Airport Line (SEPTA)
| Airport Line | |
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An Airport Line train after departing 30th Street Station
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| Overview | |
| Type | Commuter rail |
| System | SEPTA Regional Rail |
| Status | Operating |
| Termini |
Philadelphia International Airport Terminals Temple University |
| Stations | 10 |
| Daily ridership | 6,835 |
| Website | septa.org |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1985 |
| Operator(s) | SEPTA Regional Rail |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Electrification | Catenary |
The Airport Line (formerly the R1 Airport) is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail system, which officially runs between Philadelphia International Airport and Philadelphia Center City. In practice however, only a few trains originate or terminate in Center City while most are through routed with lines to the north such as the Warminster Line or the Chestnut Hill East Line. In a planned reversal of this practice, sometime in late November 2015, SEPTA posted on its website that, beginning Dec. 14th, more trains would originate/ terminate at Jenkintown station during the weekdays. The line between Center City and the Airport Terminals runs seven days a week from 5:00 AM to midnight with trains every 30 minutes. The trip length from Suburban Station to the airport is 19 to 24 minutes.
While geographically on the former Pennsylvania Railroad side of the Regional Rail System, the route consists of new construction, a reconstructed industrial branch of the former Pennsylvania Railroad, and a shared Conrail (formerly Reading Company) freight branch. The Airport Line opened on April 28, 1985 as SEPTA R1, providing service from Center City to the Philadelphia International Airport. By its twentieth anniversary in 2005, the line had carried over 20 million passengers to and from the airport. The line splits from Amtrak's Northeast Corridor north of Darby and passes over it via a flying junction. West of the airport, the line breaks from the old right-of-way and a new bridge carries it over I-95 and into the airport terminals between the baggage claim (arrivals) and the check-in counters (departures). The line ends between terminals E and F at their combined station.
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