Traffic & Transit
Warminster Line Service Weekend Disruption Begins
SEPTA said a stabilization project will disrupt regional rail service for a section of the line with busing provided starting this weekend.
PHILADELPHIA REGION —Service on the Warminster Line will be disrupted for the next nine weekends starting Saturday due to a stabilization project, SEPTA said.
SEPTA said a third-party contractor will begin a slope stabilization project north of Crestmont Station this weekend. Crews will only work on weekends.
Because of this project, the Warminster Line will require weekend busing for nine weekends as train service will originate and terminate at Glenside Station.
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SEPTA said that shuttle buses will provide service for all inbound and outbound stations between Glenside and Warminster.
The Warminster Line serves Warminster, Hatboro, Upper Moreland, Willow Grove, Abington, Roslyn, Glenside, Jenkintown, and Elkins Park, before making four Philadelphia stops.
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SEPTA’s Maintenance of Way Division requires the stabilization of the existing rock slope adjacent to the Warminster Regional Rail Right-of-Way between Willow Grove Station and Crestmont Station.
The slope is in Abington Township, north of Old Welsh Road behind a stretch of homes on Rockwell Road and South Parkview Avenue.
Construction is expected to conclude the weekend of May 31 and June 1.
These are the weekends when service will be disrupted:
- Weekend #1: March 22-23
- Weekend #2: March 29-30
- Weekend #3: April 5-6
- Weekend #4: April 12-13
- Weekend #5: April 19-20 (Crews will work Easter Sunday)
- Weekend #6: April 26-27
- Weekend #7: May 10-11
- Weekend #8: May 17-18
- Weekend #9: May 31-June 1
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