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Schedule Changes Coming to Manayunk / Norristown Train Line

Changes are scheduled to start Monday.

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Area residents who use the Manayunk/Norristown Line to get from Montgomery county to the city are about to have a change in their commute.

SEPTA has announced that, due to replacement work, a number of changes to the Manayunk/Norristown line, a line that serves Conshohocken, are set to take place Monday, June 13.

"Originally installed in 1933, the catenary wire has become brittle and subject to failure as demonstrated by the March 3, 2011 service disruption," a release on the company's website said. "Replacement of this critical infrastructure is part a of comprehensive capital investment program design to bring the system in to a state of good repair and to improve travel for customers."

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Changes in service include cancelling certain trains and adding more time to other runs.

According to the transit company’s website, the changes in schedule and service are expected to last roughly four months.

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The complete list of changes, which can be viewed on the SEPTA website, are listed below:

  • All customers heading toward Center City will board and exit trains from the inbound platform.
  • 13 minutes will be added to the schedule for trains traveling outbound from the city towards Norristown.
  • Train 6225 departing Elm Street at 9:05 a.m. will be the last regular morning inbound train; regular inbound service resumes with Train 2367 leaving Elm Street at 4:36 p.m.
  • Train 3242 departing Center City/Suburban Station will be the last regular morning outbound train; regular outbound service resumes with Train #6242 leaving Center City/Suburban Station at 3:13 p.m.

The schedule for trains leaving from Elm Street will change in the following ways:

Current Schedule Schedule Effective June 12, 2011 227 leaving Elm Street at 9:47 a.m. Becomes 6227 leaving Elm Street at 10:05 a.m. 6229 leaving Elm Street at 10:52 a.m. CANCELLED 231 leaving Elm Street at 11:47 a.m. Becomes 6231 leaving Elm Street at 12:04 p.m. 235 leaving Elm Street at 12:45 p.m. CANCELLED 237 leaving Elm Street at 1:47 p.m. Becomes 2351 leaving Elm Street at 2:00 p.m. 2343 leaving Elm Street at 2:35 p.m. CANCELLED 2837 leaving Elm Street at 3:29 p.m. Becomes 2359 leaving Elm Street at 3:43 p.m.

The schedule for trains leaving from Center City will change in the following ways:

Current Schedule Schedule Effective June 12, 2011 8230 leaving Suburban Station at 9:40 a.m. CANCELLED 222 leaving Suburban Station at 10:43 a.m. Becomes 6232 leaving Suburban at 10:38 a.m. 234 leaving Suburban Station at 11:40 a.m. CANCELLED 6236 leaving Suburban Station at 12:40 p.m. No change to train schedule 6238 leaving Suburban Station at 1:26 p.m. CANCELLED

A complete list of the changes can be viewed here.

 

 

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