Regional Rail and the Norristown High Speed Line will continue to run.
Norristown High Speed line at 69th Street Station. NHSL would not be impacted if Transit Workers Union Local 234 goes on strike.would be jarring for people who rely on public transportation in Philadelphia and could likely unleash travel chaos as hundreds of thousands of riders look for alternatives.
“We’re not sugarcoating that it would be a huge disruption for the vast majority of our riders,” SEPTA spokesperson Andrew Busch said. Regional Rail trains would be crowded, and SEPTA advises allowing extra time for travel.High Speed Line, a light-rail interurban service, will be available if there is a strike, as will SEPTA bus routes in the suburbs and trolleys on the
SEPTA Access will offer paratransit services for registered customers with disabilities and registered users of the Shared Ride program on a modified basis, with possible delays due to volume. Shared Ride customers would only be able to book next-day trips, subject to availability, SEPTA says.The protocol is for operators to “finish the run they are on and return the vehicle to the depot,” Busch said.
SEPTA plans to have transportation managers, who are not unionized, in the field to respond to issues, including if a bus or other vehicle is parked when the strike starts and needs to be driven back. “That has not been much of a problem with past strikes,” Busch said, but sometimes confusion or maybe unclear communications leads to a couple of buses having to be driven back.
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