SEPTA announced today that the trolley tunnel to and from Center City will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2 until midnight on Monday Aug. 12. The 11, 13, 34 and 36 trollies will reroute to 40th and Market Streets where passengers can connect with the Market-Frankford Line, which will not be impacted by the tunnel work.
Shuttle buses that are currently being used along the Route 10 line will run to 40th and Filbert Streets during the repairs instead of 33rd and Market.
SEPTA crews will spend that week replacing overhead wire and doing ceiling work in the tunnel, according to a statement.
“We use the tunnel almost 24 hours a day, which means we have very limited opportunities to obtain track outages for extensive repair work,” SEPTA’s deputy general manager Jeff Knueppel said.
Editor’s Note: The trolley tunnel shutdown starts at 10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 2., not at 10 a.m. as originally stated in the post.
July 25th, 2013 at 6:56 am
The trolley shutdown starts 8/2 at 10 PM, not AM. Source: Septa website.
August 2nd, 2013 at 10:56 pm
So the trolley on Balitmore will still be available, but it will just take us to 40th and Market?
August 2nd, 2013 at 11:03 pm
Right. The tunnel to Center City is closed so the trolley will drop you at 40th and Market to catch the El the rest of the way.
August 9th, 2013 at 10:31 am
This week has been a nightmare! However, I’m glad Septa is repairing the tracks. Safety first!