Introduction
SEPTA’s Route 203 was a bus-to-rail line that operated from the Woodbourne Station on the R3 West Trenton Line to Oxford Valley Mall, Frankford Hospital Oxford Valley Campus, and Bucks County Business Park.
This route was created along side route 304, on January 15th, 2001, as part of a restructuring of Bucks County’s transit network. SEPTA Route 203 was ultimately discontinued on November 2003, with the creation
Route 203 operated out of Germantown Depot, (Trenton-Philadelphia Coach Contracted service).
SEPTA Route 203 Routing
SEPTA Route 203 operated consistent service to/from Woodbourne Station, with inbound trips coordinating with inbound R3 West Trenton Line trips to Philadelphia, and outbound coordinating with outbound R3 West Trenton Line trains from Philadelphia.
Route 203 did not operate on Sundays or major holidays. The major stops were as follows:
- Woodbourne Station for the R3 West Trenton Line
- Oxford Valley Mall for Routes 14, 127, 128, and 129
- Frankford Hospital Bucks County Campus
- The Court at Oxford Valley (skipped when traffic doesn’t allow)
- Bucks County Business Park
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Route 203 History
SEPTA route 203 was created along side route 304, on January 15th, 2001, as part of a restructuring of Bucks County’s transit network. The goal of route 203 was to connect key points in Bucks County, to Bucks County Business Park. SEPTA Route 203 was ultimately discontinued on November 2003. Although Route 129 would be re-routed to serve Frankford Hospital at this point, Route 203 would otherwise had not been properly replaced. There is still to this day, no bus service to Woodbourne Station or Bucks County Business Park.
Other Routes using the same numbers
The previous iteration of route 203 was created on August 5th 1991, and operated from the Pembroke Station on the R5 Lansdale/Doylestown Line to Ford Electronics and Merick and Co. INC in West Point township, but was discontinued by 1993. Timetables for this version of the route are also below
New Bus Network Changes
The area previously served by route 203 does not have any addional service planned in the new bus network
Timetables
Below are some historic timetables for SEPTA’s Route 203. These are older (out of date) timetable scans with their effective dates listed.
- Route 203 Pennbrook Station
- Route 203 Woodbourne Station
- 2001
- January 15th 2001
- April 30th 2001 (From the collection of Matt Ciecka)
- October 29th 2001
- 2003
- 2001
Audio Announcements
Currently only one Audio announcement for route 203 is available, though the other may be available at a future date.