Daily News | When will the Route 15 trolleys be back?
“Welcome to Route 15, service to Port Richmond via Girard Ave.,” sounds the intercom as the trolley approaches the stop. You go up three steps, pay the fare , and sit in the classic green seat.the trolley bell goes as it reaches the next stop. After listening to a couple of songs, reading a chapter, and breaking the Philly rule to not talk to strangers on public transportation, you get from West Philadelphia to Port Richmond in about an hour.
Route 15 cars have been around since before SEPTA even acquired Philadelphia’s public transportation system back in 1968. The route the 15 trolley follows has been around since the 1800s, as a path traveled by horse-drawn cars. But it wasn’t until the Philadelphia Public Transit company implemented the Presidents’ Conference Committee trolleys in the city, in the 1940s, that the line was used as we know it today.
In January 2020, due to repairs on the I-95, the trolley line stopped being able to complete its route, and SEPTA had to replace Route 15 trolleys with buses. It wasn’t just I-95. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation had scheduled additional road repairs near Richmond Street. “With all that construction, we would’ve had to bus detour anyhow,” says Jennifer Dougherty, SEPTA’s Manager of Long Range Planning.
But losing the route — even temporarily — seems to have affected many Philadelphians on a personal level. It’s now been a year since the trolley wasto come back. Some aren’t sure they’ll ever see the line again. For others, it’s now a major inconvenience. Lauren Brooks said she and her family to have to wake up earlier, walk twice as far to get to the bus stop, and commute for longer.
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