SEPTA Announces Timeline For Return Of Silverliner V Rail Cars
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – SEPTA announced on Wednesday it expects to begin returning Silverliner V rail cars to service on a regular basis in late August.
This announcement comes after a structural defect took about one third of SEPTA's Regional Rail fleet out of service.
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SEPTA says starting August 21, approximately 10 cars will be put back into service each week.
All 120 Silverliner Vs are expected to be back in service by the week of November 6.
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SEPTA says the Silverliner V manufacturer, Hyundai Rotem, working with SEPTA, will replace all equalizer beams on the rail cars.
"We sincerely regret the inconvenience to customers resulting from the recent rail car shortage," says SEPTA General Manager Jeff Knueppel.
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"A fast, but exhaustive, investigation has produced valuable information on how to create a new and improved design for these equalizer beams. SEPTA can now look forward to restoring full service starting later this month."
For more information, visit: septa.org/service/contingency.html
