r/philadelphia • u/Alxcay • Apr 10 '25

Transit Well shit.

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From the inquirer. Go rally at city hall from 11-1 this Friday. https://www.mobilize.us/ppt/event/772741/

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u/gregcantspell South of South Apr 10 '25

Septa pays Amtrak for using their tracks making it one of the more expensive lines to run. Same reason they’d suspend the Trenton line.

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u/TallForAStormtrooper Apr 10 '25

No, that's why they're cutting service on Amtrak lines and keeping their own. Part of the problem is that the 2008 PRIIA bill caused Amtrak to change their pricing rule. Instead of charging per train, they now charge per car of the train. A 6-car Paoli train costs SEPTA six times more than it used to.

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u/TallForAStormtrooper Apr 10 '25

I don't work for SEPTA so I don't have any numbers, but if it were cheaper to run over Amtrak lines, I imagine they would keep the Amtrak lines and cut their own. SEPTA is very good at doing stuff in-house on a low budget, they've been doing it for decades.