by ChesterValley
This whole thing is absolutely puzzling to me. I'm used to it because I know the system top to bottom, but for a family of 4 this is stupid. Assuming they didn't use or know about a family pass, they would have to each pay 7 dollars to get down into the city to then buy 4 SEPTA key's for 40 dollars, just to have them sit for a rainy day. With the SEPTA key not supporting passback, how will SEPTA incorporate a family pass into the key?
Looking at the SEPTA key locator, https://www.septakey.org/info/buy-load-locator there are hundreds of service locations to get a Key, but none within a 3 mile radius of Wayne, Newtown square or Media. Why can you get a pack of tickets and "legacy fare's" shipped to your house but you have to drive to a key unit? Why is there no listed KEY machine at the Airport? Of all the places, the Airport?! Why is there no station at Paoli? Amtrak has a unit there, and Amtrak lists the annual ridership at Paoli station as 232,159. Yet they have a key unit out at KOP, serving the 92,99,123,124,115,139, which serve 7058 passengers Daily (extrapolated from 2018 route statistics), whereas the Paoli Thorndale line has a daily average ridership of 19,604 http://septa.org/strategic-plan/reports ... istics.pdf.
Why can you buy a keycard clear up in Allentown but nowhere on the Main line?
Try SEPTA: pay extra to get your farecard, for a small fee of 4.95 and an onboard surcharge of 2 dollars you too can experience the pain of convenience
Looking at the SEPTA key locator, https://www.septakey.org/info/buy-load-locator there are hundreds of service locations to get a Key, but none within a 3 mile radius of Wayne, Newtown square or Media. Why can you get a pack of tickets and "legacy fare's" shipped to your house but you have to drive to a key unit? Why is there no listed KEY machine at the Airport? Of all the places, the Airport?! Why is there no station at Paoli? Amtrak has a unit there, and Amtrak lists the annual ridership at Paoli station as 232,159. Yet they have a key unit out at KOP, serving the 92,99,123,124,115,139, which serve 7058 passengers Daily (extrapolated from 2018 route statistics), whereas the Paoli Thorndale line has a daily average ridership of 19,604 http://septa.org/strategic-plan/reports ... istics.pdf.
Why can you buy a keycard clear up in Allentown but nowhere on the Main line?
Try SEPTA: pay extra to get your farecard, for a small fee of 4.95 and an onboard surcharge of 2 dollars you too can experience the pain of convenience
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