(Source: Trains.com, April 10, 2025)
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has become the latest transit agency to unveil plans for draconian service cuts because of a funding shortage. Five Regional Rail lines and 50 bus lines would be eliminated, rail service would end at 9 p.m., and 66 stations would be closed under the budget for fiscal 2026, the agency said. Overall, the budget calls for a 45% reduction in service and a 21.5% fare increase to address a projected $213 million deficit. SEPTA is facing a budget shortfall in part because increases in state funding proposed by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and passed by the state House, controlled by Democrats, have not passed the Republican-controlled Senate.
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