Morning so trains can make all the stops and the expect major delays come the morning. The market line has the most huge trains in philadelphia. In fact, more than 187,000 riders use this line on average during the weekday. Nbc 10s andrea joins us live from the line for a look at the traffic trouble for the morning rush, andrea. Reporter well, denise, theres a message playing over the speakers in the station. But everybody we spoke to had no idea what was going on, which could make for a bigger havoc during tomorrow mornings rush. Riders who use the line are preparing for more traffic starting tomorrow morning. I would definitely have to leave earlier for school. But, for going to work, i dont know what id have to do. Thats during rush hour, id probably just have to put up it with. Reporter all because 30 to 40 rail cars are out of service until further inspection. This weekend engineers found cracks in the support beam on two rail cars during routine maintenance. Now have they have to
Have been pulled out of service after inspectors found a crack in a load bearing beam and that will mean fewer cars on the line starting with tomorrows morning rush. Sunday night and the big story on action news is another septa problem with potential to impact many commuters. May remember back this july a defect for septa to pull 100 from the regional line and now its the frankford l. We are in upper dar by with more on the problem, christie. Reporter sarah riders say its more headaches and septa will add more buses for the commuters they are bracing for the rush. Starting monday there will be fewer rail cars on septas market frankford line. Frustrating but not unexpected any more, you know its like what is next. Reporter word is spreading fast among loyal septa riders. That is usually how it is with septa isnt it. No way, i have to get to work everyday. Reporter over the weekend cracks in what is called the body bolster or support beam were discovered in two cars prompting the agency
No problems here, lady gaga brings down the house, stunning half time highlights, just ahead. Good day, everybody on this monday, hard to wake up after the big game but here we are, what did you think how late did you make it. I made it to the lady gaga show which i thought was phenomenal and then i thought yah, atlanta, nope. No. I drove home during the half time show because kids werent interested in that, we went to bed, and i woke up this morning to check on the phone it is like what happened crazy. We will break down what happened in just a minute. We will get to weather but first we will start with september problems. As you saw last night what happened heres the deal as we go to the maps a crack found, in a major structural beam underneath two of the septas market frankford lines. This may sound like deja vu and it sort office, you may remember during summertime we had the same problem of a crack found in the Regional Railcars, but this is the the market frankford line, so they
Cracks in the support systems on the regional will rail lines, back in the summer, this is market frankford line which is one of the two of septas biggest work horses, of course, market frankford and subway bring everybody into downtown. So yesterday, as a precaution, septa pulled 40 of the cars out of service, normal regular rush hour, runs with 144 cars and those cars, obviously back and forth, back and forth between 69th street and Frankford Transportation Center. Society ways this morning heres what you can expect they typically run trains every ten minutes, that gap is going to be a widened longer gaps between the trains. That will lead to platforms becoming overcrowded especially in some of the more populated platforms out here this west philadelphia, and of course, up here in northeast philadelphia, what septa will to is basically simultaneously , run the trains and they are also going to be run Shuttle Bus Services the same deal like they to on the Night Owl Service between 69t
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