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SEPTA Route 52 Gets the First Major Routing Changes!

ByDash
SEPTA D40LF

Philadelphia, PA on June 14th, SEPTA Route 52 is undergoing the first major change to the system ahead of the New Bus Network that is to debut starting Fall 2026.

Notice along route 52 alerting riders of the changes coming June 14th

As part of this change, the routing through Overbrook on northbound trips is being discontinued, and all trips that originally terminated at 54th Street and City Avenue, is to be extended, and will now operate via City Avenue to Wissahickon Transit Center.

SEPTA’s route 52, numbered for its service via 52nd Street, operates from 49th Street and Woodland Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia, via 52nd Street, to Jefferson Street. From here the 52 continues to either to 50th and Parkside Loop in West Philadelphia or continues via 54th Street to City Avenue, with some service continuing beyond 54th and City to Gladwyne.

Starting June 14th, service that originally terminated at 54th and City, will now operate via City Avenue to Wissahickon Transit Center, marking the first NEW change to the system ahead of the New Bus Network. Route 52 will still get frequency changes, when the New Bus Network changes come in Fall 2026, as well as the service to Gladwyne being discontinued in Fall 2026.

I have been with Virtual Transit Center since it's conception as the "Dash Forums" back in 2008. Since then, I have been writing and doing YouTube side by side, focusing both on Transportation and Gaming. Most of my knowledge comes from SEPTA as I lived in Philadelphia for most of my life. As of 2026, I am on YouTube as DashTransit and TheDashOfficial.

I started off my online career being known as "septa_kid" go figure, a SEPTA name. When I started growing my interest in NJ Transit, I would go on being "septa/njt rider"

When I started my YouTube channel (DashTransit) it was originally called "njt5329" and the channel was just clips of buses. Mostly SEPTA and NJT. A Fujifilm Finepix was used in this era.

Starting in July 2011, the Canon SX130IS camera became the camera of the channel, bringing HD documentary-style videos much like my buddy (trainman1971) did for DVD for many years past. This is when the channel became known as "Transit Action Series" I myself would still go by septa/njt rider in other capacities.

In May 2012, the original Canon SX130IS retired, and then all videos were recorded off a mobile phone until eventually uploading proved too difficult due to hardships IRL. I would eventually abandon YouTube videos as a whole, and focus more on studying transit history. My attention would also go more towards facebook.

In 2013ish I grew interest in a game called OMSI 2, and that caused me to start posting on a new YouTube channel called "Dash5155" which was named from the first SEPTA NABI I rode on (again, go figure, SEPTA history).

Starting in 2017, I used a Canon SX200IS from Basview to reboot the "Transit Action Series" channel that otherwise was dead for years prior. The energy that I felt from once again publishing transit content made me want to go back into my passions.

On April 19th, 2019, I would purchase a Canon SX710HS camera, and do what is now known as "TrAcSe" for YouTube. The channel itself would be re-named to DashTransit and eventually all my online handles would be DashTransit.

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