SEPTA Regional Rail
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| Overview | |||
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| Owner | SEPTA | ||
| Locale | Delaware Valley | ||
| Transit type | Commuter rail | ||
| Number of lines | 13 | ||
| Number of stations | 154 As of 2015[update] | ||
| Daily ridership | 130,800 As of 2015[update] | ||
| Annual ridership | 37,413,300 As of 2015[update] | ||
| Chief executive | Jeffrey Knueppel, General Manager | ||
| Headquarters | 1234 Market Street Philadelphia, PA |
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| Website | septa.org | ||
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| Began operation | 1983 | ||
| Reporting marks | SEPA (revenue equipment) SPAX (non-revenue and MOW equipment) |
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| Host railroads | SEPA AMTK CSXT City of Philadelphia |
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| Number of vehicles | 404 Revenue Vehicles As of 2015[update] | ||
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| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | ||
| Electrification | Overhead lines | ||
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The SEPTA Regional Rail system (reporting marks SEPA, SPAX) consists of commuter rail service on 13 branches to more than 150 active stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and its suburbs and satellite cities. Service on most lines operates from 5:30 a.m. to midnight. It is the fifth-busiest commuter railroad in the United States and busiest outside of the New York and Chicago metropolitan areas. In 2016, Regional Rail had an average of 132,000 daily riders.
The core of the Regional Rail system is the Center City Commuter Connection, composed of three Center City stations in the "tunnel" corridor: the above-ground upper level of 30th Street Station, the underground Suburban Station, and Jefferson Station (formerly Market East Station). All trains stop at these Center City stations; most also stop at Temple University station on the campus of Temple University in North Philadelphia. Operations are handled by the SEPTA Railroad Division.
Of the 13 branches, seven were originally owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) (later Penn Central), and six by the Reading Company. The PRR lines terminated at Suburban Station; the Reading lines at Reading Terminal. In November 1984, the Center City Commuter Connection united the two systems, turning the two terminal stations (Reading Terminal having been replaced by the Jefferson Station) into through-stations. Most inbound trains from one line continue on as outbound trains on another line. (Some limited or express trains, and all trains on the Cynwyd Line, terminate on one of the stub-end tracks at Suburban Station.)
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