SEPTA strike-update

Update-03.11.2009 Excerpts from Septa site to help during strike-

What SEPTA Service Will Run?

Regional Rail
Train service will be the best choice for travel in and around Philadelphia

Suburban Transit
Bus, Trolley, and Norristown High Speed Lines will not be affected, except Route 116, which will be temporarily discontinued. Route service will change for those buses that normally travel into the City. Contract routes 204, 205, 306, and 314 will continue to operate

LUCY (Loop through University City)
Green and Gold Loop service will operate regular routing from 30th Street Station to selected University City destinations

CCT Connect
Regular service will operate for registered ADA and Shared Ride customers. There may be some delays due to increased demand and local street traffic

- What SEPTA Service Will Not Run?

Market-Frankford Line
No service between 69th Street Terminal and Frankford Transportation Center

Broad Street Line/Broad Ridge Spur
No service between Fern Rock Transportation Center and Pattison Avenue, Chinatown or 8th & Market

All City Transit Bus, Trolley, and Trackless Trolley Routes
No service on bus routes 1 through 89, all lettered bus routes, Owl Service, and trolley routes 10, 11, 13, 15, 34, and 36

Frontier Bus Routes
No service on bus routes 90 through 99, 124, 127-132, 134, 139, 150, 201, 206, and 304

Update - Governor Rendell was successful to delay the SEPTA strike while the World Series was in town by ordering SEPTA management and union officials to discuss at the bargaining table. But Unfortunately, Rendell wasn't able to hold the strike off entirely. As of on 3 a.m. this morning, members of Transport Workers Union Local 234 started the strike and have walked off the job.

SUBURBAN TRANSIT

TEMPORARY CHANGES

Route 105 - 69th Street Terminal to Ardmore and Paoli Operate current schedule All trips will bypass Overbrook Park using Victory Ave, West Chester Pike, Lynn Blvd, Township Line Rd, City Ave Service to 63rd & Malvern discontinued Route 106 - 69th Street Terminal to Ardmore Operate current schedule All trips will bypass Overbrook Park using Victory Ave, West Chester Pike, Lynn Blvd, Township Line Rd, City Ave Route 108 - 69th Street Terminal to PHL or UPS Operate current route between 69th St and Yeadon All service to Paschall, Elmwood, and Eastwick discontinued Express routing to serve Airport Business Center, PHL and UPS via Darby Bus will stop at the Route 102 – Sharon Hill Trolley Station Route 115 – Ardmore to PHL or Airport Business Center Customers traveling to PHL or Airport Business Center should take Route 115 and transfer at Sharon Hill Trolley Station for Route 108 All southbound service will end at Folcroft East Industrial Park Northbound service will not serve PHL or Airport Business Center Route 125 - Villanova Station to King of Prussia & Valley Forge Service to Center City, 30th St Station and Wissahickon Transportation Center discontinued All service will begin/end at Villanova Station – Paoli/Thorndale (R5) Line Route 310 - Horsham Breeze All service will begin/end at Jenkintown Station 30 minute service AM/PM peaks to meet connecting Lansdale/Doylestown (R5) trains; 60 minute service midday and evenings

A 12:01 a.m. strike deadline has gone.

SEPTA and its largest union, negotiations are continued early this morning.

Gov. Rendell and Mayor Nutter reached at the Holiday Inn in Center City just before 1 a.m. hoping to reach a settlement overnight.

A strike - which Mayor Nutter had said "was pretty unimaginable" and which the union leadership had presented as very possible - can still be called at any time by Local 234 of the Transport Workers Union.

SEPTA employees have been working without a contract since March. After several months of negotiations with management, SEPTA's largest union, Transport Workers Union Local 234, voted earlier today to authorize a strike if a contract cannot be reached by the end of the week - meaning that the strike would begin just as the Phillies start playing home World Series games. Yikes.