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PATCO Freedom Fare System - railroad. net PATCO is introducing a new fare collection system with magnetic stripe single rides and "freedom" cards that you pay for parking and fares if your a regular rider, that you just place in in front of quick scanner It is currently being tested New faregates are included in the project While I know this is just a project in the works, anyone know if I, a once-in-a-while rider like me be able
Proposed PATCO Expansion - Page 5 - RAILROAD. NET Proposed PATCO Expansion Discussion relating to Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Philadelphia Metro Area) Official web site can be found here: www septa com Also including discussion related to the PATCO Speedline rapid transit operated by Delaware River Port Authority
Proposed PATCO Expansion - Page 11 - RAILROAD. NET Patco should follow the lead of Washington DC, focus on small extensions to one or two stations every few years (on both sides of the river) I would think that the chance of success with federal funds is better than moving on a 100-200% expansion of service
PATCO 50th anniversary - RAILROAD. NET PATCO's big anniversary is right around the corner, with the Budd cars built and tested in 1968, partial service on January 4, 1969 and the grand opening of the full line on Saturday, February 15, 1969
Patco Train Operators - RAILROAD. NET Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone here knows anything about Patco train operators salary, when they hire, how long training is, do they pay railroad retirement, etc? I've ridden the system several times but never had the opportunity to ask an actual operator Thanks in advance for any knowledge you can share
Proposed PATCO Expansion - Page 25 - RAILROAD. NET The PATCO plan isn't an extension of the Subway-Surface line It is a new line that will have a transfer to the Green Line somewhere near City Hall To characterize this as an extension of the Green Line is not correct The point of the project is to add rail transit along Delaware Avenue to spur economic development there
septa and patco train compatibility - RAILROAD. NET BSL, PATCO and the P W are all overrunning while the MFSE is underrunning Ideally they also need to have the same voltage and frequency, although there are a number of lines (mostly in the EU) that can adapt to multiple flavors of electricity Is there a connection between the two systems anywhere?
Proposed PATCO Expansion - RAILROAD. NET The reason that PATCO can't go west of their existing terminus that is that it is cost-prohibitive Because they would rely on FTA to fund it, there's no way FTA would pay for a tunnel that parallels two existing, in-service transit facilities (MFE and Green Line) That line would just siphon riders off of the existing Market street services
PATCo Paper Ticket Problem - Page 2 - RAILROAD. NET One can buy a ticket in virtually any denomination, I assume the minimum is the price of a single ride, and recharge it anytime the balance is low Boston's Charlie card is hard plastic, similar to PATCO's freedom card, New York and Washington are paper, or light, flexible plastic or laminated paper, like SEPTA's transpass