Editing Philadelphia Main Line (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:Amtrak Keystone Corridor Rosemont Curve.jpg|thumb|[[SEPTA]] and [[Amtrak]] share a four track rail line between [[Philadelphia]] and [[Thorndale, Pennsylvania|Thorndale]].]]
The Main Line is served by numerous modes of transportation among which are three commuter rail lines operated by [[SEPTA]]. Connecting the region directly with Center City Philadelphia are the [[Paoli/Thorndale Line]] which shares the former [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] four track [[Keystone Corridor]] grade with Amtrak, and the [[Manayunk/Norristown Line]] which operates over the former [[Reading Company|Reading Railroad]] Norristown grade. The light rail [[SEPTA Route 100|Norristown High Speed Line]] runs over the [[Philadelphia and Western Railroad]] line between [[69th Street Transportation Center]] in [[Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Darby]] and [[Norristown Transportation Center]] in [[Norristown, Pennsylvania|Norristown]].<ref>[http://www.septa.com/maps/route_100.html SEPTA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113095225/http://www.septa.com/maps/route_100.html |date=2008-11-13 }}</ref> Amtrak's intercity ''[[Keystone Service]]'' (New York City to Harrisburg) and [[Pennsylvanian (train)|''Pennsylvanian'']] (New York City to Pittsburgh) also serve the region with stops at the jointly operated Amtrak/SEPTA stations at [[Ardmore (SEPTA station)|Ardmore]] and [[Paoli (SEPTA station)|Paoli]].

The main thoroughfare through the Main Line is [[U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 30]] which follows Lancaster Avenue (formerly the [[Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike]]) running east to west and serves as the backbone of the region by connecting a large majority of its towns and municipalities. Other highways serving the area are the Schuylkill Expressway ([[Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania|I-76]]) which connects it to Philadelphia, and the Blue Route ([[Interstate 476|I-476]]) which runs north to south connecting the region with the Northeast Extension and the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] to the north, and to [[Philadelphia International Airport]] and [[Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania|I-95]] to the south. Along the northern edge of the Main Line, [[U.S. Route 202 in Pennsylvania|US 202]] runs from I-76 in a southwesterly direction, crossing US 30 in [[Frazer, Pennsylvania|Frazer]].

SEPTA also commissions [[SEPTA Suburban Bus|suburban buses]] on [[SEPTA Route 105|Routes 105]] and [[SEPTA Route 106|106]] to run from the 69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby to [[Rosemont, Pennsylvania|Rosemont]] (Route 105) and [[Paoli, Pennsylvania|Paoli]] (Route 106).<ref>[http://www.septa.org/schedules/bus/pdf/105.pdf SEPTA Route 105 Schedule]</ref><ref>[http://www.septa.org/schedules/bus/pdf/106.pdf SEPTA Route 106 Schedule]</ref> These buses run almost entirely along Lancaster Avenue.

SEPTA also offers light rail service through the [[Norristown High Speed Line]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.septa.org/service/highspeed/|title=Norristown High Speed Line|website=SEPTA|access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> The Norristown High Speed Line runs along the Main Line from Upper Darby to [[Stadium – Ithan Avenue (SEPTA station)|Ithan Avenue Station]] and [[Villanova (SEPTA NHSL station)|Villanova Station]] before making a northward turn at the junction of Lancaster Avenue and the Blue Route toward [[Norristown, Pennsylvania|Norristown]].