![]() 24 was a good day for a trolley ride, even to Whatever SEPTA claims about the trolleys returning someday, local advocates refuse to believe it.įriday, Jan. Similarly, SEPTA says that the loss of the cars on Girard Avenue is temporary only for the next year or two. 22 that Taulby Roach, head of Bi-State Metro Transit, is making the pitch in suburban St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on Wednesday, Jan. The story may not be over for either of those lines it is possible that they could come back. Now the latest line to fold is the venerable Girard Avenue line, which almost made the century-and-a-half mark. As the new year began, Railway Age reported that line’s demise ( A Streetcar Thought Undesirable, posted Jan. Streetcar advocates on the local scene, and from as far awayĪs San Francisco, were appalled, and they heated up the blogs and other mediaĪs the old year ended, so did the 235-day run of the Loop Trolley on Delmar Boulevard in St. ![]() 24, but SEPTA gave little notice of its demise, having posted a “serviceĪdvisory” on its website the preceding Tuesday, but no press release. Not only did Route 15 run for the last time on Friday night, This one is Philadelphia’s Route 15, operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), and which ran for 8.4 miles along Girard Avenue, an east-west street about one mile north of Market Street. People News: FourKites, Stantec, PTSI Transportationīrookviile-rebuilt SEPTA PCC car at 11th & Girard, July 3, 2012.įor the second time in less than four weeks, a streetcar line in the United States has bitten the dust.Transit Briefs: Brightline, Northern Lights Express, Tri-Rail, SEPTA.CHSRA Selects Foster + Partners, Arup to Design First Four Central Valley Stations.‘Influential Industry Leader’ Nominations Due Today, April 10.Two Charged with Embezzling Keolis in Boston.Report: Mobile Train Stop ‘Final Infrastructure Issue’ Before Amtrak Gulf Coast Service Can Restart.Transit Briefs: Amtrak/FRA, MBTA, SEPTA, Rogers.
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