Girard Avenue Streamliners Return Sunday
After a six-month absence for a $1.2 million track upgrade, the vintage electric streetcars will run--on a temporarily shortened route > more
Inside SEPTA’s “Nerve Center”
Steve Weinik gives us a glimpse inside a little known, very important, and incredibly cool corner of Philadelphia, SEPTA's multi-modal control room, the only one of its kind in the US > more
The Other–Other–High Line
Not the Reading Viaduct, and still heavily used, the West Philadelphia Elevated Branch flies 50 feet above the street from Grays Ferry to the Zoo > more
Historic Trolley Substation In Germantown Succumbs
Demolition of the turn-of-the-century control house casts further doubt on the return of the 23 trolley to Germantown Avenue. > more
15 Trolley: Improvements, Plans, Route Changes And, Yes, Delays
Planners are eying a new fleet of ground level trolley cars for future use on the 15 and the subway-surface routes. In the meantime, wait until April to see the old streamliner cars again > more
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