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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Is Your Train Late?

You can now find out if your SEPTA train is on time with a phone call, text or website.

  Two new sites will help commuters determine if their SEPTA train is one time or not. Baldwin is a website optimized for a smartphone. It’s not an app that you download. Bookmark on your phone so you don’t forget it when you need it. All you need to do is put in the station where you want to get on and where you want to get off and it will tell you the next trains going between those stations, their departure and arrival time and whether they are on time. The website URL is baldwin.ph. Note: if you’re going to or from Wayne in Radnor Township, choose Wayne Station, not Wayne Jct. SEPTAlking provides regional rail status updates with a phone call or text message at 215-987-5418. Both sites are part of SEPTA’s outreach campaign and will be …

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Ridership Increases On Regional Rail to Philly

SEPTA ridership is up despite last year's fare increase.

Ridership over the last 12 months has reached a 22-year high, according to SEPTA at their last meeting on July 28. A financial report showed that ridership was up 4 percent with a total of 335 million trips by riders. That makes 13 million trips more than the previous fiscal year. One difference the report unveiled is that, since a fare increase in July 2010, payments in cash have risen, while paying with tokens or prepaid tickets has declined. The report determines the difference is caused by partially closing the gap between prepaid and cash prices. The increased ridership, and the 20 percent increase in cash fares, helped SEPTA finish the fiscal year with $22 million over budget and an 11 percent increase in passenger revenue over the …

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