SEPTA: Service canceled for 14 Regional Rail trains due to 'manpower issues'
(SEPTA)
PHILADELPHIA - SEPTA has canceled service for 14 Regional Rail trains due to staff shortage.
The cancellations come amid a rise in coronavirus cases across the Delaware Valley.
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The following Regional Rail trains were canceled Monday morning due to "manpower issues," according to SEPTA.
– Media/Elwyn | Inbound train #344, scheduled to depart Elwyn at 8:31 a.m., is canceled.
– Paoli/Thorndale | Outbound train #517, scheduled to depart Suburban Station at 9:23 a.m., is canceled. Inbound train #9516, scheduled to depart Bryn Mawr at 8:39 a.m., is canceled. Inbound train #540 will make all local stops between Bryn Mawr and 30th Street Station. Outbound train #515 will originate from Suburban Station on track #5. Passengers at Temple University and Jefferson Station board train #4517 for connection.
– Lansdale/Doylestown | Outbound train #540 will make a station stop at Wayne Junction and Fern Rock Transportation Center today.
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– Chestnut Hill East | Inbound train #7327, scheduled to depart Chestnut Hill East at 8:03 a.m., is canceled.
– Manayunk/Norristown | Train #2301 scheduled to leave Elm Street at 6:49 AM, is canceled.
– Lansdale/Doylestown | Train #516 scheduled to leave Suburban Station at 6:30 AM, train #511 scheduled to leave Doylestown at 6:30 AM, train #515 scheduled to leave Lansdale at 7:44 AM, are canceled.
– Paoli/Thorndale | Train #5714 scheduled to leave Thorndale at 6:14 AM, is canceled.
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