No Weekday Service Monday, July 24 to Friday, July 28
Weekend Partial Shuttle Busing Beginning July 22
SEPTA is reminding customers that continuing work on the Southwest Connection Improvement Program (SCIP) will significantly impact service on the Media/Wawa Line beginning Saturday, July 22 and continuing through Saturday, August 26. Full service and schedule information and information about the SCIP program is available online here.
Monday, July 24 to Friday, July 28 – NO SERVICE (Train or shuttle bus) on the Media/Wawa Line. Please see alternate travel information on www.septa.org
Weekdays from July 31 to August 25 – Rail Service will operate from Wawa Station to 49th Street Station only. Shuttle buses will replace trains between 49th Street Station and Gray 30th Street Station.
Weekends from July 22 to August 26 – Rail Service will operate from Wawa Station to Swarthmore Station only. Shuttle buses will replace trains between Swarthmore and Gray 30th Street Station.
Due to a Philadelphia Water Department Sewer Line project, service on the Media/Wawa Line will be suspended from July 24 – July 28. During this time, no trains will operate on the line and there will be NO shuttle bus replacement. Alternate service options include:
Extra service on the Wilmington/Newark Line between Marcus Hook and Darby Stations
Additional parking for Norwood Station is available at Interboro High School
Alternate service on Bus and Trolley Routes – schedules are available at www.septa.org.
Weekday Partial Shuttle Bus Replacement : M – F July 31 to August 25
Train service will operate between Wawa & 49th Street Stations
Shuttle buses will substitute for train service between 49th Street, 33rd & Spruce Streets (Penn Medicine area) and William H. Gray III 30th Street Station
Shuttle bus from 49th Street will board on Chester Ave.
Shuttle Buses from William H. Gray III 30th Street Station will board from 30th Street Station side
Weekend Partial Shuttle Bus Replacement: Sat. & Sun. July 22 to August 26
Train service will operate between Wawa and Swarthmore Stations
Shuttle buses will substitute for train service between Swarthmore Station, 33rd & Spruce Streets (Penn Medicine area) & William H. Gray III 30th Street Station
Shuttle bus from Swarthmore will board in the outbound parking lot
Shuttle buses from William H. Gray III 30th Street Station will board from 30th Street Station side
Shuttle buses will replace ALL Route 101 and Route 102 Trolleys between 69th Street Transportation Center and Orange Street in Media (Route 101) and Sharon Hill (Route 102) every weekend in August.
Weekend Shuttle Bus Substitution Schedule:
August 19-20; 26-27
Customers should plan for approximately 15 minutes of additional travel time and look for signage at stations for bus boarding locations. More information on the work and shuttle bus operation will be available online at www.septa.org.
Philadelphia’s annual Welcome America is a multi-day festival with FREE multicultural and multigenerational events celebrating America’s birthday in America’s birthplace – Philadelphia. The citywide festival is jam packed with multiple fireworks displays, free concerts, free museum days, community events, free outdoor movie screenings, block parties and more. The celebration ends on July 4th with Fireworks on the Parkway and the Welcome America Concert at the Mann Music Center. For a full list of events, please check the Welcome America events page. Visitors to the city can also take advantage of regular late hour Regional Rail service from Suburban Station after the fireworks on Tuesday, July 4.
Independence Day Service and Detour Information
On Independence Day (Tuesday, July 4), SEPTA Buses, Trolleys, the Broad Street and Market-Frankford Lines Trains will operate on a Sunday schedule, with special mid-day and late night Regional Rail service following the fireworks on the Ben Franklin Parkway (see schedule below).
Below, we’ve included the information you need to help get you to/from all of the events along with tips and helpful links to other areas of the SEPTA.org website.
TIP: Customers should check System Status before and during Independence Day events for real-time service information across the SEPTA System. The System Status tool is available on the website and on the official SEPTA app for iPhone and Android devices. You can also follow @SEPTA on Twitter.
Use our Trip Planning tool to find the best service options to the Welcome America events and July 4th fireworks. Make sure to visit the Fares section to learn more about the SEPTA Key One Day Convenience Pass, ideal for the independence of convenient, economical and unlimited one-day travel on SEPTA services.
Late Night Regional Rail Service
Select Regional Rail trains will be added to the service schedule or held later than regularly scheduled for customers leaving Center City Philadelphia after the fireworks. Late night service will operate on select Airport, Chestnut Hill East, Lansdale/Doylestown, Fox Chase, Paoli/Thorndale, Manayunk/Norristown, Media/Wawa, Trenton, Warminster, West Trenton, and Wilmington Line trains.
Extra Mid-Day Regional Rail Service
Select mid-day trains are extended to/from Warminster for the 4th of July holiday.
