERVICE REMAINS SUSPENDED

    💳 PLEASE NOTE: CASHIERS AT MARKET FRANKFORD AND BROAD ST LINE STATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTING CASH AT THE BOOTH. CASH CAN BE USED AT A STATION FARE KIOSK TO PURCHASE A QUICK TRIP OR SEPTA KEY CARD

    🛤️ 2020 TRACK RENEWAL PROJECT construction continues with work taking place on 58th Street between Chester and Woodland Avenues. Work will take starting Tuesday, September 8 and continuing through November 7, 2020. For further information click here

    🗓️Please pay attention to schedule updates when planning your next trip!

    COVID TRAVEL REMINDERS

      • Customers are Required to Wear a Mask or Facial Coverings in SEPTA stations and on vehicles
      • Practice social distancing when waiting to board a vehicle, waiting on a platform, or when standing in line to purchase a fare at a SEPTA Key Fare Kiosk or Sales window – stay 6 feet apart
      • Observe seat barriers and respect Crew requests for seating distancing
      • Respect the Operator – observe the 6 foot social distancing markers at the front of the bus
      • Front Door Boarding and Fare Collection in Effect on Bus and Trolley Routes
      • EXIT Using the Center Door (Except Riders with Disabilities and Seniors Requiring Assistance)
      • Vehicle capacity limits will continue

    To ensure there is sufficient space for customers to exercise social distancing, the maximum number of riders per vehicle is limited as follows:

      • Bus: 40 ft. maximum 20 customers
      • Articulated maximum 30 customers
      • Routes 204, 310, 311, LUCY Gold/LUCY Green maximum 10 customers
      • Trolley: maximum 25 customers

    🚫CONCOURSE ENTRANCE CLOSURES TO MARKET FRANKFORD/BROAD STREET LINE STATIONS

    Select Concourse stairways and access points to Market Frankford/Broad Street Line Stations including the Dilworth Park stairs, 13th and Market entrances, and Broad Street Line headhouses between South Penn Square and Walnut Street are closed until further notice. The 15th & Market, North Filbert Street, and Broad & Locust entrances remain open. Please look for signs directing customers to alternate stairways.

    REGIONAL RAIL SERVICE UPDATE

    ✈️ Airport Line – Philadelphia International Airport Platform Closure

    🚫Beginning TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2020, Philadelphia International Airport is closing TERMINAL A-EAST.

    Airport Line trains WILL NO LONGER STOP at Terminal A center platform or baggage claims. All other Terminal Platforms (B, C/D, E/F) will remain open. The Terminal A closure will be in effect until further notice.

    🛤️WEST TRENTON LINE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR TRACK WORK – NEW TIMETABLE EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

    Due to an on-going, state of repair track project, Midday (8:45 a.m.-3:45 p.m.), Weekday (Monday-Friday) service for trains departing West Trenton for travel towards Center City will change on September 6 as follows:

      • During Weekday construction hour, ALL trains from West Trenton will depart scheduled station stops 27-33 MINUTES LATER than the times in the current schedule. Please check the new timetable on septa.org for train departure times
    • At all other times, Weekday trains departing FERN ROCK TRANSPORTATION CENTER will depart 2 MINUTES EARLIER than the times in the current schedule
      • Train Number 6365 will continue to depart from Fern Rock at 8:15 a.m.
    • A new Glenside Combined timetable with a September 6 date will also go into effect

    All other Regional Rail schedules with the August 16 date will remain in effect. Service on the Chestnut Hill West and Cynwyd Lines remains SUSPENDED and Wilmington Line service begins and ends at Wilmington Station.

    🚫SUBURBAN & JEFFERSON STATION ENTRANCE CLOSURES

    A limited number of entrances at Suburban and Jefferson Stations will be OPEN for SEPTA Regional Rail customers to enter/exit the Station

    SUBURBAN STATION:

    – 17th & JFK (stairs and elevator)

    – 15th & Market Sts

    – 16th & JFK will be open Monday-Friday

      • 6:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
      • 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

    JEFFERSON STATION:

    – 10th & Filbert (stairs and elevator)

    – 12th & Filbert (stairs and elevator) OPEN MONDAY – FRIDAY:

      • 6:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
      • 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

    ALL OTHER STAIRWAYS AND ENTRANCES AT THESE STATIONS WILL BE CLOSED, AT ALL TIMES. THESE CHANGES WILL BE IN EFFECT 7 DAYS A WEEK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

    Safe Travels,

    The Moovit Team

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