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PHILADELPHIA SEPTA The Philadelphia area has one of the largest combined transit systems in the United States. Buses, street cars, subways, commuter rail, and even an old interurban are operated by the South East Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, better known as SEPTA. Transit fans claim SEPTA stands for Save Every Person from Transit Anxieties. |
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For years SEPTA operated antique
electrified commuter rail passenger cars nicknamed Blue Liners.
SEPTA, a government agency, took over Philadelphia commuter rail service from the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Reading Railroad. |
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In the 1960s the Blue Liners were
replaced with electrified aluminum commuter rail cars known as Silver
Liners.
SEPTA operates extensive commuter rail services to the north, west, and south of Philadelphia. |
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A Silver Liner rolls through the Villanova Station on the westward line to Paoli loaded with evening rush hour passengers. These SEPTA commuter rail photographs were taken in the 1980s. |