November 16, 2006

PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTA will operate scheduled weekend shuttle bus service between 69th St. Terminal and 40th Street Station on the Market-Frankford Elevated Line for the final time this year beginning at 8 p.m. Friday, November 17 through 5 a.m. Monday, November 20.

Following this final weekend of alternate service due to work on the Market Street Elevated (MSE) reconstruction project, SEPTA will operate regular weekend train service between 69th Street Terminal and the Frankford Transportation Center through the busy holiday season and into the spring of 2007.

Major construction on the project and weekend shuttle bus service will resume in the spring.

For riders using the Market-Frankford Line to travel into Center City this weekend, shuttle buses will leave 69th Street Terminal (69th & Market Streets) and travel on Chestnut Street from 63rd to 45th Streets, back to Market Street, and then to 40th Street Station where riders will transfer to the El.

From Center City, regular El service will operate to 46th Street Station. Riders traveling beyond 46th Street will transfer to shuttle buses at 40th Street Station. Shuttle buses will leave 40th & Market Streets and continue on 40th Street to Walnut Street, Walnut Street to 63rd Street, and back on Market Street to 69th Street Terminal.

Shuttle buses will make stops on Chestnut and Walnut Streets at 46th, 52nd, 56th, 60th, 63rd Streets and Millbourne Avenue. Market-Frankford Line trains will continue to operate about every 10 to 15 minutes between 46th Street Station and Frankford Transportation Center during the weekend.

SE is one of the largest construction projects ever undertaken by SEPTA as it rebuilds the nearly century-old El structure. The project includes the construction of six new stations and a new single-column support structure for the El between 46th Street in West Philadelphia and Millbourne Station in eastern Delaware County.

SEPTA’s Community Information Center is located at 5344 Chestnut Street and provides passengers, residents, and businesses with information regarding the project. The Center is open six days a week and is also accessible by telephone at 215-748-5700. Information on all SEPTA service is available online or by telephone at 215-580-7800.