Route 75 is a
trackless trolley
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...
route operated by
SEPTA
SEPTA, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, is a regional public transportation authority that operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly four million people througho ...
in
North
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Etymology
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and
Northeast Philadelphia
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,
Pennsylvania
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, United States. It connects to the Market–Frankford Line (now known as the
L 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
Wayne Junction station is a SEPTA Regional Rail junction station located at 4481 Wayne Avenue, extending along Windrim Avenue to Germantown Avenue. The station is located in the Nicetown neighborhood of Philadelphia. Wayne Junction serves as a ...
in
Nicetown. It is one of three surviving routes of the
Philadelphia trolley bus system.
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.
[Wiegand, W. F. (c1976). ''SEPTA routing changes - Numbered routes and High Speed'', Route 75, p. 2. Philadelphia, PA (US): ]Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
SEPTA, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, is a regional public transportation authority that operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly four million people throughou ...
. No ISBN. As far back as 1922, the President of
Philadelphia Rapid Transit
The Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) was the main public transit operator in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1940 to 1968. A private company, PTC was the successor to the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT), in operation since 19 ...
recommended converting the route into a feeder route for the
Market-Frankford Line
The L, formerly known as the Market–Frankford Line, is a rapid transit line in the SEPTA Metro network in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The L runs from the 69th Street Transit Center in Upper Darby, just outside of West Philad ...
.
The route originally continued east from Margaret-Orthodox elevated station to Richmond Street, in the
Bridesburg
Bridesburg is the northernmost neighborhood in the River Wards, Philadelphia, River Wards section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. A mostly working-class neighborhood, Bridgesburg is an historically German and Irish community, with ...
neighborhood, but the last day of operation to Bridesburg was April 2, 1966.
All of the vehicles currently in use are
ADA
Ada may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* '' Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle'', a novel by Vladimir Nabokov
Film and television
* Ada, a character in 1991 movie '' Armour of God II: Operation Condor''
* '' Ada... A Way of Life'', a 2008 Bollywo ...
-compliant, and equipped with bicycle racks. Diesel buses temporarily replaced trackless trolleys on route 75 in June 2002,
but trackless service was restored in April 2008.
["Trolleynews egular news section. ''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 280 (July–August 2008), p. 95. National Trolleybus Association (UK). .]
See also
*
Trolleybuses in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia trolleybus system forms part of the public transportation network serving Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, United States. It opened on October 14, 1923, and is now the second-longest-lived trolleybus system in the wor ...
References
External links
SEPTA Route 75 (Official schedule and map)Flickr Photo
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