Buses are being used in place of
trolleys along SEPTA Routes 101 and 102 (Media-Sharon Hill Line) through
Sunday, September 6, 2015 due to a 12-week trolley modernization project. New
timetables for Routes 101 and 102 will begin on Monday, July 20. The new
schedules reflect some Route 101 trip time adjustments and Route 102 bus
re-routing to accommodate track construction on Springfield Road and Woodlawn
Avenue.
The Media-Sharon Hill
Line is comprised of three parts: the trunk from 69th Street Transportation; Center
to Drexel Hill Junction (Shadeland Avenue) used by both Route 101 and 102;
stops from Huey Avenue to Media used by Route 101, and; stops from Garrettford
to Sharon Hill used by Route 102.
During the 12-week
summer trolley shutdown, 16 SEPTA in-house and third party contractor groups
will work on a variety of projects on all three portions of the line. The work schedule
will typically be Monday-Saturday, from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Scheduled work in 10
phases over the 12-week period on Route 102 are:
·
Rail replacement;
·
Concrete roadway and repaving the parking lanes, and;
·
Installation of rubber rail boots around the new rails to lessen
vibration and noise.
The last time the
trolley track and roadway were replaced in this area was 1983.
During this first of
10 phases of the construction, substitute Route 102 buses between Clifton
Heights and Aldan will travel via Baltimore Avenue, Oak Avenue and Providence
Road due to the Springfield Road and Woodlawn Avenue construction as trips will
be15-20 minutes longer.
Boarding locations
will be moved to Baltimore Avenue at Trolley Station and
Providence Road at Woodlawn Avenue. For details, visit: http://septa.org/rebuilding/101-102-modernization-phase-2.html.
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