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Amtrak7 wrote:

zebrasepta wrote:washed out track on the Norristown Line

Regional Rail:
Route Manayunk/Norristown: Service between Miquon & Norristown is suspended. Crews are currently on-site at Spring Mill repairing washed out track. We hope to restore limited service to Norristown by 4PM and will provide hourly updates until then.

Its for things like this why they put the new interlocking in...

SEPTA posted the pictures of the washed out tracks
https://twitter.com/SEPTA_NOR/status/36 ... 44/photo/1
https://twitter.com/SEPTA_NOR/status/36 ... 65/photo/1
https://twitter.com/SEPTA_NOR/status/36 ... 40/photo/1

Delays on the Paoli/Thorndale line due to an disabled Amtrak train

Regional Rail:
Paoli/Thorndale: Train service between Exton and Thorndale is subject to delays of up to 60 minutes due to a disabled Amtrak train.

The culprit on the Main Line Aug. 29th was Amtrak's eastbound PENNSYVANIAN. Former "Pepsi Can" #513 stopped with a failed air compressor shortly after its departure from Exton. A SEPTA RL1000 rescued the train.

Andy

Person hit at north broad
No cancellations but trains are being delayed

zebrasepta wrote:Person hit at north broad
No cancellations but trains are being delayed

515, right at the station. I was on board. Appears to have been a fatality. Passengers off 515 were evacuated onto 4815. Protect for 515 covered stations from Center City to Thorndale.

On train 509 making ALL local stops due to earlier switch problems

zebrasepta wrote:On train 509 making ALL local stops due to earlier switch problems

We skipped north broad but we stopped at elkins park and melrose park and it arrived at temple 20 minutes late

Inbound WTL wrong railing thru jenkintown.

Has video, will post later.

Not sure the extent.

SEPTA's Control Center Computer went down this am. Delayed most SEPTA lines.

South Jersey Budd wrote:SEPTA's Control Center Computer went down this am. Delayed most SEPTA lines.

There were no Alvinator announcements in the period from about 7:15-7:45 while I waited for 328, shown as about 30 minutes late on TrainView and the display at my station (which not all stations have). I wonder if this was because of the computer being down. If so, they should have some backup way of making these announcements. The ticket agent had no idea what was causing such a delay in the outbound direction. The inbound trains weren't affected - yet. As the trains to turn into them continued to run late, the inbound service was no doubt going to be impacted.

I gave up waiting and got into my car and drove to work (fortunately I have this option, plus I had parked for free in a nearby church lot where rail commuters are permitted to park, so I didn't lose a parking fee) once TrainView started showing 328's ultimate destination as Woodbourne. I didn't want to have to wait there for 330, which was also listed as being 30 minutes or so late. I can understand why this was being done, even though I didn't like it. And people waiting at West Trenton and Yardley for 3223 got deprived of that train and had to wait a while for their next train, the turn-around of 330, scheduled for 8:50 a.m.

Ironically, I rarely take the train on Wednesdays right now, but the two worst morning commutes I've had affecting 328 so far this year were both on Wednesdays.

326 was running "only" about 10 minutes late. If it had been running 30 minutes late, I would have been able to take that one.

Person struck and killed by a train on the West Trenton line

A 37-year-old man was struck and killed by a SEPTA train in Northeast Philadelphia Thursday morning, disrupting service on the West Trenton Line.
SEPTA said the man was hit by an inbound train about 11:25 a.m. at the Forest Hill station in the Somerton section.

Police said an initial investigation indicated the man jumped in front of the train. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

SEPTA temporarily suspended service on the line immediately after the incident. It later resumed with delays of up to 30 minutes.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20131 ... hilly.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

2308 and it's 7 car push pull train died south of Temple U today causing some morning delays on the main line and some overcrowding on the Elwyn Line. The light rain caused some slippery rail delays also, especially on the Paoli line.

Because train 507 was about 20 minutes late, the equipment used for 509 became 507 and the late arriving 507 became train 509 but the train was SRO and we had to express from Ambler to Temple University, letting anyone off who was going to make local stops between Ambler and Temple at Ambler for the next train.
Edit: Some fare was collected until North Wales due to the amount of people standing

9243 is wrapped in the wires around Claymont.

Here's SEPTA's apology, in a tone I've never seen from a transit agency:

http://septa.org/service/2013-11-04-disabled-train.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

We're not certain if saying we apologize will make anyone stranded on the train feel any better but we are very sorry that your weekend started off in such a terrible way. We appreciate your patience, if you have any left, but we certainly understand if you're not quite ready to forgive us.