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How SEPTA cuts will affect bus, train, trolley routes in southeastern PA

Regional Rail line eliminations are expected to take effect in January 2026. In the meantime, SEPTA Regional Rail riders can ...

Higher SEPTA fares kick in Sept. 1, but people who buy monthly passes will see a bigger bill sooner

It’s a quirk of SEPTA’s implementation of its doomsday budget, with a fare increase as well as service cuts set to begin Aug.

What buses, trains is SEPTA cutting next week? What to know about cuts, new schedules, fare hikes

SEPTA riders will start to feel the cuts on Aug. 24, when dozens of bus routes are eliminated or shortened, among other ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks on looming SEPTA cuts and fare hikes

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro responded to the looming SEPTA cuts and fare hikes as protesters held another rally at Sen ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker hasn’t been front and center in the fight to fund SEPTA. She said that’s no accident.

With less than a week before SEPTA’s drastic service cuts take effect, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker said she is in “constant communication” with Republicans and Democrats in Harrisburg and ...

As SEPTA cuts loom, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, leaders and riders raise concerns

Montgomery County Commissioner Neil Makhija said the county will be hit hard economically by the looming SEPTA cuts.

SEPTA service cuts: Riders stage sit-in at Senator Picozzi's office due to funding crisis

Members of The 215 People’s Alliance say they plan to camp out at Republican State Senator Joe Picozzi’s office until funding ...

Everything we know about how SEPTA could change on Aug. 24 [UPDATED]

SEPTA’s austerity version is set to launch in the early hours of Sunday, Aug. 24. The following Monday morning, the enormity ...