SEPTA adding new security personnel to serve as 'extra eyes and ears'

SEPTA says it will be adding more 'eyes and ears' to their properties when they deploy new security personnel. The extra help comes as the transit authority has responded to a recent string of violent incidents.

SEPTA safety takes center stage at Philadelphia City Council budget meeting

SEPTA safety took center stage at Tuesday's budget meeting with Philadelphia City Council, as officials try to rebuild the public's confidence in the sixth-largest transit system in the country. 

Suspect sought after shoving man onto SEPTA subway tracks, sources say

Sources tell FOX 29 that SEPTA police officers are searching for a suspect who shoved another rider onto the tracks of the Market-Frankford Line Thursday night.

Suspect sought after shoving man onto SEPTA subway tracks, sources say
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Sources tell FOX 29 that SEPTA police officers are searching for a suspect who shoved another rider onto the tracks of the Market-Frankford Line Thursday night.

Philadelphia mask mandate: Where you need to wear a mask

Masks are back in Philadelphia, but when and where you are required to wear them can be confusing. 

SEPTA riders no longer required to wear masks despite Philadelphia's reimposed mandate

On the day Philadelphia reimposed its indoor mask mandate, SEPTA announced that it's no longer requiring masks aboard vehicles or inside stations or concourses. 

'It's concerning': SEPTA addressing safety concerns as crime, homelessness impact ridership

SEPTA says it's addressing the concerns of riders who feel that homelessness and crime have impacted the safety the transportation services. Last year, SEPTA says it issued 70,000 people were violating code of conduct violations.

Philadelphia teen on bike struck, killed by SEPTA bus; Man killed in separate hit-and-run

Police are investigating multiple deadly incidents involving pedestrians, including an accident Thursday night that left a 13-year-old boy dead after he was struck by a SEPTA bus while sitting on his bicycle.

Man stabbed several times near Frankford SEPTA station, police say

Authorities say a man is expected to survive after he was stabbed several times Wednesday night near a SEPTA station in Frankford.

Suspect arrested in connection with armed robberies at SEPTA stations, officials say

SEPTA officials say a suspect has been taken into custody in connection with a number of gunpoint robberies they occurred at multiple train stations on Saturday.

Riders will be able to pay through a smartphone app later this year, SEPTA say

SEPTA Spokesperson Andrew Busch says riders will soon be able to pay their fare through the SEPTA mobile app and get the same discounts as the Key card: $2 for a single ride instead of $2.50, and a free transfer.

Sources: Man shot at SEPTA station following argument on Broad Street Line

A man was rushed to the hospital after law enforcement sources say an argument on SEPTA's Broad Street line ended in a shooting in North Philadelphia.