Traffic & Transit

SEPTA Regional Rail Line Improvements Coming

SEPTA will host a webinar on Tuesday to discuss regional rail line upgrades on five lines.

SEPTA is planning a webinar on Tuesday to discuss regional rail line improvements that will disrupt weekend service on five lines.
SEPTA is planning a webinar on Tuesday to discuss regional rail line improvements that will disrupt weekend service on five lines. (Patch Graphics)

PHILADELPHIA, PA —SEPTA will host a webinar on Tuesday to discuss upcoming regional rail improvements that will impact weekend service on five of its lines.

SEPTA said the webinar will begin at 5:30 p.m. to discuss upcoming regional rail improvements that will impact weekend service at the following lines beginning July 27: Click here for the webinar link.

  • Fox Chase
  • Glenside
  • Lansdale/Doylestown
  • Warminster
  • West Trenton

As part of its Regional Rail Improvement Program, SEPTA will be performing heavy repairs in the area between Fern Rock Transportation Center and Wayne Junction Station, as well as along the Fox Chase Line that will impact riders, on weekends only.

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The project includes major switch replacement, track repairs, signal and station work, in addition to brush clearing.

On the following dates, no trains will operate between Fern Rock Transportation Center and Wayne Junction Station or on the Fox Chase Line: July 27 and 28, Aug. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, and 18.

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Regional Rail Line Service

  • The Warminster Line has stops in Warminster, Hatboro, Willow Grove, Abington, Roslyn, Glenside, Jenkintown, and Elkins Park, among others before heading into Philadelphia.
  • The West Trenton Line runs from West Trenton to Philadelphia with stops in Yardley, Middletown Township, Langhorne, Penndel, Bensalem Township, Huntingdon Valley, Abington, Rydal, Noble, Jenkintown, and Elkins Park, among others.
  • The Lansdale / Doylestown Line runs from Doylestown to Philadelphia with stops in Doylestown, New Britain, Chalfont, Lansdale, North Wales, Ambler, Fort Washington, Orland, North Hills, Glenside, Jenkintown-Wyncote, and Elkins Park, among others.

SEPTA Webinar Information

SEPTA Project Team and Service Operations staff will be available on a Webinar, scheduled for Tuesday, July 16th from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Register for the Webinar HERE: https://septaorg.webex.com/.../sites/septaorg/errorpage/404

A recording of the Webinar will be posted to http://www.septa.org.

More details on the project, including service and shuttle busing information can be found at:
https://wwww.septa.org/.../regional-rail-improvement-program

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