Monthly Archives: December 2022

New Schedules go into effect January 8, 2023 on Select Regional Rail Lines

New Regional Rail schedules begin Sunday, January 8, 2023 for five (5) lines: Wilmington/Newark, West Trenton, Lansdale/Doylestown, Warminster, and Glenside Combined.

Schedules are available here.

WILMINGTON / NEWARK:

Click Here for the Wilmington Schedule

Significant schedule changes are being made on the Wilmington/Newark Line to accommodate Amtrak work to repair and improve track, roadbed, and bridges between Marcus Hook and Darby Stations. This work will be performed from January through May 2023. Inbound SEPTA trains will operate on the same track as Amtrak trains requiring boarding on the inner track between Highland and Darby Stations. Passengers may experience delays due to merged Amtrak and SEPTA services and walkway boarding to intermediate tracks.

WEST TRENTON:

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Significant schedule changes are being made for AM and PM Peak Hours.

LANSDALE / DOYLESTOWN:

Click Here for the Lansdale / Doylestown Schedule

Train 6505 – departing 7:13AM from Lansdale – will add a stop at Jenkintown-Wyncote at 7:43AM.

Several trains will no longer operate to/from the Wilmington Line due to track construction schedule changes on the Amtrak owned line and will terminate/originate at Gray 30th Street Station.

WARMINSTER / GLENSIDE:

Click Here for the Warminster Schedule

Click Here for the Glenside Schedule

All other Regional Rail schedules with the date effective August 21, 2022, will remain in effect: AIRPORT, CHESTNUT HILL EAST, CHESTNUT HILL WEST, CYNWYD, FOX CHASE, MANYUNK/NORRISTOWN, MEDIA / WAWA, PAOLI/THORNDALE, TRENTON.

Route 420 Reopens Over Darby Creek in Prospect Bark Borough, Tinicum Township

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that it has reopened both lanes of traffic that carry southbound Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) over Darby Creek in Prospect Park Borough and Tinicum Township, Delaware County, following bridge repair. The road reopened on December 20, 2022 at 5 PM.

The bridge had been closed since Wednesday, December 7, following the discovery of significant beam and bearing pedestal deterioration during a recent bridge inspection.

PennDOT’s contractor will continue to be on-site to make additional minor repairs under the bridge through the end of the week. Traffic will not be impacted by these operations.

A project to replace the poor condition Route 420 South (Wanamaker Avenue) bridge is nearing final design and is tentatively scheduled for a construction bid opening in early 2023.

The structure over Darby Creek was built in 1930 and reconstructed in 1951. The three-span riveted steel thru-girder bridge is 237 feet long, 31 feet wide, and carries approximately 19,270 vehicles per day.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.

For a complete list of construction projects impacting state-owned highways in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, visit the District 6 Traffic Bulletin.

Information about infrastructure in District 6, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D6Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.

Subscribe to PennDOT District 6 news and traffic alerts at www.penndot.pa.gov/District6.

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SEPTA HOLIDAY SERVICE SCHEDULES

Regional Rail

Saturday and Sunday service are the same on all Regional Rail Lines EXCEPT Paoli/Thorndale.
No Thorndale, Downingtown, Whitford, Exton service operate on Sundays, Holidays or the Special Christmas Schedule.

MFL, BSL, Trolley, and Bus

Christmas Eve, Saturday 12/24 Bus routes will operate on a Saturday schedule

Christmas Day, Sunday 12/25 Bus routes and Norristown High Speed Line will operate on a Sunday/Holiday schedule

Bus Routes 204, 310, 311 and LUCY will not operate

Monday – Friday 12/26 – 12/30 Bus routes will operate on a weekday alternate schedule

Bus (Frontier & Victory) – Norristown High Speed Line and buses will operate on a weekday schedule

New Year’s Eve, Saturday 12/31 Bus routes will operate on a Saturday schedule

New Year’s Day – Mummers’ Parade, Sunday 1/1/2023 Special holiday service on MFL and BSL with Bus Owl service beginning at 12:00 AM. Surface Transportation will operate on a Sunday schedule

Bus Routes 204, 310, 311 and LUCY will not operate.

Click here for bulletins.

Route 420 South (Wanamaker Avenue) Bridge over Darby Creek CLOSED

TRAVEL ADVISORY 

Route 420 South (Wanamaker Avenue) Bridge over Darby Creek to Close Indefinitely in Prospect Park Borough, Tinicum Township

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that the bridge carrying southbound Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) over Darby Creek in Prospect Park Borough and Tinicum Township, Delaware County will be closed indefinitely tonight, December 7, following the discovery of significant beam and bearing pedestal deterioration during a recent bridge inspection.

The bridge will remain closed until bridge engineers develop a plan to repair the structure. The design of a project to replace the poor condition bridge is nearing completion and is tentatively scheduled for a construction bid opening in early 2023.

During the bridge closure, southbound Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) motorists will be directed to use U.S. 13 (Chester Pike), Stewart Avenue and northbound Interstate 95 to access Route 420.

The Route 420 South (Wanamaker Avenue) bridge over Darby Creek was built in 1930 and reconstructed in 1951. The three-span riveted steel thru-girder bridge is 237 feet long, 31 feet wide, and carries approximately 19,270 vehicles per day.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.

For a complete list of construction projects impacting state-owned highways in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, visit the District 6 Traffic Bulletin

*** SEPTA ROUTE 101 and 102 CONSTRUCTION NOTICE- DECEMBER***

*** ROUTE 101 and 102 CONSTRUCTION NOTICE ***

December Outage Schedule
December 3rd– 4th
December 17th – 18th

Route 101 and 102 Trolley Shuttle Bus Substitution
69th St. Transportation Center to Media & Sharon Hill

For two weekends, beginning with the first train Saturday morning, through end of service Sunday on the following weekends: December 3rd through 4th and December 17th through 18th SEPTA shuttle buses will replace all Route 101 & 102 Trolleys between 69th Street Transportation Center and Media (Orange Street) & Sharon Hill Station. Customers should plan for approximately 15 minutes of additional travel time and look for signage at stations for bus boarding locations.

SEPTA is committed to providing safe, reliable service to our customers and the communities we serve, and this shuttle bus substitution is necessary to allow SEPTA and third-party forces to safely perform track construction, rehabilitate signals and interlockings and upgrade with a signal modernization project along the Route 101 and 102 Trolley Lines.

Full details on the Route 101 & 102 shuttle busing, including downloadable timetables, will be posted on the Route 101/102 Service Improvement Program page on SEPTA’s website at: http://www.septa.org/.

SEPTA greatly appreciates your patience and understanding while these important improvements are being made.