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SEPTA ROUTE 113 th Tri State Mall and Darby Transportation Center to 69 Street Transportation Center KEY SERVICE CHARACTERISTICS, ISSUES, AND OPPORTUNITIES th • Route 113 operates between 69 Street Transportation Center and Darby Transportation Center or Tri State Mall via Chester. The route operates nearly 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. It offers 15 Max service on weekdays and is on of SEPTA’s highest th ridership suburban routes. It has the 27 highest weekday ridership in SEPTA’s system and strong productivity. • The route is complicated by 11 service patterns and gapped service is an issue. • The major opportunity to strengthen Route 113 is to simplify service by reducing the number of service patterns. ROUTE OVERVIEW Figure 1 | Route Map Route 113 generally operates between 69th Street Transportation Center, and Darby Transportation Center, Chester Transportation Center or near the Tri State Mall. As of Fall 2021, the end-of-line location for Route 113 is at a nearby shopping center on the other side of I-95. It serves Lansdowne Station and Chester (as shown in Figure 1). The route is somewhat direct but is complicated by multiple service patterns. 1 SEPTA SERVICE OVERVIEW Schedule Route 113 operates 24 hours a day on weekdays, between 5:00 AM and 3:34 AM Saturdays, and between 5:00 AM and 3:15 AM Sundays (see during all times. Table 1). On weekdays, frequencies vary during all time periods: • There is frequent service from the AM Peak until the end of the evening period. Weekday daytime frequencies average every twelve to fifteen minutes • Early AM, Late night, and Owl services are less frequent and average 16 to 27 minutes. On weekends, service frequencies average about 20 minutes during all times. Table 1 | Schedule Statistics Frequency Frequency Service Day Span Of Service (Range) (Average) Weekdays 3:43 AM to 3:30 AM Early AM 4:00 AM to 5:59 AM 3-28 16 AM Peak 6:00 AM to 8:59 AM 3-29 12 Midday 9:00 AM to 2:59 PM 3-31 15 PM Peak 3:00 PM to 5:59 PM 3-29 13 Evening 6:00 PM to 9:59 PM 3-42 14 Late Night After 10:00 PM 3-31 19 Owl Before 4:00 AM 3-65 27 Saturdays 5:00 AM to 3:34 AM Day 8:00 AM to 5:59 AM 3-34 20 Night Before 8:00 AM & After 5:59 PM 3-77 21 Sundays 5:00 AM to 3:15 AM Day 8:00 AM to 5:59 AM 3-36 17 Night Before 8:00 AM & After 5:59 PM 1-63 20 Note: Span of service reflects the time the first bus begins service until the time the last bus finishes service. Service Patterns Route 113 operates with eleven service patterns that generally operate on the same alignment (see Table 2). The major differences consist of extensions. 2 SEPTA Table 2 | Service Patterns Unique Trips Per Day Pattern Origin Destination Unique Feature Stops Wkd Sat Sun Inbound/Westbound th 69 St Darby Transportation Center - Primary Pattern 0 32 11 1 229021 Transportation bus Center South Terminal th 69 St Tri State Mall - 2 Extension to Tri- 103 31 0 0 229019 Transportation State Mall, serves Center South Seaport Drive Terminal th 69 St Chester Transportation Center Extension to 56 11 22 0 229022 Transportation Chester Center South Transportation Terminal Center th 69 St Tri State Mall - 2 Extension to Tri- 107 4 22 20 229024 Transportation State Mall Center South Terminal th th 69 St Highland Av & 7 St Extension to 84 3 0 21 229018 Transportation Chester, PA Center South Terminal th th 69 St Highland Av & 7 St Extension to 80 3 0 0 229023 Transportation Chester, PA, Center South serves Seaport Terminal Drive th 69 St MacDade Blvd & Dalmas Av Extension to 20 2 0 0 229020 Transportation Holmes/Glenolden, Center South PA Terminal Outbound/Eastbound th Darby 69 St Transportation Center Primary Pattern 0 36 10 1 229027 Transportation South Terminal Center - bus th Tri State Mall 69 St Transportation Center Extension from Tri- 100 31 0 0 229026 - 2 South Terminal State Mall, serves Seaport Drive th Chester 69 St Transportation Center Extension from 56 18 21 20 229028 Transportation South Terminal Chester Center Transportation Center th 229029 Tri State Mall 69 St Transportation Center Extension from Tri- 106 4 22 20 - 2 South Terminal State Mall Note: Unique stops are those not served by the primary pattern 3 SEPTA The five westbound terminals are: • Darby Transportation Center • Tri State Mall (moved to Society Drive at Naamans in Fall 2021) • Chester Transportation Center th • Highland Avenue & 7 Street • MacDade Boulevard & Dalmas Avenue The three eastbound origins are: • Darby Transportation Center • Tri State Mall • Chester Transportation Center th All trips either originate or terminate at 69 Street Transportation Center. RIDERSHIP In Fall 2019, Route 113 carried 7,089 passengers on weekdays, 4,790 on Saturdays, and 3,390 th on Sundays (see Table 3). Based on weekday ridership, it had the 27 highest ridership in the th system. It also had an average of 45.2 boardings per revenue hour on weekdays, the 49 highest in the SEPTA system (see Table 3). Table 3 | Fall 2019 Ridership and Productivity Weekdays Saturdays Sundays Daily Ridership 7,089 4,790 3,390 Rank 27 12 14 Passengers per Revenue Vehicle Hour 45.2 46.2 39.4 Rank 49 29 35 Transfer Patterns The highest transfer rates are to and from the Market Frankford Line: • The Market-Frankford Line (20% of all trips) th • Route 11 13 -Market to Darby Transportation Center (Trolley) (7.3%) • Norristown High Speed Line (4.1%) th • Route 109 Chester Transportation Center to 69 Street Transportation Center (3.5%) Weekend transfer patterns are similar but at a lower rate. Ridership by Stop th Most ridership and service on Route 113 is between 69 Street Transportation Center and th Darby Transportation Center. There is much higher ridership activity between the 69 Street and Darby Transportation Centers than at the stops between the Darby Transportation Center to Tri State Mall. 4
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