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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 …

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

SEPTA Apologizes For Major Delays

“Sorry doesn’t even begin to cover it” according to SEPTA.

SEPTA issued a release on its website Tuesday apologizing for multiple issues Monday that led to major delays. The first issue of the day was on the Warminster line, according to SEPTA, which has been in the process of being updated for the last six months. “At 1:10 p.m. old supporting hardware holding up new wire decided to give up the ghost resulting in no train service for about 2.5 hours,” SEPTA reported. Then, at 4:25 p.m., a bad car short circuited, according to SEPTA. “This set off a wave of delays for some 87 trains lasting anywhere from 40 minutes to just over 1 hour. The worst of this situation were the 4 trains - the 4:25 p.m. to the Airport, the 4:36 p.m. going to Chestnut Hill West, the 4:22 p.m. going to Wilmington, and 4:29 …

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