SEPTA Service Set For New Year's Eve, New Year's Day

December 27, 2007

PHILADELPHIA, PA – SEPTA City and Suburban Transit Division bus and trolley routes will operate on regular weekday schedules on New Year's Eve. In addition, Regional Rail lines will operate on a regular schedule with added late night service on most routes.

The special New Year’s Eve Regional Rail schedule is now available at SEPTA Regional Rail stations and on the SEPTA web site at www.septa.org.

On New Year’s Day, SEPTA City and Suburban Transit Division bus and trolley routes will operate on a Sunday/holiday schedule with extra service added on the Broad Street and Market-Frankford Lines for riders traveling to the Mummers Parade. Broad Street and Market-Frankford Line trains will run about every 8 to 10 minutes between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. while Regional Rail routes will operate with additional cars.

In addition, the parade will cause SEPTA bus Routes 2, 7, 17, 23, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 37, 38, 44, 48, 57, 64, 68, 79, 124/125, C and G to operate on local detours in and around Center City.

SEPTA’s Customer Service Office (215-580-7800), will be open with Customer Service agents on duty from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on New Year's Eve and from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. New Year's Day for riders seeking information about scheduled services.  SEPTA service information is also available on the SEPTA web site at www.septa.org.

                                       SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S EVE SERVICE

On New Year’s Eve, all SEPTA City and Suburban Transit Division bus and trolley routes will operate on regular weekday schedules. SEPTA Regional Rail trains will also operate on regular weekday schedules with added late night service on most routes to accommodate riders attending the midnight fireworks display at Penn’s Landing.

                            New Year’s Eve Regional Rail service:

- R2 Warminster – an added outbound (to Warminster) train will leave Market East Station at 1:30 a.m. and arrive in Warminster Station at 2:10 a.m.

- R2 Marcus Hook – an added outbound (to Marcus Hook) train will leave Market East Station at 1:35 a.m. and arrive in Marcus Hook Station at 2:17 a.m.

- R3 West Trenton – an added outbound (to West Trenton) train will operate from Market East Station at 1:25 a.m. and arrive in West Trenton Station at 2:29 a.m.

- R3 Media/Elwyn – an extra outbound (to Elwyn) train will operate from Market East Station at 1:45 a.m. and arrive in Elwyn at 2:26 a.m.

- R5 Lansdale/Doylestown - an added outbound (to Lansdale) train will operate from Market East Station at 1:40 a.m. and arrive in Lansdale at 2:26 a.m.

- R5 Paoli/Thorndale – an added outbound (to Malvern) train will leave Market East Station at 1:40 a.m. and arrive in Malvern at 2:33 a.m.

- R6 Norristown – an added outbound (to Norristown) train will leave Market East Station at 1:42 a.m. and arrive at Elm Street Station in Norristown at 2:23 a.m.

- R7 Chestnut Hill East – an outbound (to Chestnut Hill East) train will be held at Market East Station until 1:30 a.m. and arrive in Chestnut Hill East at 1:56 a.m.

- R7 Trenton – an added outbound (to Trenton) train will leave Market East Station at 1:25 a.m. and arrive at Trenton Station at 2:20 a.m. to connect with New Jersey Transit service. Additional inbound service from Trenton Station to Center City, coordinated with New Jersey Transit trains for passengers coming from New York, will leave Trenton Station at 3:50 a.m., 5 a.m. and 6 a.m.

- R8 Fox Chase - an added outbound (to Fox Chase) train will leave Market East Station at 1:43 a.m. and arrive in Fox Chase at 2:08 a.m.

- R8 Chestnut Hill West – an added outbound (to Chestnut Hill West) train will leave Market East Station at 1:40 a.m. and arrive at Chestnut Hill West Station at 2:14 a.m.