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SEPTA expects to have the project largely completed by September. The multimillion dollar project aims to restore the 1947 PCC II trolleys that ran on SEPTA Route 15 along Girard Avenue through North and West Philadelphia. You need to fill it with a minimum of $10, and it works on buses and the Broad Street Line and Market-Frankford Line subways.įor more information on the SEPTA Key, click here.SEPTA is working to refurbish its historic fleet of green-and-cream colored trolley cars that date back to the first year of the Cold War and Jackie Robinson's first MLB contract. SEPTA customers who still have tokens will be able to load them onto their SEPTA Key cards at fare kiosks.įor those who still haven't made the switch to the SEPTA Key, here are the basics: You buy essentially a debit card at SEPTA subway stations or sales kiosks. (To be clear: SEPTA wrote on 'or about' March 1 in Wednesday's press release, leaving some leeway for a few days more of possible delays.) On March 1, 2018, token sales will end at all locations. The process will begin in mid-January when cashier sales will end and remaining token machines will be removed over a six-week period. More than a year later, SEPTA has finally given an official funeral date for tokens. In order to move accordingly, we need to do this.' There's no ifs, ands or buts here,' Hiller said. 'That's why we're doing what we're doing. The agency's chief officer of ridership, Dennis Hiller, told PhillyVoice flatly in October 2016 that the plan was to phase the tokens out.

Commutes throughout the Philadelphia region are getting worse.Taking SEPTA this holiday season? Here's what you need to know.Token of the past: SEPTA's antiquated fare system on its way out.SEPTA was the last major transit authority to use tokens, which date back to the 1830s.

SEPTA tokens will soon, mercifully, be dead.Īfter the much-anticipated (and oft-delayed) SEPTA Key debuted last year, this reality for Philly commuters was an inevitability.

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