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Yesterday on route 38, New Flyer #5466 collided into a homes on the 4000 block of Conshohocken Ave in Philadelphia. The cause of the collision was the driver was chocking on Candy and lost control of the vehicle. There were some injures, nothing severe, and 5466 suffered minor damage.
After two months of these units sitting at Germantown, the Suburban depots (Frontier/Victory) has received their full allotment of Hybrids. These hybrids are also being used on routes where they don’t belong. In fact, PTV forum member, joechopchop, has spotted one on the route 304.
Image Right: 8217 on the route 304 Taken by Joechopchop
During the Rush hour this morning, the EL was running shuttle buses between 15th Street and Spring Garden. At Noon, service has been restored, yet its single-track service. The cause was said to be a ceiling in the tunnel to have ceiling collapsed therefore, blocking the tracks!!
http://philadelphiatransitforums.cjb.net/topic/7076027/1/#new
There’s new schudule changes are set to go into effect on Monday, February 09 2009. There are a wide varity of changes thoughout the SEPTA system.
After several years of planning, the Route 121 will be elimated. Albeit, the Route 44 will cover most of its trips to Gladwyne and the Route 52 serve a smaller partion of these trips. Also added is a 12:00PM trip to Gladwyne which Some of the 44s will no longer serve 54th and City ave – Pay attention to the designation signs!!
The route 113 will operate to Tristate Mall in Delaware. It will no longer serve Marcus Hook; however, the route 119 has been rerouted to serve Marcus Hook.
To look at the preview schudules:
http://www.septa.org/service/preview_schedules.html
As Mark reported in the forums, N5 cars 143, 147 149, and 151 now have a new seating arrangement by the main entrance doors (the big two part ones). Right behind the window, there is a fold up seat facing sideways. The 2nd row of seats folds up as well, only mounted in the forward facing manner. To envision this, just think of the wheelchair arrangments for the New Flyer buses.
Fortunately, the seats aren’t being replaced. They will remain their comfy, soft, and brown selves.
Forum thread here: http://philadelphiatransitforums.cjb.net/topic/7072580/1/#new.
According to PhilBob on PTV, there are signs announcing the discontinuation of route 121 on Market Street. This express route from Philadelphia to Gladwynne will cease operation on Friday, February 6th. Get your final pictures and rides now! On Monday, February 9th, extended 44 and 52 trips will serve Gladwyne in the 121’s place.
DART First State is retrofitting its buses with new GFI Oddessy fareboxes. What’s most interesting about these boxes is that they have Smart Card targets installed. Perhaps a new Smart Card is in the works in Delaware.
For information on how to use the new boxes, see the following tutorial on DART’s website: http://www.dartfirststate.com/information/getting_there/fares/new_fareboxes.shtml
Early this morning, at about 4:40 AM, SEPTA “mini wire train”, Track Car 3161, rear-ended an Airport-bound R1 train 0199 just southwest of 10th and Wagnor Streets. There were 18 passengers aboard the commuter train, and 4 workers on the wire train. Nine people, 4 from the wire train and 5 from the commuter train, were taken to the nearby Albert Einstein Hospital for treatment.
At this time, SEPTA officials are looking into the cause of the accident, which caused delays of 20 minutes or more on the R1 Airport, R2 Warminster, R3 West Trenton, and R5 Landsdale/Doylestown lines. So far, it seems to be human error, either on the dispatcher’s or the wire train’s operator’s part.
For more details, see this news article: http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20090127_18_injured_in_SEPTA_R1_crash.html
Discuss the accident in this thread: http://philadelphiatransitforums.cjb.net/topic/7070449/1/#new
Now you can use your PATCO FREEDOM Card to save money at your favorite restaurants and stores in Philadelphia and New Jersey. In a program similar to SEPTA’s Pass Perk program, local businesses are partnering with PATCO to offer discounts to those that show their card. For example, eat at the Italian Bistro on Broad Street and get a discount of 20% when you show your card! This is also good at smaller restaurants such as Quiznos. Each business is required to commit to this for at least a year.
For more details, visit the following location on PATCO’s website: http://www.ridepatco.org/freedomtosave/index.asp
For those of you who are interested in SEPTA’s Ivy Ridge line through Manyunk, you may be interested in a guided tour of the former railroad right-of-way. Lower Merion Conservancy is sponsoring a special hike of this ROW. See the details below, copied from the SEPTA website, for more details.
| Cynwyd Heritage Trail: A History Hike | |
| Bala Ave & Conshohocken State Rd Bala Cynwyd PA 19004 Directions |
10:00 a.m. |
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Conservancy director Mike Weilbacher and the Lower Merion Historical Society’s Jerry Francis lead a walk on the now christened the Cynwyd Heritage Trail, a pedestrian/bike connection into Manayunk and a link to the emerging Schuylkill River Trail. Walk the valley between West Laurel Hill and Westminster cemeteries, see old photos of the Barmouth and West Laurel Hill train stations, and stand on a high perch above the Schuylkill River and expressway. Then the group will drop down into a seven acre parcel donated by the Connelly Container family to Lower Merion, an old mill site that’s become an oasis of greenspace. Old maps reveal its surprising history. Meet at the Cynwyd Train Station for this unique blend of history, environment, and exercise. Presented by Lower Merion Conservancy |
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