by eafp668
Does SEPTA have a deadline by which all stations must be ADA-compliant, including high level platforms?
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Clearfield wrote:No.Interesting. It also seems strange to me that the Paoli/Thorndale Line is the busiest line yet has so few high level platforms.
Any major renovations to a station require high level platforms, and if you read the Capital Budget you'll see that there is a major push to make all of the busy stations on the SEPTA-owned trunk high level. In the interim, the mini high level platforms comply.
The Feds realize there's difference between unfunded mandates and unfundable mandates.
eafp668 wrote:Interesting. It also seems strange to me that the Paoli/Thorndale Line is the busiest line yet has so few high level platforms.I believe that Amtrak still owns owns most of those stations, or at least the properties. Can someone chime in here?
eafp668 wrote:Not only does it have few high level platforms, but many stations are just falling apart. The stairs on the outbound platform of Rosemont are built out of 2x4s haphazardly nailed together, Narberth is standard mid 70s-late 80s terribleness, St. Davids is crumbling, the inbound roof at Villanova has open holes in it and pieces of metal that are falling down... It's like SEPTA (or whoever owns the stations) is just trying to get someone to sue them when they step through a rotten board or get knocked in the head by a falling piece of ceiling.Clearfield wrote:No.Interesting. It also seems strange to me that the Paoli/Thorndale Line is the busiest line yet has so few high level platforms.
Any major renovations to a station require high level platforms, and if you read the Capital Budget you'll see that there is a major push to make all of the busy stations on the SEPTA-owned trunk high level. In the interim, the mini high level platforms comply.
The Feds realize there's difference between unfunded mandates and unfundable mandates.
Clearfield wrote:But SEPTA did the Croydon upgrade, which is on Amtrak's NEC.eafp668 wrote:Interesting. It also seems strange to me that the Paoli/Thorndale Line is the busiest line yet has so few high level platforms.I believe that Amtrak still owns owns most of those stations, or at least the properties. Can someone chime in here?
Clearfield wrote:I believe that Amtrak still owns owns most of those stations, or at least the properties. Can someone chime in here?Amtrak owns the trackage and catenary, SEPTA owns the stations (with the exception of Trenton and North Philadelphia).
Clearfield wrote:No.
Any major renovations to a station require high level platforms, and if you read the Capital Budget you'll see that there is a major push to make all of the busy stations on the SEPTA-owned trunk high level. In the interim, the mini high level platforms comply.
The Feds realize there's difference between unfunded mandates and unfundable mandates.
jfrey40535 wrote:Are you sure about that Bob?I was till you mentioned Fox Chase and Langhorne Jon. lol
jfrey40535 wrote:Agreed....WOW
Matthew Mitchell wrote:And SEPTA did Wayne, right?There was a big community effort behind Wayne, and, if I'm not mistaken, much of the funding was raised locally, especially for the station renovations. The work was done by SEPTA though.