PA: Regional Rail riders would face two-hour waits between midday trains in SEPTA's August cuts

Many Regional Rail riders would feel an extra bite from proposed SEPTA service cuts, with most midday trains coming every two hours instead of every hour beginning Aug. 24, SEPTA officials told The Inquirer.

A normal schedule would have 1,414 weekly trips across SEPTA's 13 Regional Rail lines, officials say. But service would drop to 960 weekly trips under the reduced schedule the transit agency is drawing up — or about a third fewer.

SEPTA plans an overall dramatic reduction in services and a fare hike to deal with its financial crisis and, so far, there is no sign of the new state funding it says it needs to avoid the cuts.

During midday hours, after the morning rush and before the evening rush, intervals between Regional Rail trains would stretch from one hour to two hours. ...............(more)

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