SEPTA Continues 2023 Trolley Tunnel Blitz

Written by Jennifer McLawhorn, Managing Editor

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PHILADELPHIA – Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority continues its eleventh year of the Trolley Tunnel Blitz with construction work on 22nd Street platform.

SEPTA announces maintenance and construction work on trolley routes 10, 11, 13, 34, and 36. This will continue until Monday, July 24^th at 5 a.m. The work includes:

Replacing “worn track curved rail at various locations” and “four miles of overhead contact wire”
Removing graffiti
New paint and lighting at all stations
Cleaning out “all pipes, drains, and vent wells”
“demolish and rebuild the eastbound 22^nd Street platform”

According to SEPTA General Manager and CEO, Leslie S. Richards, the Trolley Tunnel Blitz allows “crews the opportunity to tackle construction, maintenance, and safety improvement work in a concentrated period of time to reduce the number of outages throughout the year.”

To allow crews to complete maintenance work, “trolley service will begin and end at 40^th and Market Streets.” Alternate routes for riders can be found at Market-Frankford Line at 40^th Street Station.