Lackawanna Coalition

advocating for rail passengers since 1979

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  • RUN Conference Spring 2025: New Starts and Service Cuts

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    Webweaver

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    The Rail Users’ Network held its spring conference Friday, May 16, 2025: “Mixed Bag: New Transit Starts and Fiscal Cliff Service Cuts: What to Expect in 2025”. As the title explains, 2025 is a year of bad and good news for transit around the United States. As usual, RUN put together a good conference. After…

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  • SEPTA Cuts Loom

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    SEPTA had announced budget cuts if nothing was reached before January 2026.  It appears that there will be budget cuts and eliminations on 5 regional rail lines (Trenton, Paoli Thorndale, Cynwyd, Chestnut Hill West, and Wilmington Newark lines) that run on Amtrak tracks and 50 bus routes, as well as ending service at 9:00 p.m.,…

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  • TigerTrain: A Recent Proposal for the Princeton Dinky

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    David Peter Alan

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    At its June 26 meeting, the Lackawanna Coalition learned about a plan for the Princeton Dinky, the short branch that NJ Transit runs as a shuttle between Princeton Junction on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) line and the vicinity of the Princeton University campus, first suggested in May 2021, but ignored by decision-makers. The proposal comes…

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  • Using SEPTA’s Senior Key Card

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    John Bobsin

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    Interstate Senior Fares? Seniors et al. can obtain a Senior Key Card valid for free riding in SEPTA within Pennsylvania. This leads to the question of just what seniors have to pay on SEPTA trains that cross the state line, to Trenton, West Trenton, and Delaware. (Side issue: once I met a Pennsylvania resident who…

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