Customers can also find the July 4th schedule posted at Center City and outlying Regional Rail Stations.
Frankford Transportation Center Sales Office will be open Tuesday, July 4, 2023 from 8 am – 4 pm
Olney, 1234 Market St., and 69th St. Sales Offices will be closed on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 in observance of the July 4th holiday.
Bus Service – Event Detours:
On July 4, the City will be closing the Ben Franklin Parkway at 8 pm for the fireworks event. The bus routes that operate between 16th and 23rd Streets and from Arch to Spring Garden Streets will begin detouring at 2 pm and continuing until 5 pm Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Routes 38 and 43 will begin detouring at 6 am on the 4th due to fireworks set-up behind the Art Museum.
Routes: 7, 32, 33, 38, 43, 48, 49
Suburban buses will operate on a Sunday schedule.
Trolley Service
The Trolley Lines will operate on a Sunday schedule with added late-night service.
Broad Street & Market-Frankford Line Service
The Broad Street and Market-Frankford Lines will operate on a Sunday schedule.
Welcome America CCT Information
Due to the numerous road closures CCT will have two (2) designated rendezvous points for the events on the Parkway. One (1) South at 2299 Arch St. and the other North at 560 N. 20th St. (20th Brandywine SW Corner).
CCT Reservations has pre-established landmarks with the common name “Welcome America” to book these trips for any customers needing service to/from events on the Parkway; CCT Reservations will not permit trips to be booked to/from the below addresses deemed off limits for vehicle traffic surrounding the events.
Arch St. 1400 to 1700
22nd St. North 1 to 699
Winter St. from 1400 to 2400
21st St. North 199 to 699
Vine St. from 1400 to 2400
20th St. North 100 to 399
Spring Garden from 1400 to 3099
19th St. North 100 to 500
Fairmount from 2100 to 2600
18th St. North 1 to 699
24th St. North 300 to 699
17th St. North 1 to 699
JFK Blvd 1600-2400
23rd St North 500 to 699
Customer Service
The SEPTA Customer Service Call Center (215) 580-7800 will open from 7 am – 7 pm on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.
Travel Tips
On Tuesday, July 4, please refer to the Sunday schedule of the SEPTA service you wish to ride. Routes that do not offer Sunday service will not operate
The Ben Franklin Parkway is best accessed from the 15th Street Market-Frankford Line Station and Race-Vine or City Hall Broad Street Line Station
Visit the Fares section for fare and SEPTA Key information
Download the SEPTA App for iPhone and Android devices. Visit the Google Play or Apple App Store and look for the official SEPTA App.
SEPTA is making travel more affordable and convenient. Customers will save money with our newest wave of fare enhancements that include:
At no additional cost for the weekly and monthly pass, SEPTA is introducing the new enhanced TransPass+ (plus) that now includes Regional Rail travel to 24 inner ring stations located in Center City, Zone 1 and the Airport. The TransPass+ (plus) replaces the TransPass product name.
SEPTA is offering new lower pricing for a Zone 1 TrailPass equal to the TransPass+ rate of $25.50 for a weekly pass and $96.00 for a monthly pass.
Students eligible to receive Student Fare Cards will now be able to travel on all SEPTA services without having to upgrade their card each week for travel on Regional Rail.
Reduced & CCT Key cards now include two FREE transfers, valid within 2 hours of the 1st tap for one-way travel using multiple vehicles when using travel wallet funds.
UPDATE on June 23, Governor Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Mike Carroll officially reopened six lanes of traffic on I-95 after the deadly fire and collapse of the roadway. Since the initial collapse, Governor Shapiro and Secretary Carroll have led a coordinated state, local, and federal response to reopen the roadway safely and as quickly as possible, and efforts were ahead of schedule each step of the way to get traffic flowing on I-95 again. The new roadway opened to the public at noon ET on Friday, June 23, 2023. Click here for the latest PennDOT Updates.
*** Grade Crossing Renewal *** Woodland Avenue (SEPTA Morton Station) Friday, July 28th through Monday, July 31st, 2023
SEPTA will be renewing the Woodland Avenue grade crossing just before Morton Station along the Media-Wawa Regional Rail Line beginning 9:00 PM Friday, July 28th through to 6:00 PM on Monday, July 31st.
In order to facilitate construction, Woodland Avenue will be closed to all vehicular through-traffic at the intersection of the SEPTA Railroad tracks for the duration of the project. Detour signage will be displayed two weeks prior to the closure on Friday, July 14th.
