Commuter Rail
SEPTA Regional Rail operates commuter rail service on the Keystone Corridor between 30th Street Station and Thorndale as the Paoli/Thorndale Line service. The line, through efforts from PA Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-PA 6) and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, may be extended back to Parkesburg and even further to Atglen in the future. The current Cynwyd Line service (and the proposed Schuylkill Valley Metro service to Reading) also uses the line between 30th Street Station and the Valley interlocking, which may be reconfigured to eliminate a deteriorating truss bridge. A project to bring commuter rail service between Harrisburg and Lancaster called CorridorOne is in the early stages of planning.
SEPTA's capital budget for fiscal year 2006 describes on page 54 "R5 Paoli Line Improvements – Amtrak," a USD $80,594,000 project coordinated with the Amtrak project. SEPTA's focus will be to improve tracks 1 and 4 between Zoo and Paoli interlockings. Tracks 1 and 4 are primarily used by SEPTA. SEPTA's portion includes:
- Installation of 85,000 concrete crossties, track surfacing, and alignment
- Replacement of jointed rail with continuous welded rail
- Upgraded signal and communication systems
- Replacement of Bryn Mawr interlocking tracks
- Reconfiguration and replacement of Paoli interlocking tracks
- Improvements to pedestrian underpasses and ROW retaining walls
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