One car, a witness told The Inquirer, was “twisted like a pretzel” after the March 7, 1990, derailment on the Market-Frankford Line.
The State House Democrats had SEPTA uppermost in mind when they took testimony at the Navy Yard, but they and other speakers stressed that this was a statewide issue.
Now for the Big Ones. SEPTA survived the Eagles parade, moving more than 400,000 people in and out of the city in a compressed period of time, with some glitches, overcrowding, and tense moments but no glaring transit-related disasters.
A Philadelphia man was sentenced on Monday, March 3, 2025, to the Bucks County Correctional Facility for stalking and groping a 17-year-old girl on a SEPTA bus headed to Bensalem. Elmange Watson,
SEPTA is implementing the 12-month pilot program at 20 intersections in Philadelphia. Golden tells Philly Mag that SEPTA is focusing on SEPTA’s 47 bus route, which runs north-south from Whitman, through Center City, and up to East Oak Lane. The pilot program will focus on the Center City-adjacent chunk of the route.
After bus drivers' most recent contract with SEPTA included bulletproof enclosures on buses, the new additions have been put to the test.
All of SEPTA's Regional Rail lines were hit with delays during Tuesday's rush hour because of mechanical issues at 30th Street Station.