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With more than 100 Silverliner Vs on track, regional rail advocates can focus more attention on passenger experience SEPTA and DVARP are working to crowd source Silverliner V rider feedback Entrance ...
Eighteen defective Silverliner V train cars that had been repaired and returned – or readied to return – to service have been removed again from SEPTA's Regional Rail system. The Silverliner ...
This week SEPTA celebrated the completion of its 120-car Silverliner V order This week SEPTA celebrated the completion of its 120-car Silverliner V order SEPTA said the Silverliner V’s improved ...
SEPTA and its contractor LTK have been conducting more intensive inspections of all of the trucks for the Silverliner Vs in the two weeks since a fractured equalizer bar and the discovery of tiny ...
Earlier this afternoon, SEPTA announced that all 120 of its Silverliner V Regional Rail cars had been removed from service due to a “serious structural defect.” More information is now ...
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, which serves Philadelphia and its suburbs, found a structural defect in a Silverliner V train on Friday, according to a press release.
Hyundai Rotem has a manufacturing facility in South Philadelphia. It had the contract for those troubled Silverliner V cars that were yanked from service last summer because of defective parts.
SEPTA on Saturday took all 120 of its Silverliner V Regional Rail cars -- which make up a third of its rail fleet -- out of service for inspection and repairs. SEPTA General Manager Jeffrey ...
Philadelphia commuter trains returned to full rush-hour capacity Monday, three months after flaws found in Silverliner V rail cars forced service cutbacks, crammed cars and headaches for ...
SEPTA assistant general manager of operations Ron Hopkins addressed the media Thursday morning and showed off the Silverliner V railcars at SEPTA’s Overbrook shop. Cracks were found on all but ...
Philadelphia’s Suburban Station will host a public display Tuesday of a married pair of new Silverliner V cars being delivered to SEPTA. Agency staff will be on hand toanswer questions. The cars will ...
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority took all 120 Silverliner V cars out of service Friday night after finding a fractured beam on one car and fatigue cracks on almost all other ...