Diverse News 2007®

SEPTA Changes Some Routes for City and Suburban Transit

    PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Schedules will change
on Monday, August 27 and Sunday, September 2 for a number of SEPTA City
Transit Division and Suburban Transit Division bus and trolley routes.
    New timetables are available now at SEPTA sales offices, on vehicles
and at SEPTA transportation districts. The schedules will also be available
on the SEPTA web site at http://www.septa.org. For additional information
riders can call SEPTA Customer Service at (215) 580-7800.



    SEPTA makes schedule changes to City Transit Division and Suburban
Transit Division routes three times a year to meet the changing transit
needs and requirements of riders in the region.
    City Transit Division bus route changes effective Sunday, September 2
include:
    -- Route 21 -- early morning service will be improved with the first
       weekday morning trip now leaving 69th Street Terminal en route to Penns
       Landing at 5:23 a.m.  In addition, the first morning trip will leave
       69th Street Terminal on Saturdays at 6:22 a.m. and at 6:25 a.m. on
       Sundays.

    -- Route 42 -- the bus route will operate with a new weekday and weekend
       schedule between Wycombe Loop (Springton & Sherbrook Streets) and
       Penns Landing.

    -- Route 43 -- Sunday service has been extended from Parkside Loop (49th
       Street & Parkside Avenue) to Richmond & Cumberland Streets.

    -- Route 50 -- a new late night weekday trip will leave Philadelphia Park
       at 10:25 p.m. en route to the Frankford Transportation Center.

    Suburban Transit Division schedule changes:
    Victory District bus and trolley route changes effective Monday, August
27:
    -- Route 100 (the Norristown High Speed Line)-- on weekdays, the 3:50 p.m.
       trip from the Norristown Transportation Center will operate as a
       Limited Express. In addition, on Saturdays, afternoon service will be
       improved from the Norristown Transportation Center with a new Limited
       Express trip and a new local trip to Hughes Park added to the schedule
       to address overcrowding.

    -- Routes 103 and 115 -- weeknight operating times have been adjusted to
       better coordinate connections between the routes in Brookline.

    -- Route 113-weekday service has been increased between 4:30 p.m. and 5
       p.m. from 69th Street Terminal to the Chester Transportation Center.
       In addition, a new late night trip departing Chester Transportation
       Center at 1:45 a.m. en route to 69th Street Terminal has been added to
       the schedule.

    -- Route 119 -- In Upper and Lower Chichester Townships, a new
       experimental routing will be implemented with service operating over
       Market Street and Meetinghouse Road. Service has been temporarily
       discontinued along Ridge, Huddle and Chichester Avenues.

    -- Route 123 -- on Saturday evenings, an extra trip departing King of
       Prussia Plaza en route to 69th Street Terminal will be added to the
       schedule to address overcrowding.


    -- Route 125 -- on Saturdays, additional afternoon service between Gulph
       Mills and King of Prussia Plaza will be scheduled to address
       overcrowding.

    Frontier District bus route changes effective Sunday, September 2:

    -- Route 94 and 96 -- weekdays and Saturdays, the routing will be changed
       to provide direct service to the new Advanced Technology Center
       Building at the Montgomery County Community College campus.  Service
       along Cathcart Road, Campus Ring Road, and the DeKalb Pike access point
       will be discontinued.

    -- Route 314 -- weekday service will resume between West Chester and
       Goshen Corporate Park to the West Chester Transportation Center.

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