Traffic Detour
• Woodland Avenue northbound traffic will be detoured at the intersection of Kedron Avenue and MacDade Blvd onto MacDade Blvd; east on MacDade Blvd to South Ave; north on South Ave east on Providence Rd to Bishop Ave; north on Bishop Ave to Baltimore Pike; west on Baltimore Pike to end at the intersection of Baltimore Pike and Woodland Ave
• Woodland Avenue southbound traffic will be detoured at the intersection of Woodland Ave and Baltimore Pike onto Baltimore Pike; east on Baltimore Pike to Bishop Ave; south on Bishop Ave to Providence Rd; west on Providence Rd to South Ave; south on South Ave to MacDade Blvd; west on MacDade Blvd to end at the intersection of MacDade and Woodland Ave
SEPTA is committed to providing safe, reliable service to our customers and the communities we serve, and this project is necessary to allow SEPTA’s in-house forces renew the grade crossing at Woodland Avenue. The new rail will create a smoother ride for trolley riders and motor vehicle traffic alike.
SEPTA greatly appreciates your patience and understanding while these important improvements are being made.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Mike Carroll joined industry and local officials for a groundbreaking ceremony today to mark the start of construction on a $35.8 million project to replace the bridges that carry Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) over Darby Creek in Prospect Park Borough and Tinicum Township, Delaware County.
Carroll highlighted how the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) is bringing over $4 billion in additional road and bridge improvements to Pennsylvania. Governor Shapiro has also proposed investing $1.5 billion more in Pennsylvania’s roads and bridges over five years.
The BIL is accelerating and supporting projects across Pennsylvania. The Route 420 project – 100% federally funded — illustrates the importance of federal investments.
Under this project, PennDOT’s contractor will replace the superstructure and substructure of the northbound and southbound bridges over Darby Creek. The new crossing will be built as one bridge instead of the two that currently carry traffic over Darby Creek. In-stream work including causeways and cofferdams will be utilized for construction of the replacement structures. Rock protection will also be used for both structures, and streambed stabilization and replacement of the fender system will be included as part of the site improvements.
In addition, existing lighting on the bridges will be replaced or upgraded, and a pedestrian trail crossing will be constructed under the structures adjacent to the southern abutments. The trail will provide a connection to the adjacent John Heinz Wildlife Refuge. The 8-10 foot wide shared-use path will be built on the western side of Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) to the north of Darby Creek. A shared-use path will also be constructed on both sides of Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) south of Darby Creek and connect to the existing parking lots at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge.
During construction on this bridge replacement project, two lanes of traffic will be maintained at all times for northbound Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) motorists, and one lane of traffic will be maintained at all times for southbound Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) motorists through the work area.
On Friday, May 19, PennDOT’s contractor closed the left lane on southbound Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) between 4th Avenue and Interstate 95 to begin bridge reconstruction on the southbound structure. The single lane closure will be in place 24/7 until the new bridge is completed.
During the long-term lane closure, oversized vehicles over 10-feet-wide will be prohibited from using southbound Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) through the project limits. Drivers will be directed to use U.S. 13 (Chester Pike), Stewart Avenue and Route 291 (Industrial Highway) to access Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) south of I-95.
Access to southbound Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) from Lazaretto Road will be prohibited for all motorists. Motorists will be directed to follow the posted detour route to access southbound Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue).
Access to northbound and southbound Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) from Lafayette Avenue at 2nd Avenue will be prohibited for all motorists except emergency vehicles. Motorists will be directed to follow the posted detour routes to access northbound and southbound Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue).
Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work areas because significant backups and delays will occur. All scheduled activities are weather dependent.
For more information, visit: https://www.penndot.pa.gov/regionaloffices/district-6/pages/details.aspx?newsid=8365
Beginning Saturday May 13th through Sunday, May 21st SEPTA shuttle buses will replace Route 101 Trolleys between Woodland Ave (Springfield) and Orange Street (Media). Customers should plan for approximately 15 minutes of additional travel time and look for signage at stations for bus boarding locations.
SEPTA and third-party forces will be replacing the timber on the Smedley Park Bridge (Springfield) during this outage. There will be a netting held underneath the bridge that will be in place for the duration of the outage and removed at completion. Please be aware of your surroundings during this time.
Beginning with the first train Saturday morning, through end of service Sunday on the following days: April22nd through 23rdand April 29th through 30th, 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.
As a friendly reminder, SEPTA’s Route 101/102 track project is the installation of new a communications system, Communications Based Train Control (CBTC), which will automatically enforce trolley separation (stopping, to prevent accidents) and provide overspeed and roadway worker protection. We will also be addressing some necessary track improvements to pave the way for our Trolley Modernization project that is scheduled for a few years out.
The construction for this project began in the summer of 2015 and will conclude this summer, 2023. At any point there is construction along either line in accordance with this project, we put a bus substitution in place to allow our crews to test locations along both lines.
