>the 9th Street Branch is under SEPTA’s exclusive control, so there is no need to negotiate with Amtrak or the freight railroads. The long march begins with the first step, and, to mix metaphors, the old 9th Street El is low hanging fruit.

That’s a really good argument. No ROW fights means it can be accomplished with less outside interference

The MFL are trash late every day. I'm surprised this hasn't made news with the amount of lateness this has caused and the amount of people who got penalized or fired when their train never shows up.

Unlike most I like SEPTA, it's better transit than many other cities I have lived in. However, STOPPING REGIONAL RAIL AT 11pm ON WEEKENDS IS FUCKING STUPID AS FUCK. Fix that and make trains more frequent please and thank you

Agreed. I ride Paoli-Thorndale twice a day for work, and I like coming into the city on the weekends to visit friends, spend my money, etc. I wish Septa would make it easier to return home instead of making it feel like I have a curfew. Missing a train and needing to wait at least an hour, or missing the last train and needing to use a costlier option like Lyft, stinks.

subsidizing Amtrak and industry because the ROWs are all whacky tbh.

I don't know how they don't realize that adding later trains will also increase their ridership on EARLIER trains. There have been so many times I've had to drive out of the city somewhere right next to a train station because of no return trip