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SEPTA’s New Wissahickon Transit Center is Now Open!
Philadelphia, PA: As of December 14th, 2025, the new “State of the Art” Wissahickon Transit Center is now open. This is a major milestone for not just SEPTA, but the city of Philadelphia as well. The original Wissahickon Transit Center was a trolley electricity substation, and was converted to a transit loop in the ’60s,…
SEPTA’s Micro-Transit Vehicles Are HERE
Philadelphia, PA – SEPTA GO branded Ford E450 cutaway buses were spotted at the Germantown Bus Depot today. SEPTA micro-transit service was announced during the Bus Revolution (now called the “Better Bus Initiative”) unveiling. SEPTA GO, when it comes, will take over service in underserved areas like Bristol, Lansdale, and Paoli. These Ford buses are…
NJ Transit to Operate and Maintain the River Line
After years of being operated and maintained by Alstom (previously Bombardier Transportation), NJ Transit now directly owns, operates, and maintains the River LINE. The goal is to transition full operation of the River LINE over to NJ Transit from Alstom by the end of the year. “NJ TRANSIT and Alstom are committed to providing safe…
SEPTA Service to Be Restored… For Now
Philadelphia, PA: After two weeks of downtime, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, or SEPTA, has been ordered to restore all previously cut service, and hold off additional service cuts for the time being. This means all service cuts that were done on August 24th have to be reversed. Fare increases that were scheduled for September 1st are to…
SEPTA is Cooked…
Philadelphia, PA – Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has officially began cutting service in mass today, the first round of cuts mostly affect City bus service, while tomorrow will begin the suburban cuts. Regional Rail service will begin being cut September 2nd. On top of this, Regional Rail service has been severely affected by vehicle shortages. Here’s…
The Final SEPTA DE40LF has Retired!
Philadelphia, PA It’s the end of an era as the last SEPTA 2009 New Flyer DE40LF, 8312, has retired from revenue service. Why is this significant? This particular fleet of buses was the last of SEPTA’s legacy New Flyer fleet from 2000-2009 of New Flyer XX40LF buses, sporting the original “flat face” design from New…
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