oday there has been some major power outages on the Amtrak's Northeast corridor reflecting in massive delays throughout the rush hour this morning. Shuttle buses were being put into service to give the SEPTA's commenter rail lines to substitution for these delays. As of 11am power has been restored on these lines.

The New Flyer 40 foot demo BRT has been spotted at 1234 Market St, Frankford Frankford transportation center, and also in West Chester. It is unclear as to exactly what SEPTA is using this bus for but it seems likely they are using them to run tests on them.  Adam Moreira managed to get the photo of the BRT demo at Frankford terminal. You could check them out here...
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Rabbit transit of York, PA has purchased 3 Ex- SEPTA Neoplans.  These three ex-SEPTA Neoplans are numbered 331-333 and are all white with Rabbit logos. Here are two photos of the Neoplans taken by Michael Buglak.

Ex- SEPTA Neoplans

The Philadelphia International Airport now has 20-25 brand new Gillig Advantages. They are being used on courtesy shuttles to the Employee Lot, Airport Terminal Shuttle, and Cargo City Shuttle. They are basically taking over the Nova RTS' and LFS' that previously operated the service. They are painted blue and have orange LED signs on the front, side, and rear.

All transit Division Schedules on SEPTA will change on June 18th, 19th, and 24th. Most of the changes relate to the reduction of service due to schools being closed and workers taking vacations causing lighter peak hour loads. Among the highlights, peak hour headways on the Subway Surface lines (10, 11, 13, 34, 36) have been reduced from every 4 minutes to every 5 minutes, resulting in the subtraction of one car from each line. Also, Route 11 will begin shuttle bussing on June 18th between 49th and Woodland and Darby transportation Center with buses operating to 40th Street Portal after 9 PM weekdays and all day Saturday and Sunday and holidays. Shuttle buses will operate to 40th and Market Streets during all diversions as well. The reason is the replacement of rail on Woodland Avenue from Island Avenue to 67th Street. Rail is already on the road near 70th Street waiting for the start of construction.During the first two (2) weeks of construction, workers will focus on Island and Woodland Avenues where the switches will be replaced. Due to this, Route 13 service will be suspended between Darby and Yeadon, with no replacement while Route 13 cars will pull in and pull out via Route 36 tracks and 49th Street to Chester Avenue. Work will start at Island and move up to 67th Street by September. Also happening with the schedule changes is reduced service on Red Arrow Routes 108, 112, 115, and a summer schedule on Route 120. On the Frontier front, Routes 91 and 130 will see major changes to Saturday service. On Route 91, the 12:10 out of Norristown and its 12:50 return are discontinued. The 2:10 trip and its return at 2:50 will depart 25 minutes later (2:35 and 3:15). A new 9:10AM trip from Norristown to Graterford and return will be added. On Route 130, all Saturday service t o Bucks County Community College is discontinued and service will terminate at the Village of Newtown Shopping Center. Schedules are available at SEPTA's Website and will soon be available at all major terminals, transportation centers, and Center City Stations.

Artic #7178 operating on Route 65/5201 (nightline) caught fire shortly after 4:00 AM yesterday morning on City Avenue just south of Bryn Mawr Avenue. The operator reported a fire in the engine compartment. No one was injured and Philadelphia Fire Department Engine 54 responded and put out the fire. The rear of the bus is melted from what the Chopper 6 HD footage on Channel 6 yesterday morning showed. The bus was towed to Berridge Shops where it will be repaired or scrapped.

Starting tomorrow, the route 11 will be running shuttle buses due to the track renewal project on Woodland Avenue between 67th Street and Island Avenue. On the weekdays, between on weekdays, between 5 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. the shuttle will be operating from 49th street & Woodland Ave, to 9th and Main Street in Darby, Pa. From 9:30pm to 5am and weekends the buses will be operating in the opposite direction from Darby to 40th and Woodland avenue. 3,500 feet of rail dating back in the 1970's will be replaced by a new welded rail watch will yield a quieter & smoother ride.

Lately there had been some news going around regarding to the trackless trolley order. The news stated that septa will indeed purchase 60 E40LF starting next year meaning that Southern will get about 22 units out of this order. Please disregard these as rumors as there is no official news or facts that has been released yet. There's no evidence that remotely suggest that septa are indeed working on reviving the 29, 79, (the existing lines in South Philadelphia) yet. Stay tune for more information on this in the future as it stands now septa are getting 38 E40LFs' with options of 23 additional units. Please be advised more rumors are expected between now and when these coaches will arrive.

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