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The Norristown High Speed Line (NHSL), operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) as Route 100 of the Suburban Transit Division, is an interurban operating between Upper Darby, Pennsylvania's 69th Street Terminal and Norristown, Pennsylvania's Norristown Transportation Center, running entirely on its own right-of-way, inherited from the Philadelphia and Western Railroad, an interurban streetcar line. The line is unique in its combination of transportation technologies. The line is fully grade separated, collects power from a third rail, and has high-level platforms common to rapid transit systems, but has small vehicles, onboard fare collection, and frequent stops more common to light rail systems.
[edit] Service
The fare as of 2006 is $2.00 cash on board, or $1.30 using prepurchased tokens, with an additional $0.50 zone charge when travelling in more than one zone. The service runs seven days a week, from about 5:00 AM in the morning to 1:00 AM at night.
Map of the
Red Arrow Lines showing the current SEPTA Route 100 (blue); the former branch to
Strafford is dashed, as well as former trolley Routes 101-104 (red, still in use, and orange, disbanded)
Schedule as of February 13, 2006
|
Weekday |
Saturday |
Sunday |
|
Northbound |
Southbound |
Northbound |
Southbound |
Northbound |
Southbound |
|
69th |
NTC |
NTC |
69th |
69th |
NTC |
NTC |
69th |
69th |
NTC |
NTC |
69th |
| First trains |
4:25 |
4:52 |
4:57 |
5:22 |
4:45 |
5:11 |
5:15 |
5:40 |
4:45 |
5:10 |
5:15 |
5:40 |
| 4:55 |
5:22 |
5:27 |
5:55 |
5:30 |
5:56 |
6:00 |
6:25 |
5:30 |
5:55 |
6:02 |
6:27 |
| 5:15 |
5:42 |
5:50 |
6:18 |
6:05 |
6:31 |
6:35 |
7:00 |
6:00 |
6:25 |
6:32 |
6:57 |
|
...then about every 20 minutes... |
...then every 20-30 minutes... |
...then every 30-40 minutes... |
| Last trains |
11:42 |
12:07 |
12:20 |
12:45 |
11:45 |
12:10 |
12:15 |
12:39 |
11:45 |
12:10 |
12:15 |
12:40 |
| 12:20 |
12:45 |
12:55 |
1:20 |
12:20 |
12:45 |
12:50 |
1:14 |
12:20 |
12:45 |
12:50 |
1:15 |
| 1:25 |
1:50 |
1:55 |
2:20 |
1:20 |
1:45 |
1:47 |
2:11 |
1:20 |
1:45 |
1:47 |
2:12 |
[edit] Extension to King of Prussia
There is a project to extend the Route 100 to serve the King of Prussia mall and the Valley Forge office parks. The 4.9 mile extension would branch from the existing line just north of the Hughes Park station, continue westward along the Norfolk Southern Morrisville Line right-of-way, and then northward through King of Prussia to Valley Forge. This extension will include 2.2 miles of elevated track.
It is projected that an additional 3,800 riders would use this line if this project were built. SEPTA already has enough N-5 rail vehicles to cover this extended service. It would also complement the planned Schuylkill Valley Metro line that will have a "Cross-County" segment that will also use the Norfolk Southern freight line from King of Prussia to Glenloch near Exton.
[edit] History
- See also: Philadelphia and Western Railroad
Ridership on the Norristown line peaked in 1973 with 2,860,000 annual linked trips, and again in 1980 with 2,579,000 annual linked trips.
Ridership statistics for fiscal years 2000 and later are from SEPTA Annual Service Plans. Data for years 1972 to 1997 are from the SEPTA 1997 Ridership Census. There may be some discrepancy in how the ridership is reported since the Annual Service Plans report total unlinked trips, while the ridership census uses linked trips, which may exclude passengers transferring from other lines.
| Fiscal year |
Average weekday |
Annual passengers |
| FY 2005 |
8,801 |
2,512,690 |
| FY 2004 |
8,428 |
2,463,500 |
| FY 2003 |
7,925 |
2,491,074 |
| FY 2000 |
9,250 |
3,046,927 |
| Fiscal year |
Annual linked trips |
|
Fiscal year |
Annual linked trips |
| 1997 |
1,754,000 |
|
1984 |
2,338,000 |
| 1996 |
1,696,000 |
1983 |
2,484,000 |
| 1995 |
1,926,000 |
1982 |
2,089,000 |
| 1994 |
2,079,000 |
1981 |
1,899,000 |
| 1993 |
2,251,000 |
1980 |
2,579,000 |
| 1992 |
2,222,000 |
1979 |
2,133,000 |
| 1991 |
2,234,000 |
1978 |
1,992,000 |
| 1990 |
2,162,000 |
1977 |
1,832,000 |
| 1989 |
2,295,000 |
1976 |
2,218,000 |
| 1988 |
2,185,000 |
1975 |
2,162,000 |
| 1987 |
1,888,000 |
1974 |
2,425,000 |
| 1986 |
1,915,000 |
1973 |
2,860,000 |
| 1985 |
2,255,000 |
1972 |
2,496,000 |
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
