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Letters: WHY I CAN'T TAKE SEPTA TO WORK | Philadelphia Daily News | 2011-11-28 Philadelphia Daily News If I take SEPTA and the bus arrives on schedule, the trip takes 45 minutes. If it does not show up on schedule, I miss the connecting train, and I waste 15 minutes waiting for the next connecting train. Late buses or never-arriving buses occur on at ..

Community Voice: Losing a technological battle Temple News A handyman of sorts for the past 30 years, Sudler always uses SEPTA or carpools to get to work. Though he notices the rising gas prices, he said, “everything is going sky high.” ASHLEY NGUYEN TTN Lyle Sudler waits for a bus to go to his work site at …

Yarnbombers make Market-Frankford Line more colorful and cozy Newsworks.org That colorful, slightly cozier seat you just grabbed on the El is not the work of SEPTA . But it will make your riding experience more enjoyable. You can also catch the bombed seats on Stuff We Like, among other cool things we've …

Sex manuel comes up short on advice Temple News Places you may not want to read the book include your daily commute on SEPTA , your work-study job and your parents' living room. Then again, you might not ..

Sex manuel comes up short on advice Temple News Places you may not want to read the book include your daily commute on SEPTA, your work-study job and your parents' living room. Then again, you might not …

Just as with our shoes, rail tracks wear out and repairing or replacing them is in order. But performing difficult rail maintenance requires more than a cobbler to mend the worn and damaged tracks that guide subway-elevated and trolley cars, a team is needed. Approximately 400 operating miles of track, 160 miles of non-operating track miles and approximately 1,008 mechanical switches which direct cars to their proper tracks, must be regularly maintained.

In the wee hours, while most SEPTA riders are sleeping comfortably knowing they’ll have reliable transportation for their morning commute, work vital to ensuring those rides go smoothly is being carried out in the bowels of the system. Two tasks in particular, replacing corroded rails and cleaning subway track areas, are essential to keep the system moving.

The train control signal system for Regional Rail ensures safe train movements, track switching and rail-highway grade crossing operations. This system, remotely managed from SEPTA’s Control Center, has control locations known as interlockings. These interlockings get their power from 100 Hz signal power lines that run along the railroad

The Market-Frankford Line provides over 160,000 daily rides to passengers. And 31-year veteran Ritchie Byers is just one of the many employees responsible for ensuring that the “El” cars are in top working condition. Stationed at 69th Street, Byers is aware of every aspect of the work the mechanics perform.

PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog) We Give SEPTA's Chat Now Service a Run PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog) In spite of our assumptions that anything SEPTA does will end up on FailBlog, their new handy online tool may not be the work of, um, tools.

PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog)

We Give SEPTA's Chat Now Service a Run PW-Philadelphia Weekly (blog) In spite of our assumptions that anything SEPTA does will end up on FailBlog, their new handy online tool may not be the work of, um, tools. …

Lillie Claitt, Director of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program Office, was first exposed to the workings of a small business with her father. “He was self-employed and operated a light-hauling business.