Editing SEPTA (section)

== Operational divisions ==
SEPTA has three major operating divisions: City Transit, Suburban, and Regional Rail. These divisions reflect the different transit and railroad operations that SEPTA has assumed. SEPTA also offers Access (formerly CCT Connect) [[paratransit]] service.

=== City Transit Division ===
{{see also|SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes}}
[[File:4500 Baltimore Avenue.jpg|thumb|SEPTA's [[SEPTA Route 34|Route 34]] trolley in the 4500 block of [[Baltimore Pike]]|alt=A white single-car trolley in street running. On-street parking combined with double track on a two-lane street leaves limited room for automobile maneuverability.]]
The City Transit Division operates routes mostly within [[Philadelphia]], including [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes|buses]], [[SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Lines|subway–surface trolleys]], one [[SEPTA Route 15|surface trolley line]], the [[Market–Frankford Line]], and the [[Broad Street Line]]. [[SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes]] include bus and trackless trolley lines. Some city division routes extend into Delaware, Montgomery, and Bucks counties. This division is the descendant of the [[Philadelphia Transportation Company]]. Aside from the two heavy rail lines, the City Transit Division has eight operating depots in this division: five of these depots only operate buses, one is a mixed bus/trackless trolley depot, one is a mixed bus/streetcar depot and one is a streetcar-only facility.

=== Suburban Division ===
{{Main|SEPTA Suburban Division bus routes}}

==== Victory District ====
[[File:SEPTA N-5.jpg|thumb|SEPTA's [[Norristown High Speed Line]] at the [[Gulph Mills station]] in [[Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania|Gulph Mills]]]]
The Victory District operates suburban [[SEPTA Suburban Division bus routes|bus]] and trolley or rail routes that are based at [[69th Street Transportation Center]] in [[Upper Darby]] in [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware County]]. Its rail routes comprise the [[Norristown High Speed Line]] (Route 100) that runs from 69th Street Transportation Center to [[Norristown Transportation Center]] and the [[Media–Sharon Hill Line]] (Routes 101 and 102). This district is the descendant of the Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company, also known as the Red Arrow Lines. Some residents of the Victory District operating area still refer to this district as the "Red Arrow Division".{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

==== Frontier District ====
The Frontier District operates suburban bus routes that are based at the Norristown Transportation Center in Montgomery County and bus lines that serve eastern Bucks County. This district is the descendant of the Schuylkill Valley Lines in the Norristown area and the Trenton-Philadelphia Coach Lines in eastern Bucks County. SEPTA took over Schuylkill Valley Lines operations on March 1, 1976. SEPTA turned over the Bucks County routes (formerly Trenton-Philadelphia Coach Line Routes, a subsidiary of SEPTA) to Frontier Division in November 1983.

==== Suburban contract operations ====
[[Krapf Group|Krapf Transit]] operates one bus line under contract to SEPTA in Chester County: Route 204 between Paoli Regional Rail Station and Eagleview. This route is operated from Krapf's own garage, located in [[West Chester, Pennsylvania]]. Krapf has operated six other bus routes for SEPTA in the past. Route 202 (West Chester to Wilmington), Route 205 (Paoli Train Station to Chesterbrook), Route 207 (The Whiteland WHIRL), Route 208 (Strafford Train Station to Chesterbrook), Route 306 (Great Valley to Brandywine Towne Center) and Route 314 (West Chester to Goshen Corporate Park) are no longer operating.

SEPTA contracted bus operations before in Chester County. SEPTA and Reeder's Inc. joined forces in 1977 to operate three bus routes out of West Chester. These routes were Route 120 (West Chester to Coatesville), Route 121 (West Chester to Paoli), and Route 122 (West Chester to Oxford). Bus service between West Chester and Coatesville was a replacement for the previous trolley service operated by West Chester Traction. SEPTA replaced two of the routes with their own bus service. Route 122 service was replaced by SEPTA's Route 91 in July 1982, after only one year of service. Route 91 was eliminated due to lack of ridership.

Route 121 was replaced by SEPTA's Route 92 in October 1982. This service continues to operate today. Since ridership on the Route 120 was strong it continued to operate under the operations of Reeder's Inc. even after SEPTA pulled the funding source. Krapf purchased the Reeder's operation in 1992 and designated the remaining (West Chester to Coatesville) bus route as Krapf Transit "Route A". Route 205 (Paoli Station to Chesterbrook) was formerly operated by Krapf until late 2019, when it was merged into SEPTA's own Route 206 (Paoli Station to Great Valley).

