Paoli-Thorndale Line to Stop at 5 p.m. Saturday

SEPTA has announced it will suspend service on the Paoli-Thorndale Regional Rail Line from Saturday at 5 p.m. through the duration of Hurricane Irene.

In an unprecedented ALL SEPTA services will stop running at 12:30 a.m. Sunday because of the anticipated magnitude of the storm.

SEPTA said in a news release that service is not expected to resume "until at least midday Sunday." It will then be continued on a route by route basis.

Some regional other rail lines will also stop running early. SEPTA said Chestnut Hill West service, for example, will be cut off at 5 p.m. Saturday.

Any announcements that have to do with service resumptions will be posted on SEPTA's website and will be disseminated through other channels, and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter's office.

"SEPTA strongly urges all customers who normally ride the system during this time period to make arrangements to go to your destination well in advance of the storm and be prepared to remain safely at that location until the storm has passed and service has resumed," the agency said in the release.

Nutter spoke during a news conference Friday afternoon that was organized so the city could talk to the public about the upcoming hurricane.