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End of SEPTA PCCs
filed on: 22.01.2020 (22nd Jan 2020)
I have just learnt that SEPTA (Philadelphia) are to end the operation of PCC trams on 25th January. SEPTA made big waves in the tram world when in 2005 they not only reintroduced trams to route 15, a service that had not seen trams for 13 years, but did so with specially rebuilt 1940s PCC cars. Sadly, that is now over as it is claimed the PCCs have reached the end of their economic lifespan. Route 15 will go back to being a bus route as the replacement cars have not yet been ordered.
I visited Philadelphia in 2008 and rode part of the system, now regretting not having gone back.
This news item is from the 2020 newslog.
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