Clearly they should at least look at amtrak helping increase available seats by running extra trains or longer normally scheduled trains or both. Keystone sets might be short turned at 30th or suburban or something like that. Involving the new hope and ivyland would be a fantastic idea, as both sides of the river there have a host of bed & breakfasts (a pun) and are hugely popular tourist destinations in their own right.
I know we are looking at renting out a room, but we are so far from the train that it might not be appealing to potential visitors. I know the usual sunday service will not fly, they need to run the suburban bus routes on a weekday schedule, and even add frequency if possible.
Business as usual isn't going to work this time, 1234 really needs to think big, and out of the box, or else it's going to be a huge embarrassing disaster.
And greg is right, this pope may be the most popular ever to visit the US. In bucks county there is this:
http://www.czestochowa.us/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ..... which i'm sure will get a visit if time allows & has been visited by a pope before. Who knows where he will go aside from the mass, this pope seems to understand normal people, he could end up going anywhere in the region... will SEPTA be prepared for that??