SEPTA staff recommends acquiring 45 bi-level coaches from CRRC, a subsidiary of a Chinese manufacturer, based on "technical rating and pricing." ...

The Bombardier push-pull commuter rail cars were built in 1986, says SEPTA, and are used on regional rail lines. Like rail coaches, locomotive cab cars also contain a control cab for engineers. Cab ...

In February, SEPTA awarded a $6.3 million contract to Hyundai Rotem to refurbish 11 Bombardier Regional Rail cars, an extension of a pre-existing agreement with the company to rehab 22 cars.

Last year, SEPTA awarded Hyundai-Rotem a $6.28 million contract to rehabilitate 11 railcars originally built by Bombardier. That worked followed the overhaul of 22 other rail cars, which Hyundai Rotem ...

The SEPTA Board is scheduled to vote on a $725 million contract to buy all new cars for the Market-Frankford Line that would hold more passengers and include designated bicycle spaces.

A hit-and-run crash involving a Philadelphia SEPTA bus may have been the result of a car chase, according to a report. Police responded to a call about a vehicle being chased and shot at on Broad ...

SEPTA said that “push-pull” means a train can be operated from either end. Ten of the 35 cars will be cab-equipped with full controls for the operation of the locomotive.

The bid by CRRC, the world’s largest railcar builder, was $34 million less than Bombardier of Canada, and $47 million under the bid of Hyundai Rotem of South Korea. Hyundai produced Silverliner V cars ...

As SEPTA’s Regional Rail slowdown hits it third week, the transit authority will once again adjust its schedule to help with overcrowded trains and ease the burden on passengers.

The union representing workers who assembled the now out-of-service SEPTA rail cars at a South Philadelphia manufacturing facility believes the cracked beams were defective, and not reflective of ...

July 21, 2022 Delayed by the pandemic, SEPTA marks progress in plans for double-decker Regional Rail trains Riders could see the bi-level coach cars in service next year — that is, if the riders ...