SEPTA Route 75

SEPTA Route 75 is a trackless trolley route operated by SEPTA in North and Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It connects to the Market–Frankford Line at Arrott Transportation Center Station, and runs primarily along Wyoming Avenue. Route 75 connects to the Wyoming (BSL station) local line and goes to Wayne Junction in Nicetown.

Route 75
Wayne Junction to Arrott Transportation Center
Route 75 at 3rd & Wyoming in 1967, when the route was still operated by the Philadelphia Transportation Company.
Route 75 at 3rd & Wyoming in 1967, when the route was still operated by the Philadelphia Transportation Company. The tracks shown are for Route 50, which operated as a trolley until 1980.
Overview
SystemFrankford District[1]
OperatorSEPTA City Transit Division
Began service1948 (1948) (trackless trolleys)
Route
LocalePhiladelphia
Communities servedNicetown
StartWayne Junction station
ViaWyoming Avenue
EndArrott Transportation Center
Service
Ridership2,616 (2019 weekday average)[1]
Annual patronage758,034 (FY2019)
TimetableRoute 75 schedule
← 73  City Transit Division  77 →

Route description

The route is operated by trolleybuses, locally called trackless trolleys, which replaced streetcars (trolley cars) on the route on April 19, 1948, following one day of temporary bus operation.[2] As far back as 1922, the President of Philadelphia Rapid Transit recommended converting the route into a feeder route for the Market-Frankford Line.[3] The route originally continued east from Margaret-Orthodox elevated station to Richmond Street, in the Bridesburg neighborhood, but the last day of operation to Bridesburg was April 2, 1966.[2]

All of the vehicles currently in use are ADA-compliant, and equipped with bicycle racks. Diesel buses temporarily replaced trackless trolleys on route 75 in June 2002,[4] but trackless service was restored in April 2008.[5]

On March 23, 2023, SEPTA bus revolution, the redesign project for the bus system, made a draft. In this draft, Route 75 would be extended to Frankford Transportation Center. This would help with the cramping at Arrott Transportation Center.

See also

References
  1. "SEPTA Route Statistics 2018" (PDF). SEPTA. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  2. Wiegand, W. F. (c1976). SEPTA routing changes - Numbered routes and High Speed, Route 75, p. 2. Philadelphia, PA (US): Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. No ISBN.
  3. Frankford Elevated News (1915-1927) at Electric Railway Journal (WorldNYCSubway.org)
  4. Springirth, Kenneth C. (2008). Southeastern Pennsylvania Trolleys, pp. 10 and 115–116. Charleston, SC (US): Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-5692-5.
  5. Trolleybus Magazine No. 280 (July–August 2008), p. 95. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
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