Philadelphia Teen Nearly Thrown On Center City SEPTA Rails
A Philadelphia teenager is lucky to be alive after she was attacked at random and nearly thrown onto the SEPTA tracks in Center City.
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A Philadelphia teenager is lucky to be alive after she was attacked at random and nearly thrown onto the SEPTA tracks in Center City.
SEPTA is requiring all it's rail engineers to wear fluorescent green and yellow vests when operating trains, saying it's for safety and security reasons. It's something the engineer's union doesn't like.
Hundreds of people were evacuated from a center city Philadelphia office building on Thursday morning after an electrical fire erupted in a utility closet.
A suspect was taken into police custody after he allegedly stabbed a man on the platform of a SEPTA subway station Tuesday.
This first report by the think tank Brookings finds low-income Philadelphians have good access to mass transit, but not all of those residents have access to lines that will get them to a job.
Septa is redoubling its security efforts in the wake of allegations that Osama Bin Laden wanted to derail commuter trains on the anniversary of 9/11.
It took two years to restore the Allen Lane train station, which was built in 1885.
A driver was taken to the hospital after crashing into a SEPTA trolley early Wednesday morning.
There's no specific threat, but authorities say they are stepping up patrols, like here at 30th Street station, where people are being asked to be more aware and more alert.
Police say a man has been arrested for taking inappropriate pictures of a sleeping SEPTA rider.
Fire officials are investigating the cause of a brush fire that impacted SEPTA passengers in Delaware County early Tuesday morning.
A suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a young man from southwest Philadelphia on SEPTA's Broad Street line Saturday afternoon.
A 22-year-old man was rushed to Temple University Hospital after being robbed and shot at a SEPTA station Saturday afternoon.
The route spans 10 miles through south Philadelphia, Center City and North Philadelphia. SEPTA spokesman Andrew Busch says about half of the stops between Oregon Avenue and Market Street along 7th and 8th Streets have been eliminated.
SEPTA's practice of using Male and Female decals on trans-passes and trail-passes -- a practice that has upset the city's transgender community -- came under the microscope Tuesday in City Council.
A pedestrian was killed after being struck by a SEPTA train late Monday evening. The incident happened at about 11 p.m. near the intersection of Cresson and Calumet Streets in the city's East Falls section.
SEPTA held its first public information session on new payment systems in the works that could ultimately eliminate tokens and paper transfers.
SEPTA is hitting the road to ask riders what they think about a new system for collecting fares.
A man was rushed to the hospital after being sucked underneath a SEPTA trolley in Delaware County early Thursday morning.
SEPTA riders are not being asked to dole out for higher fares in the coming year, but the transit agency is warning that it is quickly running out of cash for station and equipment repairs and upgrades.
Youtube videos show SEPTA riders making and eating sandwiches. Other videos show people yelling and fighting. SEPTA says the general rule when riding is to be respectful of others.
SEPTA says an early-morning transformer fire at its underground substation near 33rd and Market Streets affected commuters who use their subway-surface trolleys. The Route 10 was still using shuttle buses on Tuesday afternoon.
SEPTA's Norristown regional rail line is running on a modified schedule today after power problems stopped some SEPTA train in their tracks yesterday.
After suspending service earlier today on its Norristown Regional Rail line, SEPTA says service on that line will be extremely limited for the rest of the day -- including for the homebound rush hour period.
Trains on the Chestnut Hill West line, Norristown Line, and the Trenton Line were stopped in their tracks because of overhead line problems.
