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Starting on September 30th 2019, there will be some changes being made to the Push Pull assignments and page. Given to the construction on I-95, two push pull sets will have their consist length by two cars to make an Eight (8) car consist to operate on the Trenton line. In addition, there will be an leased set of MARC cars operating on the West Trenton Line.
The train numbers will be as follows:
Trenton Line
Set #1:
9747
9728
Set #2
9745
9724
West Trenton Line for the MARC set:
6374
6325
Thats right according to sources the vehicle overhaul 7306 has been selected as prototype of the vehicle overhaul program and is currently undergoing VOH.
The third installment of the 2017-2021 order is now complete. In an unusual twist 3290-3294 has an different seating arrangement. The seating is the same as that on the Proterras. Also there is an Glass divider between the Priority seating area and the normal area.
As SEPTA phases out its monthly Zone 3 and Anywhere Trailpasses, replacing them with digital versions on the SEPTA Key, DART First State has decided to accept valid Key Cards as fare. This is according to a notice posted on Facebook. It appears that DART Drivers will visualy inspect the Key Cards as they do with the Trailpasses today.
It’s been a while since we posted an news article. There are several things which we wish to update you on:
SEPTA is now having an all-day push pull train in service. That’s right; there is now an all-day push pull
Started on March 18 th, the set will be out from roughly 7:30am to 1:40am covering several lines.
All trips are local except for 4571 which is the AKA the Second Great Valley Flyer which operates during the 6PM hour from 30th street station to Thorndale
The train will be operating the following trips:
9506 Malvern to Center City
9331 Center City to Elwyn
3234 Elwyn to Norristown
2333 Norristown to Elwyn
3420 Elwyn to Warminster
4571 Warminster to Thorndale
592 Thorndale to Doylestown
591 Doylestown to Malvern
Proterra electric buses are finally seeing revenue service : That’s right, after two years since being deliveried, SEPTA is finally slowly deploying their fleet of Proterra electric buses. SEPTA has purchased 25 all-electric buses to operate on routes 29 and 79 in South Philadelphia. Thus far, it seems that the Proterras are being deployed on weekends only on the route 79
Website update? That’s right in the hopefully not too distant future, the website is going to be overhualed. Please stay tune for some excellent changes
For decades, SEPTA has had a long tradition of celebrating the arrival and departure of its rail fleet. SEPTA will continue this tradition on Saturday, December 1, 2018 with a “Farewell to the AEM-7 Locomotives” excursion trip.
Price: Free
Slated Consist:
1 ALP44 and 1 AEM7 with six cars in between
Schedule
Time Location
10:25 a.m. Depart Paoli Station
10:32 a.m. Depart Wayne Station
10:35 a.m. Depart Radnor Station
10:39 a.m. Depart Bryn Mawr Station
10:53 a.m. Depart 30th Street Station
10:58 a.m. Arrive Suburban Station
BREAK AT SUBURBAN STATION
12:10 p.m. Depart Suburban Station
12:15 p.m. Depart 30th Street Station
12:24 p.m. Depart Bryn Mawr Station
12:28 p.m. Depart Radnor Station
12:31 p.m. Depart Wayne Station
12:38 p.m. Arrive Paoli Station
For more information
Introducing the Instagram portion of Philadelphia Transit Vehicles – Over the next few days – this page will be constantly updated with photos and status updates.
https://www.instagram.com/philadelphiatransitvehicles/
As of today, the 5 ACS-64s are in service on the push-pull trains, with 905 starting its first revenue run today. They are running on the push-pull trains assigned to the West Trenton Line and the Paoli/Thorndale Line, including the Great Valley Flyer!
Today, train 9251 will be running 2308…but the AEM-7s seem to be resting for the night.
Also, SEPTA has up to 913 in its possession, so these AEM-7s and ALP-44 will likely be retired in September!
Tomorrow, SEPTA will kick off the first revenue run of the ACS-64. See below for more infomation. Runors are floating around this will be used on the Great Valley Flyer (9561) tomorrow.
With the new Regional Rail schedules starting on January 14th, here is a list of the assignments for the SEPTA Push-Pull fleet. Many thanks to Joe Parlin on Facebook’s Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Transit Scene Group for the information!
AM PEAK:
1502/1295/9212
9526
9538
6321
6325
9340
9724
PM PEAK:
9745
9561
9563
1565
6374
6378
9251/9254