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| Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Area served | Philadelphia and the surrounding Delaware Valley, including New Castle County, Delaware, and South Jersey | ||
| Locale | Delaware Valley | ||
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| Number of lines | 196 | ||
| Number of stations | 290 | ||
| Daily ridership | 450,000 | ||
| Annual ridership | 223.5 million (2020)[1] | ||
| Chief executive | Leslie Richards (General Manager) | ||
| Headquarters | 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||
| Website | septa | ||
| Operation | |||
| Began operation | November 1, 1965 | ||
| Number of vehicles | 2,897 (2018)[3] | ||
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The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is a regional public transportation authority[4] that operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly four million people in five counties in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It also manages projects that maintain, replace and expand its infrastructure, facilities and vehicles.
SEPTA is the major transit provider for Philadelphia and the four surrounding counties, Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks, and Chester. It is a state-created authority, with the majority of its board appointed by the five Pennsylvania counties it serves.[5] While several SEPTA commuter rail lines terminate in the nearby states of Delaware and New Jersey, additional service to Philadelphia from those states is provided by other agencies: the PATCO Speedline from Camden County, New Jersey is run by the Delaware River Port Authority, a bi-state agency; NJ Transit operates many bus lines and a commuter rail line to Philadelphia's Center City; and DART First State runs feeder bus lines to SEPTA stations in the state of Delaware.
SEPTA has the sixth-largest U.S. rapid transit system by ridership, and the fifth-largest overall transit system in the U.S. with about 302 million annual unlinked trips as of fiscal year 2018.[6] It controls 290 active stations, over 450 miles (720 km) of track, 2,350 revenue vehicles, and 196 routes.[7] It also oversees shared-ride services in Philadelphia and ADA services across the region, which are operated by third-party contractors, Amtrak, and NJ Transit.
SEPTA is the only U.S. transit authority that operates all of the five major types of terrestrial transit vehicles: regional commuter rail trains, rapid transit subway and elevated trains, light rail trolleys, trolleybuses, and motorbuses. This title was shared with Boston's Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, which also runs ferryboat service, until trolleybuses in Greater Boston were discontinued in 2023.[8]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Fiscal Year 2021 Operating Budgetwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "SEPTA | Board Members". www.septa.org. June 16, 2023.
- ^ "Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 2018 Agency Profile" (PDF). FTA National Transit Database (NTD). December 13, 2019. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 22, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
- ^ "SEPTA Enabling Legislation (74PaCS§ 1711)". Pennsylvania Legis website.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
crisiswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "SEPTA Operating Facts Fiscal Year 2018" (PDF). SEPTA. 2019.
- ^ https://docs.house.gov/meetings/HM/HM07/20171128/106650/HHRG-115-HM07-Wstate-NestelT-20171128.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "SEPTA Facts". SEPTA Web site. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008.