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Discussion relating to Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Philadelphia Metro Area). Official web site can be found here: www.septa.com. Also including discussion related to the PATCO Speedline rapid transit operated by Delaware River Port Authority. Official web site can be found here: http://www.ridepatco.org/.

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 #1501755  by ekt8750
 
mcgrath618 wrote:https://www.philly.com/philly/business/ ... 80111.html

Very interesting. $1 Billion for a complete overhaul though?
Yep. 6 lines and the corridors that they run on will have to be completely reconfigured to accept low floor vehicles and safely board both able bodied and disabled passengers.

Think about what they did to the eastern half of Erie Av for the 56 and 10 fold it.
 #1502869  by njtmnrrbuff
 
Don't know about qualifying to Lancaster again but I could imagine as far as a different spot west of Coatesville. I remember years ago after service to Parkesburg was eliminated, there was a proposal to restore the service to Atglen.
 #1502871  by mcgrath618
 
When are we thinking this could happen? The article says “in the near future” which could mean in 9 months or in two years. Will they wait for the new station or just start service as soon as possible?
 #1502896  by njtmnrrbuff
 
Yes the service restoration won’t start yet until the new station in Coatesville is built. At this point, if they are waiting a few years for the service to begin and the station will be built soon, then more people will be happy to arrive into a much nicer station. I guess there is a growing number of people who are moving further west into Chester County that can benefit from the Septa service to Coatesville.
 #1507055  by khecht
 
rcthompson04 wrote:
NorthPennLimited wrote:Let them have it. We have 4 stations within a mile of Lansdale
Exton to Malvern is the longest stretch on the line without a station outside of Philadelphia.
The PRR had a Glenloch station at the Phoenixville Pike underpass just east of US 202, but while standing and restored, it now appears to be a private business or residence (http://www.west2k.com/pastations/chester.shtml). The proposed locations just north of the Immaculata campus and along Three Tun Road east of PA 352, a bit east of the old Glenloch station, appear to be better locations, particularly for parking. I’m not sure 300 parking spaces is enough given the sprawl of the area in recent decades, but coupled with the improvements at Exton it may be enough.

The Three Tun location might be preferable from a passenger perspective as the ROW hasn’t split there for the Trenton Cutoff flyover (west of Frazer Yard), thus keeping walking distances between the platforms shorter. Operationally for SEPTA, the Three Tun location seems to allow trains stopping there to access the east entrance to Frazer Yard, which would presumably allow any train currently serving Malvern to extend to this proposed Frazer station, also avoiding most reverse moves that would conflict with Amtrak traffic.

It’ll be interesting to see if this comes to fruition. I think it’s pretty likely that it would, but what decade is the question.
 #1507580  by MACTRAXX
 
Everyone - Interesting report on 6abc Action News on 5/1 titled:
"Building it Better: How SEPTA plans to improve mass transit in Philadelphia"
https://www.6abc.com/travel/how-septa-p ... a/5280342/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

One mistake I took notice to is the mention that the CRRC multilevels due in 2020 are going to
replace railcars dating from the 1970s (meaning the Silverliner Four cars) which is not the case
with only 55(?) new cars to be added to the fleet. This will only increase the amount of trains
using locomotive-hauled consists alongside the new ACS64 motors now in service.

An outright replacement will be the future order of Silverliner Six cars (around 200 cars) which
WILL replace the entire Silverliner Four fleet. These cars are now between 45 and 43 years old
as of this year. Do they have a legitimate chance to get to 50 years of service?

MACTRAXX
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