7 (Pier 70 to 33rd-Dauphin)

7 (Pier 70 to 33rd-Dauphin)

Oof, this might be one of SEPTA’s most beastly City Transit routes. It doesn’t get much crazier than taking a convoluted path from North Philly down into Center City, onward to South Philly, across to the other side of town, and then back up to serve the...
54 (Richmond-Cambria to 33rd-Dauphin)

54 (Richmond-Cambria to 33rd-Dauphin)

For a relatively simple and relatively short North Philadelphia crosstown, my 54 sure did get packed. I guess we’ll find out at the end if that’s normal or not… The bus making its way down narrow Cambria Street. I got on an eastbound bus a few blocks...
15 (63rd-Girard to Richmond-Westmoreland)

15 (63rd-Girard to Richmond-Westmoreland)

Yeah, yeah, save the comments. I’m, what, six days late? I mean, technically five days, if you count the fact that a 15 trolley ran at, like, 12:30 AM on Saturday, thus allowing SEPTA to claim that they ran that day and service was “officially”...
Stadium (NHSL)

Stadium (NHSL)

For our first review on the wild and wacky Norristown High Speed Line (I’m shocked it’s taken this long to do one), let’s take a look at the newly-renovated Stadium Station! Opened on January 13th (four days ago), the station still has some...