I see here the 2014 railroad map that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation put out this last January:
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On it, the Stony Creek Branch and the North Penn Branch (between Lansdale and Quakertown) are shown as being active commuter lines. I’ve heard nothing about SEPTA running trains on these tracks; indeed, everything I can find out about this tells me that they are not running anything here. Does anybody know anything about this? Is it a mistake? Does the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation know something we don’t? I’d be thrilled if this is true, but how on earth could anybody believe that SEPTA is expanding service when they seem to be temperamentally or ideologically dead set against expanding rail service anywhere, any time for any reason?
ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BP ... parail.PDF" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
On it, the Stony Creek Branch and the North Penn Branch (between Lansdale and Quakertown) are shown as being active commuter lines. I’ve heard nothing about SEPTA running trains on these tracks; indeed, everything I can find out about this tells me that they are not running anything here. Does anybody know anything about this? Is it a mistake? Does the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation know something we don’t? I’d be thrilled if this is true, but how on earth could anybody believe that SEPTA is expanding service when they seem to be temperamentally or ideologically dead set against expanding rail service anywhere, any time for any reason?