Category: SEPTA Blog

Crews are making structural repairs to SEPTA’s bridge over Easton Rd between Mount Carmel Av and Glenside Av. This work builds on previously completed improvements including waterproofing of the bridge… Continue reading Easton Rd Bridge Rehabilitation Affects Local Traffic

The Fiscal Year 2026 operating budget approved by the SEPTA Board last month includes systemwide service reductions of 45%, a 21.5% fare increase, and other measures that are needed to balance a $213… Continue reading Schedule Development & Operator Picking Underway

Pay your SEPTA fare using your eligible credit or debit Mastercard and get $2.50 back when you spend $10 or more each month through December 31, 2025. The Mastercard Public Transit Benefit… Continue reading Save When You Tap and Go

As part of our 12-year capital investment program we’re making stations accessible, acquiring new vehicles, investing in communications, and upgrading services for our buses, Metro, and Regional Rail to deliver on our… Continue reading Destination Ardmore

On Saturday, June 14, 2025 SEPTA Sustainability organized a volunteer event in partnership with Mama Tee—a local nonprofit dedicated to fighting food insecurity in Philadelphia.  SEPTA’s Sustainability Playbook aims for… Continue reading SEPTA Volunteers Help Fill Community Fridges

Service on the Chestnut Hill East Line is suspended now thru Tuesday, September 2 so SEPTA can rehabilitate five bridges on the line. These bridges were built in the late… Continue reading Chestnut Hill East Bridge Rehabilitation Program

National Selfie Day is Saturday, June 21 and we want to take this opportunity to remind you that tracks are for trains not photo shoots. No photograph is worth risking… Continue reading National Selfie Day

On Monday, June 16, 2025 SEPTA Transit Police Chief Charles Lawson swore in thirteen (13) new police officers joining the department. The officers graduated from the Municipal Police Academy at… Continue reading SEPTA Transit Police Swears in 13 New Officers

Average daily ridership in May 2025 was 768,291 unlinked passenger trips across all modes. System-wide ridership increased 7% from May 2024. On average there were 47,311 more trips per day in May 2025 compared to… Continue reading Ridership: May 2025

June is National Safety Month and SEPTA is reminding riders and anyone else walking or traveling near the system about the dangers of standing too close to train tracks and… Continue reading National Safety Month

Fourteen SEPTA employees were honored on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at SEPTA’s 2024 GM Customer Service Awards for their exceptional customer service. From helping to carry a stroller to assisting… Continue reading 2025 GM Customer Service Awards