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Tomorrow will be the 1st out of the 16 day shut down of the Market Frankford line-EL from 46th street to 69th street. Service from 40th/46th street station will be replaced by shuttle buses.

What’s interesting about this time which I’ve never noticed is that several bus routes will be slightly altered as well.

-The 52 (On weekdays) is set to make a diversion from its normal routing from 52nd street to stop at 46th street station to connect with the EL service.

Also 21 (5 a.m. and 7 p.m)  will ONLY operate to 61st and Pine Street, instead of having every other trip terminating at 69th Street Terminal. So this mean any current rider of the 21 will need to transfer to the EL bus shuttle in order to get to the terminal.

The 2008 SEPTA Bus Roadeo will be Saturday, September 13 at Cornwell Heights Station.  The Roadeo will begin at 8 AM.  To get there, just take the R7 Trenton Line to the station, or take the 304 bus, which connects to the 66 bus at City Line Loop.

SEPTA will be getting two Comet I cab cars (5121 and 5132) as well as six coach cars (5727, 5728, 5735, 5741, 5742, and 5747).  These railcars will likely be on SEPTA property by August 1st.

During the height of the rush hour, three SEPTA trolleys were involved in an accident at 13th and Market.  Two of these trolleys were empty; however, the one which rear ended the other two had seven passengers on it.  10 people were injured including the three trolley operators.  This is not the first time which something like this has occurred.  Several years ago, a similar indent has happened at this station as well…

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According to Darryl D. Bulls who runs “The SEPTA News Network“, a total of 20 Neoplan Articulated buses are set to go to Comly. Their fleet numbers a are 7101-7120. This should be enough to cover all blocks on the route 14.  This rumor does hold some substance since several artics within that series are currently at Comly undergoing training.

Kawasaki LRV now has a full wrap for the new Philadelphia Recycling Program (where all types of recyclables can go into the same container).  This would be the first single-ended LRV in the SEPTA fleet with a full wrap.  This LRV was spotted on the 10, so that’s probably where you would likely find it.  However, as Callowhill rotates its fleet with Elmwood Depot, you may be able to find it on any of the Subway Surface lines.

Within the past several weeks, routes out of Allghany routes which never saw anything other then a 60 footer within the past several years has received an influx of New Flyer D40LFs. Their numbers are as follows: 5910, 5911, 5912, 5913, 5914, 5915, 5916, 5917, 5918, 5919, 5920, 5922, and 5924.

http://philadelphiatransitforums.cjb.net/topic/7012527/2/#new

Now the Newark Transit Hub in Newark, DE is open.  This hub is located between Delaware Ave and Main Street.  Six routes serve this hub: routes 6, 33, 34, 39, 55, 65.  For more details about the changes to the routes that serve this hub, please view this PDF brochure: http://www.dartfirststate.com/press_releases/newark_transit_hubs_routes.pdf.  Please note that you need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the document.

Amtrak is trying to enhance the Northeast Corridor (NEC) service to increase ridership and revenue.  Starting in June, 2008, the line is now advertised as the Northeast Regional (as opposed to Acela Regional) with new logos.  Additionally, riders can expect these changes in the service:

*Cafe cars with tables that are located in the center of the train, rather than the ends
*Tighter on time performance tolerances
*restructured Business Class amenities
*New menu offerings
*en route cleaning

and much more!

In the future, more Amfleet coaches will be overhauled and new cars will be ordered to expand the fleet.

Source: Amtrak This Week Newsletter

As what Rider65 has reported on the forums . The Alleghany training of New Flyers has commenced. As a result, a trip on the Alleghany portion of the 65 has received #5489. This Comly New Flyer was sent due to the fact that during this fall the 14 is slated to get articulate buses.  Given to the rumors floating around, mainly the 5471-5500 batch of flyers assigned to Comly will be moved to Alleghany and mainly being used on the 27 as well as some trips on the 65.  Subsequently, on the Comly front, they will receive any artics to be used on the route 14.  Whether or not this is true remains to be seen so please keep an eye out!! 

We will keep you updated as to which buses have been reassigned!