SEPTA April 24th Regional Rail Schedule change

https://www.septa.org/schedules/upcoming-rail.html
Not that many changes but here are the changes

Airport Line
Weekend:

Airport Line service is extended to/from Glenside Station providing hourly service:

Departing Glenside Station between 7:24 a.m. through 9:24 p.m.
Arriving Glenside Station between 6:07 a.m. and 10:07 p.m.
Hourly Airport Line service is also provided for Wayne Junction Station (No changes to weekday service)


Chestnut Hill East Line
Weekend:

All inbound trains will depart 36 minutes LATER from Chestnut Hill East to Center City and operate through to the Trenton Line

All outbound trains will depart 9 minutes LATER from Center City to Chestnut Hill East.

(No changes to weekday service)


Chestnut Hill West Line
Weekend:
All inbound trains will depart 3 minutes earlier from Chestnut Hill West to Center City and operate through to the West Trenton Line

All outbound trains will depart 3 minutes earlier from Center City to Chestnut Hill West. (No changes to weekday service)


Trenton Line
Weekday

Train 703 the 7:36 a.m. arrival at Trenton will arrive 3 minutes later at 7:39 a.m.

Train 705 the 8:36 a.m. arrival at Trenton will arrive 3 minutes later at 8:39 a.m.

Train 707 the 9:36 a.m. arrival at Trenton will arrive 3 minutes later at 9:39 a.m.

Train 721 the 4:32 p.m. arrival at Trenton will arrive 3 minutes later at 4:35 p.m.

Train 725 the 6:36 p.m. arrival at Trenton will arrive 3 minutes later at 6:39 p.m.

Train 9759, the 4:44 p.m. departure from Suburban Station may depart ahead of schedule at ALL STOPS from Holmesburg Junction Station through Levittown-Tulleytown Station enroute to Trenton.

Train 731 the 8:40 p.m. Suburban Station departure will operate with a passenger flag stop* at Eddington Station at 9:13 p.m.

Train 737 the 11:40 p.m. Suburban Station departure will operate with a passenger flag stop* at Eddington Station at 12:13 a.m.

Train 732, the 9:59 p.m. departure from Trenton, arriving at Suburban Station at 10:52 p.m. will operate with a passenger flag stop* at Eddington Station at 10:16 p.m.

Train 9736, the 12:02 a.m. departure from Trenton, arriving at Suburban Station at 12:55 a.m. will operate with a passenger flag stop* at Eddington Station at 12:19 a.m.

Weekend

All Inbound (to Center City) Trenton line trains will depart from 8 minutes later to allow for better connections from NJ Transit trains.

All outbound Trenton line trains will depart 36 minutes later to allow for ample connection time to NJ Transit trains. (Except train 9701, the 5:38 a.m. Suburban Station departure.

*Flag Stop: Stops to discharge passengers on notice to conductor and pick up passengers standing on platform in position visible to engineer

Any news on when the next schedule change will be? It seems like ridership is up noticeably since beginning of May especially on off peak runs as well.

The Lansdale/Doylestown line isn't back to its normal schedule yet because it used to have 30 minute headways between Lansdale to Center City using Doylestown(hourly) Link Belt (hourly) turnarounds which combines to the 30 minute headways.

rcthompson04 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 7:01 pm Any news on when the next schedule change will be? It seems like ridership is up noticeably since beginning of May especially on off peak runs as well.

Possibly with the Wawa extension opening?

July 31 for the Southwest Connection Work
Probably the first week of September for an actual schedule change.

Don't expect to see more trains, the carrier has made it plain to the employees that they are satisfied with the current level of service. Even if they wanted to restore a full pre-pandemic schedule it would be difficult given the fact they are hemorrhaging crews once more.

CNJGeep wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 3:48 pm July 31 for the Southwest Connection Work
Probably the first week of September for an actual schedule change.

Don't expect to see more trains, the carrier has made it plain to the employees that they are satisfied with the current level of service. Even if they wanted to restore a full pre-pandemic schedule it would be difficult given the fact they are hemorrhaging crews once more.

Rush hour capacity seems about right. I was on an evening train last night and it felt quite crowded for just before 8pm. It felt pre-Covid levels.