SEPTA Philadelphia Regional Rail Map

Description:
This map shows market-frankford line, broad street line & broad-ridge spur, norristown high speed line, trolley lines, regional rail lines, PATCO line, free interchange, pedestrian connection, and wheelchair accessible station in Philadelphia.

About SEPTA Regional Rail

SEPTA Regional Rail is the commuter rail system serving the Greater Philadelphia area, operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). It provides service between Center City Philadelphia and its suburbs and satellite cities in southeastern Pennsylvania, as well as to Trenton, New Jersey, WilmingtonWilmington and Newark, Delaware.

The system consists of 13 branches operating on a route network of approximately 280 miles, with 154 active stations. All lines converge through the Center City Commuter Connection, a four-track tunnel opened in 1984 that connects the former Pennsylvania Railroad and Reading Company networks. The three primary downtown stations are 30th Street Station, Suburban Station, and Jefferson Station. The network is electrified at 12 kV 25 Hz AC and 12 kV 60 Hz AC via overhead catenary on most lines, with the exception of limited non-electrified segments.

Service is operated with a fleet of electric multiple units, primarily Silverliner IV and Silverliner V cars, supplemented by ACS-64 electric locomotives pushing Bombardier Comet passenger cars. Operations are organized on a through-running diametrical model, where most trains continue from one outlying terminus through Center City to another. Fares are calculated on a zone-based system with eight zones radiating from Center City.

The current SEPTA Regional Rail system was formed after SEPTA assumed operation of commuter services from Conrail in 1983. Conrail had previously operated the services under contract following the bankruptcy of the Penn Central and Reading railroads in the 1970s.