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      SEPTA Rapid Transit
Overview
OwnerSEPTA
LocaleDelaware Valley
Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines3 (4 if the Broad-Ridge Spur is counted)
Line number
(includes the Broad-Ridge Spur)
Number of stations75
Daily ridership343,800 As of 2015[1]
Annual ridership100,093,800 As of 2015[1]
Chief executiveJeffrey Knueppel, General Manager
Headquarters1234 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
Websitesepta.org
Operation
Began operationMarch 4, 1907 (with the Market-Frankford Line)
Operator(s)SEPTA
Number of vehicles404 Revenue Vehicles As of 2015[1]
Technical
System length36.7 mi (59.1 km)
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification600 V DC Third rail

The SEPTA Rapid Transit system consists of rapid transit service on 3 lines (plus the Broad-Ridge Spur) to 75 stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and its suburbs and satellite cities. Service on most lines operates from 5:30 a.m. to midnight. It is the sixth-busiest rapid transit system in the United States.

Lines

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The Norristown High-Speed Line has four services: a Local, an Express, a Hughes Park express, and a Limited service.[2]

Stations

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There are 75 active stations in the Rapid Transit network (as of 2016), including 52 in the city of Philadelphia, 16 in Delaware County, and seven in Montgomery County.[3][4][5]

County Stations Boardings in 2003 Boardings in 2001
Philadelphia 52 ? ?
Delaware County 16 ? ?
Montgomery County 7 ? ?
total 75 ? ?

Rolling stock

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SEPTA uses a mixed fleet of General Electric and Hyundai Rotem "Silverliner" electric multiple unit (EMU) cars, used on all Regional Rail lines. SEPTA also uses push-pull equipment: coaches built by Bombardier and Pullman Standard, hauled by AEM-7 or ALP-44 (and soon to be ACS-64) electric locomotives similar to those used by Amtrak and New Jersey Transit (NJT) respectively. The push-pull equipment is used primarily for peak express service because it accelerates slower than EMU equipment, making it less suitable for local service with close station spacing and frequent stops and starts.

As of 2012, all cars have a blended red-and-blue SEPTA window logo and "ditch lights" that flash at grade crossings and when "deadheading" through stations, as required by Amtrak for operations on the Northeast and Keystone Corridors. SEPTA's railroad reporting mark SEPA is the official mark for their revenue equipment, though it is rarely seen on external markings. SPAX can be seen on non-revenue work equipment, including boxcars, diesel locomotives, and other rolling stock.

Penn Central Silverliner II No. 213 in 1974
Train of Silverliner II and III cars entering the Temple University Station in May 2006
Eastbound SEPTA Silverliner IV No. 145 making a station stop in Paoli, in 1993
SEPTA AEM-7 No. 2301 enters the Temple University station
SEPTA ALP-44 No. 2308 at Fern Rock in 2008
SEPTA Silverliner V at Saint Martins station

SEPTA passenger rolling stock includes:

Electric multiple units

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Year Make Model Numbers[6] Total Hp Tare
(Ton/t)
Seats Notes
1973–76 GE Silverliner IV 101–188, 306–399,
417–460 (married pairs)
276–305, 400–416
(single cars)
231 of 232 active Not known 62.5/56.8 125 101–188 Series Former Reading Married Pairs. 306–399 Series Former Penn Central Married Pairs. 400-series units are cars renumbered from lower series or from Reading Railroad cars 9018–9031 when PCB transformers were replaced with silicone transformers.
2010–13 Rotem Silverliner V 701–738 (single cars)
801–882 (married pairs)
120 of 120 active 62.5/56.8 110 Replacements for 70 older cars; will also add capacity.[7] First three cars entered revenue service October 29, 2010; delivery completed as of March 21, 2013. All units temporarily withdrawn due to cracks on some of the components.

History

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Market-Frankford Line

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Broad Street Line

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Norristown High Speed Line

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Ridership

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The following chart shows SETPA Regional Rail ridership from 1979–2013:[8][full citation needed][9][10][11]

10,000,000
20,000,000
30,000,000
40,000,000
1979
1984
1989
1994
1999
2004
2009
2013

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference FY 2015 Operating was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "SEPTA - Norristown High Speed Line". SEPTA.
  3. ^ "SEPTA - Market-Frankford Line". SEPTA.
  4. ^ "SEPTA - Broad Street Line". SEPTA.
  5. ^ "SEPTA - Norristown High Speed Line". SEPTA.
  6. ^ Philadelphia Transit Vehicles: Regional Rail roster
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference progressive was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ SEPTA 1997 Ridership Census, Annual Service Plans FY 2001 through 2007
  9. ^ "Philadelphia 2013: The State of the City" (PDF). The Pew Charitable Trusts. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 14, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  10. ^ Glover, Sarah (July 23, 2013). "SEPTA Sets Regional Rail Ridership Record". WCAU. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  11. ^ "FY 2013 SEPTA annual report" (PDF). SEPTA. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
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