SEPTA Bus Revolution Webinar

Thursday, February 2, 2023

9:00 AM on Zoom

Join us for a look into how public comment and outreach shaped SEPTA’s Bus Revolution changes. After several months of public outreach and commentary, SEPTA’s Bus Revolution Team will present changes to their initial options based on customer feedback.

Visit the DCTMA Webinar Page to REGISTER

On December 15, 2022, SEPTA launched a mobile ticketing pilot program that offers riders an easy-to-use option to purchase tickets for one or more people using a smartphone.

SEPTA Key Tix is available within the SEPTA app for trips on buses, trolleys, the Broad Street Line, Market-Frankford Line, and Norristown High Speed Line. The Authority plans to expand the program to Regional Rail in 2023.

Customers can use a credit or debit card to download a QR-code “ticket” that can be read at fareboxes and turnstiles. Note: You cannot use Travel Wallet to purchase a SEPTA Key Tix.

SEPTA Key Tix gives families and friends traveling together the capability to scan once and pay fares for up to five riders using a single barcode.

This program does not replace SEPTA Key cards – but instead provides a simple solution for occasional riders without a SEPTA Key card that want to enjoy the same benefits as cardholders – including a $2 fare and one free transfer per transit trip.

More than 1,200 people have already tested the program during a closed pilot in Fall 2022 and the beta is now open for anyone to join.

Interested customers can participate in the SEPTA Key Tix pilot by downloading the Android or Apple version of the SEPTA app. Detailed instructions and FAQs are available here.

In the coming months – SEPTA will also accept contactless bankcards and credit cards for trips on buses, trolleys, the Broad Street Line, Market-Frankford Line, and Norristown High Speed Line. This feature will give riders the capability to tap their personal bank/credit card or phone with mobile payment services such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay.

More information about this upcoming pilot program will be announced soon. Stay tuned!

Click here to visit SEPTA’s website: SEPTA Launches Mobile Ticketing Pilot Program | SEPTA (iseptaphilly.com)

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:

Click Here for the West Trenton Schedule

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 30^th 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.

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.

Follow PennDOT on Twitter and like the department on Facebook and Instagram.

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

*** 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.

The SEPTA Forward: Bus Revolution Draft Network is here!

SEPTA is sharing a draft bus network that combines your feedback with the Bus Revolution team’s ideas into an updated—but still draft—bus network. This network is designed to be more reliable, easier to use, and more convenient for more riders.

Join us for a Transit Talk to learn more about the network and upcoming opportunities to get involved.

Upcoming Event: Transit Talk – Proposed Bus Network Changes

Monday, October 3rd, 2022, from 6:30 – 7:30 pm

During this Transit Talk, we will:

• Provide an update on the project timeline and next steps
• Share the Draft Network with a focus on what’s proposed and why
• Share the calendar of Fall 2022 events
• Highlight the project website and where information is available
• Let you know what is coming next!

Register now at the link here.

Please note that live subtitles will be available for you to turn on during the meeting. If you would like to request a language interpreter, please email your request to busnetwork@septa.org, providing at least 7 days notice (by 9/26/22).

Thank you again for your interest and participation in the SEPTA Forward: Bus Revolution project. We look forward to sharing our draft recommendations with you on October 3rd and your continued feedback.

—The SEPTA Bus Revolution team