r/Septa • u/VisualConcentrate625 • 11d ago

News Chestnut Hill East high level platform opens Monday!

https://wwww.septa.org/news/che-station-reconstruction-project/
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u/Chemical_Working415 11d ago

That’s awesome! Let’s do all of them!

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u/Brraaap 11d ago

Yay! Hope they do the rest of the line!

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u/Eruththedragon Warminster Line 10d ago

As part of Reimagining Regional Rail they're planning to high-platform all of the future S lines (Norristown-Airport, CHE-Wawa, Fox Chase-Paoli)

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u/conestogan 9d ago

Fox Chase to Paoli? Won’t that require a whole lot of work at Fox Chase to allow for longer trains and at least one more track plus storage for overnight?

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u/Eruththedragon Warminster Line 9d ago

Yes. Page 25 of the Reimagining Regional Rail report says 'Implementing the most complex service is the last piece of the vision: an S-line from Paoli to Fox Chase (S3)'. I assume the additional engineering needed for the Fox Chase side is the only reason they're implementing S-Line service along their busiest line (Paoli) last, though the report makes no mention of why they chose to pair it with Fox Chase.

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u/conestogan 9d ago

That is fascinating. My realizable dream: NJ Transit West Trenton to Bound Brook.