Last Sunday just hours before the blizzard came into our areas. Mr. Almeida was brought to the attention by CSX dispatchers. That CSX trains were sent in South Philadelphia to pick up three Silverliner Vs at Rotem. They were so close to make the run; however, the mechanical issues “brake” on the Silverliner Vs cars forced the crews to postpone the delivery of the first three cars. To make matters worst, the weather during the evening hours of Sunday forced the crews hand to postpone the delivery of the first three cars. It is unknown as it stands now when SEPTA will get these first cars but from the looks at it they may have these cars by the beginning of next week. All i have to say is we shall see. Once SEPTA have received these cars, they will undergo at least 8 weeks of testing. When approved and no major flaws are found they should be in service by either late February or early March.
Just to recap, SEPTA is to receieve 120 Silverliner Vs to replace the 68 Silverliner II and IIIs in service. Both the Silverliner II and III has been running on waives issued by the FRA to keep these cars running. However come in 2012 these cars will be unable to operate. Hopefully the worst part of this Silverliner V orders is right behind us. Let's hope the production will continue smoothly.
( kman4life05)
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
Doylestown rushbus ends on Thursday, Dec 30th
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Due to discontinued funding, the Doylestown rushbus (formerly known as the Doylestown DART) will be discontinued. Saturday DART, operated by Bucks County Transport will be discontinued as well. Details here: http://tiny.cc/172sw
( Neo3488)
Friday, December 31st, 2010
A picture is worth a 1000 words, a video is worth 10,000 more!
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The first three production units of the Silverliner V order has arrived photo recorded by John A
( kman4life05)
Doylestown DART returns
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Unbeknownst to TMA Bucks, who had no choice but to discontinue the Doylestown rushbus do to the discontinuance of funding for the line, Bucks County, Bucks County Transport, and Doylestown officials had a meeting to determine what to do to solve this problem. The result? The Doylestown DART will be return and be operated by Bucks County Transport. More details here:
SEPTA plans to borrow money for new cars and station
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SEPTA's hopes that its board will approve a loan of $250 million through bonds to cover the cost of the Silverliner Vs as well as the Wayne Junction Station rebuilding. While Wayne Junction was delayed with the cuts in state funding this year, SEPTA is afraid of losing the federal funding for it if they don't start construction soon.
They hope to pay the money back over 25 years with grants from the Federal Transit Administration. Interestingly, this is the first time since the purchase of the M4s that SEPTA has borrowed money, which is pretty good for a transit system.
