SEPTA Route T5 Trolleys Return to Island Avenue

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SEPTA Metro T5 Returning May 24th

Philadelphia, PA After three long years of rebuilding, SEPTA Metro Route T5 (former route 36) will return to 80th St/Eastwick Loop on May 24th, 2026

SEPTA Metro Island-Tanager Station Eastbound Platform for the T5
SEPTA Metro Island-Tanager Station Eastbound Platform for the T5

In Spring 2022, the City of Philadelphia started what is known as the “Island Avenue Improvement Program” which involved rebuilding much of Island Avenue, including SEPTA Metro Route T5 (former route 36), between Elmwood Avenue, and Suffolk Street.

During this closure, SEPTA operated a special shuttle bus service between Elmwood Trolley depot (73rd Street and Elmwood Avenue) and 80th St/Eastwick Station.

After the rebuilding was complete, SEPTA consolidated a few of the stops along Island Avenue for the SEPTA Metro Route T5 (former route 36). Originally, there were stops at…

SEPTA Metro Island-Lindbergh Station Eastbound Platform for the T5
SEPTA Metro Island-Lindbergh Station Eastbound Platform for the T5
  • 80th St/Eastwick Loop
  • Island Avenue and Lindberg Boulevard
  • Island Avenue and 76th Street
  • Island Avenue and Tanager Place
  • Island Avenue and Buist Avenue
  • Island Avenue and Elmwood Avenue

These stops will be consolidated into…

  • 80th St/Eastwick Loop
  • Island Avenue and Lindberg Boulevard
  • Island Avenue and Tanager Place
  • Island Avenue and Elmwood Avenue

SEPTA urges riders who previously used Buist Av or 76th St stops to proceed to the nearest Metro stops for service.

When full service on SEPTA Metro Route T5 (former route 36) returns to Island Avenue, all the remaining stops will be up to the new SEPTA Metro standards, with new platforms, waiting areas, and station signs, with the exception of 80th St/Eastwick Loop, which remains untouched.

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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