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=== Railroad Division ===
{{Main|SEPTA Regional Rail}}
[[File:SEPTA GE Silverliner IV 308.jpg|thumb|A SEPTA Silverliner IV at [[Fern Rock Transportation Center]] in the [[Fern Rock, Philadelphia|Fern Rock section]] of [[Philadelphia]]]]
The Railroad Division<ref>[http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?objectId=0900006480e7263a&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf 2008 SEPTA Railroad Division employee timetable] {{webarchive|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111209002149/http://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?objectId=0900006480e7263a&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf |date=December 9, 2011}} Accessed August 16, 2011</ref> operates 13 commuter railroad routes that begin in [[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City Philadelphia]] and radiate outwards, terminating in intra-city, suburban and out-of-state locations.

This division is the descendant of the six electrified commuter lines of the [[Reading Company]] (RDG), the six electrified commuter lines of the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] (PRR, later Penn Central: PC), and the new airport line constructed by the City of [[Philadelphia]] between 1974 and 1984.

With the construction and opening of the [[Center City Commuter Connection]] Tunnel in 1984, lines were paired such that a former Pennsylvania Railroad line was coupled with a former Reading line. Seven such pairings were created and given route designations numbered R1 through R8 (with R4 not used). As a result, the routes were originally designed so that trains would proceed from one outlying terminal to Center City, stopping at [[30th Street Station]], [[Suburban Station]] and {{station link|SEPTA|Jefferson}}, formerly Market East Station, then proceed out to the other outlying terminal assigned to the route. Since ridership patterns have changed since the implementation of this plan, SEPTA removed the R-numbers from the lines in July 2010 and instead refers to the lines by the names of their termini.

The out-of-state terminals offer connections with other transit agencies. The Trenton Line offers connections in [[Trenton, New Jersey]] to [[New Jersey Transit|NJ Transit (NJT)]] or [[Amtrak]] for travel to [[New York City]]. Plans exist to restore NJT service to [[West Trenton, New Jersey]], thus offering a future alternate to New York via the West Trenton Line and NJT. Another plan offers a connection for travel to [[Baltimore]] and [[Washington, D.C.]] via MARC, involving extensions of the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line from Newark, Delaware, an extension of MARC's Penn service from [[Perryville, Maryland]], or both.

=== The SEPTA Access ===
[[File:SEPTA CCT Connect bus 6248 in Hatboro PA.jpeg|thumb|A SEPTA CCT Connect paratransit bus in [[Hatboro, Pennsylvania|Hatboro]]]]
The SEPTA Access (formerly CCT Connect) is a [[paratransit]] service from SEPTA that offers a Shared-Ride Program for senior citizens and ADA Paratransit Service for people with disabilities.<ref name="cct">{{Cite web |title=CCT Connect |url=http://www.septa.org/service/cct/ |access-date=April 4, 2018 |publisher=SEPTA}}</ref> The Shared-Ride Program provides a door-to-door ridesharing service through advance reservations for senior citizens age 65 or older in the city of Philadelphia for travel within the city and to points within {{convert|3|mi|km}} of the city's borders.<ref name="cct" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=CCT Connect – Senior Shared-Ride Program |url=http://www.septa.org/service/cct/pdf/SRP-Brochure-rev-113015.pdf |access-date=April 4, 2018 |publisher=SEPTA}}</ref>

The ADA Paratransit Service provides door-to-door service through advance reservations for people with disabilities in accordance with the [[Americans with Disabilities Act]] (ADA), allowing for travel across the SEPTA service area within {{convert|3/4|mi|km}} of fixed-route transit service when such service operates.<ref name="cct" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=CCT Connect – ADA Paratransit Program |url=http://www.septa.org/service/cct/pdf/ADA-Brochure.pdf |access-date=April 4, 2018 |publisher=SEPTA}}</ref> SEPTA Access is operated by third-party contractors for SEPTA. The name was changed from CCT Connect to SEPTA Access on July 1, 2024 although vehicles will retain the former branding until further notice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.septa.org/cct |title=Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority &#124; Serving Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties }}</ref>

Easton Coach, [[First Transit]], [[MV Transportation]], and Total Transit Corp. operate SEPTA Access service in [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia County]]; Easton Coach operates SEPTA Access service in [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County]]; [[Krapf Group|Krapf Transit]] operates SEPTA Access service in [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester County]]; Community Transit of Delaware County operates SEPTA Access service in [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware County]]; and First Transit operates SEPTA Access service in [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery County]].<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/docs/regulations-and-guidance/civil-rights-ada/118291/septa-final-ada-paratransit-report-2018.pdf |title=Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ADA Paratransit Compliance Review Final Report |date=September 2018 |publisher=Federal Transit Administration |page=10 |access-date=December 19, 2018}}</ref>