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If David Oh has his way, SEPTA stations will look quite a bit different one day. The Philadelphia City Councilman is part of a push to have platform screen doors installed on SEPTA trains.
SEPTA says a door malfunctioned, causing it to open up on an active train around 3:40 p.m. while it was stopped between the Fairmount and Spring Garden Stations. SEPTA rider Dan Craig posted a ...
As a SEPTA employee helpfully pointed out to me, you just have to wait for a paying customer. Customer walks through the gate. And you walk right behind said customer before the doors close — so ...
PHILADELHIA (WPVI) -- SEPTA has taken the first step toward replacing ... gangways between cars instead of sliding doors, which makes it easier for officers to see the length of the train ...
These new gates have full-length glass doors, and the top of the gate contains 3-D technology that can detect when a fare evader is following behind a paying customer, SEPTA CEO and General ...
That brings us to SEPTA’s plan to upgrade its aging fleet of trolleys and replace many of them with 120 cars that are at least 80-feet-long. The current vehicles are 53-foot long. The modernized ...
Last year, SEPTA installed “fare evasion” gates at the 69 th Street Transportation Center. The gates have full-length glass doors along with 3D technology that can detect when a fare evader is ...
Starting sometime this fall, SEPTA plans to run a pilot program that will keep doors at the end of train cars locked except in the case of emergencies. SEPTA expects to try the new system out on a few ...
(Emma Lee/WHYY) A limited number of SEPTA buses, trains, and trolleys will be equipped with QR codes that riders can scan to report how clean or dirty their ride was. Posted near the exit doors, the ...
With the modernization initiative, SEPTA is seeking to open the doors of transportation to disabled communities. Features of the new trolleys include low floors, wider paths, and visual messaging for ...