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Re: Trackless is on the move-Philly |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Thu Jun 21 10:53:20 2007, in response to Re: Trackless is on the move-Philly, posted by andy on Thu Jun 21 09:54:44 2007. Thanks for your reply. I am very excited about this project.SEPTA decided to buy only 38 coaches for the three Frankford routes. I am sure they calculated rush hour usage and spares. The remaining 40 Ft. Neoplan buses,(35 of them) from 1988, IIRC, will be scrapped when the full fleet of coaches is in and running on the street. Again they calculated an additional 23 coaches for the 2 Southern routes, 29 & 79, which also would need some improvements to the wires and infrastructure, plus a planned extension of the route 29 to Pier 70. So there is little hope left for those those two routes. I agree that 38 coaches does seem a bit high, but I have to trust SEPTA's planning. |
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