PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — As Regional Rail riders share stories of crowded and delayed trains, SEPTA officials said it could be months before service returns to normal.
At a Philadelphia City Council transportation committee hearing Thursday, SEPTA General Manager Scott Sauer said the transit agency had completed federally ordered fire inspections of 52 of its 225 Silverliner IV rail cars, but couldn’t guarantee SEPTA would get them all done by the Oct. 31 federal deadline.
“My commitment is to make every effort to hit the deadline,” Sauer said. “Should we not be able to do that, then we would have to talk about alternatives, none of which I have at this moment.”…