SEPTA announced today it has formally awarded Siemens a $118 million contract to build 13 new locomotives, for delivery in 2018. “The purchase of these new locomotives is the first of several ...

SEPTA officials on Monday afternoon said 13 leased railcars and three locomotives helped to smoothe the morning rush on its Regional Rail lines. Another five passenger trains will be available ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The union representing SEPTA's locomotive engineers (The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen) unanimously voted to authorize a strike on Monday. BLET said they ...

The 15 ACS-64 locomotives manufactured by Siemens in Sacramento will enable SEPTA to expand its fleet, replacing eight aging locomotives in the process. Some of the those being phased out include ...

SEPTA announced this week that it received its first new electric locomotive by Siemens, after it traveled some 2,700 miles from California. It’s the first of 15 locomotives that will replace older ...

Tired of overcrowded cabins on SEPTA’s Regional Rail? The transit agency is looking to improve efficiency and capacity with the introduction of 15 new locomotives. On Wednesday, SEPTA executives ...

SEPTA has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, the union has reported. SEPTA has reached a tentative contract agreement with the ...

One option might be to add more cars to the trains that are already running, but that would require longer platforms that would only be used during rush hour. Plus, in areas like the section between ...

Disappearing bus routes, five fewer Regional Rail lines, subway and commuter trains not running late — these and other possible SEPTA service cuts have dominated discussion of the transit ...

SEPTA announced a major upgrade to their fleet of subway trains on the Market Frankford Line (MFL) that is set to begin in five years. On Thursday, July 25, 2024, the transit agency awarded a ...

Crew unavailability. Put simply, SEPTA didn’t have people to run the trains. The regional rail is a quiet workhorse of the Delaware Valley commute, keeping tens of thousands of cars from ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — SEPTA Regional Rail trains were delayed in both directions in Philadelphia Thursday evening, the transit agency said on social media. The disruption was caused by "Amtrak ...