How SEPTA Cuts Will Impact Lower Bucks County

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Lower Bucks County commuters who work in Philadelphia will start seeing SEPTA service cuts on Sunday.

SEPTA service cuts will go into effect on Sunday, with 32 bus routes being eliminated, and 16 bus routes being shortened.

Meanwhile, a 21.5 percent fare increase will be implemented on Labor Day, Sept. 1, as will a complete hiring freeze for all SEPTA jobs.

In January, the Trenton Line would be among five regional rail lines slated for elimination.

The Trenton rail line provides service between the Trenton Transit Center in New Jersey to Center City in Philadelphia. The line stops in Levittown, Bristol, Croydon, Eddington, and Cornwell Heights.

In terms of the eliminated Lower Bucks County bus routes:

• Bus Route 127, running between Oxford Valley Mall in Middletown to the Trenton Transit Center
• Bus Route 128 running between Oxford Valley Mall to Neshaminy Mall in Bensalem
• Bus Route 127 includes stops in the Fallsington area and Morrisville
• Bus Route 128 includes stops in Tullytown, Bristol Borough, Bristol Township, and Lower Bucks Hospital along Bath Road.

The Pennsylvania Legislature was unable to strike a deal that the Democrat-controlled House and the Republican controlled-Senate could agree on, leaving SEPTA and its roughly 770,000 daily riders in the dust.

Should SEPTA still remain in the red, more austerity measures will be implemented Jan. 1, 2026, including the reduction of five regional rail lines.

There will be a significant reduction in trips on all rail services, an end to all special service including the Sports Express, 18 additional bus route eliminations, and a 9 p.m. curfew for all rail services.
The cutbacks will include the elimination of these regional rail lines: Cynwyd Line, Chestnut Hill West Line, Paoli/Thorndale Line, Trenton Line, Wilmington/Newark Line.

Riders can see full details of the service reductions online here.

Starting Sunday, SEPTA will eliminate 32 bus routes:

They are Bus Routes 1, 8, 12, 19, 30, 31, 35, 47, 50, 62, 73, 78, 80, 88, 89, 91, 106, 120, 126, 133, 150, 201, 204, 206, 311, 452, 461, 462, 476, 478, and 484.

Sixteen bus routes will also be shortened:

They are 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 17, 27, 43, 61, 84, 115, 124, 125, 433, 441, 495

Eighty-eight other routes will have reduced service. These include dozens of bus routes, the Broad Street Line, Market-Frankford Line, the Media-Sharon Hill Line, trolleys (including the Girard bus/trolley route), and all 13 regional rail lines.

Anyone with questions about the changes should be directed to SEPTA at 215-580-7800.

Patch Staff Writer Max Bennett contributed to this report