SEPTA Route 75 explained

Number:Route 75
Bgcolor:
  1. 41525b
Subheader:Wayne Junction to Arrott Transportation Center
Operatorlogo:SEPTA.svg
Oplogo Width:70px
Image Alt:Route 75 at 3rd & Wyoming in 1967, when the route was still operated by the Philadelphia Transportation Company.
System:Frankford District[1]
Operator:SEPTA City Transit Division
Open: (trackless trolleys)
Routes:-->
Locale:Philadelphia
Communities:Nicetown
Start:Wayne Junction station
Via:Wyoming Avenue
End:Arrott Transportation Center
Ridership:2,616 (2019 weekday average)
Annualpatronage:758,034 (FY2019)
Timetable Link:Route 75 schedule
Previous Line:73
System Nav:City Transit Division
Next Line:77

SEPTA Route 75 is a trackless trolley route operated by SEPTA in North and Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It connects to the Market–Frankford Line at Arrott Transportation Center Station, and runs primarily along Wyoming Avenue. Route 75 connects to the Wyoming (BSL station) local line and goes to Wayne Junction in Nicetown.

Route description

The route is operated by trolleybuses, locally called trackless trolleys, which replaced streetcars (trolley cars) on the route on April 19, 1948, following one day of temporary bus operation.[2] As far back as 1922, the President of Philadelphia Rapid Transit recommended converting the route into a feeder route for the Market-Frankford Line.[3] The route originally continued east from Margaret-Orthodox elevated station to Richmond Street, in the Bridesburg neighborhood, but the last day of operation to Bridesburg was April 2, 1966.[2]

All of the vehicles currently in use are ADA-compliant, and equipped with bicycle racks. Diesel buses temporarily replaced trackless trolleys on route 75 in June 2002,[4] but trackless service was restored in April 2008.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: SEPTA Route Statistics 2018 . . September 2, 2019.
  2. Wiegand, W. F. (c1976). SEPTA routing changes - Numbered routes and High Speed, Route 75, p. 2. Philadelphia, PA (US): Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. No ISBN.
  3. http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Frankford_Elevated_News_(1915-1927) Frankford Elevated News (1915-1927)
  4. Springirth, Kenneth C. (2008). Southeastern Pennsylvania Trolleys, pp. 10 and 115–116. Charleston, SC (US): Arcadia Publishing. .
  5. Trolleybus Magazine No. 280 (July–August 2008), p. 95. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.