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And now its 14 minutes late already. Reporter shes one of tens of thousands of septa customers feeling the effects of major rail car defect. Forcing the Transit Authority to pull 120 silver liner rail cars out of service. The result, a modified saturday train schedule causing crowding and confusion. It could be a little worse tomorrow. Reporter just as septa officials were bearing the bad news, some of those defective rail cars were being brought in to septa rail yards to be inspected. Engineers are still trying to get a handle on what caused fatigue cracks on Weight Bearing undercarriage beams on a third of septas rail car fleet. So just how long will these delays last . Lets just say it may be a long summer. Its still very tough to gauge as far as how long things are going to take. Reporter back at suburban station, the platforms were packed. The trains were running behi ....
Right now a travel nightmare around our area thats only going to get worse. Thousands trying to squeeze on to septa trains for their daily ride m trains so packed they had to skip stops and septa warning it could be months before things get back to normal. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. Third of its Regional Rail cars need big over hauls before they are safe for passengers. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell live at suburban station tonight. Chris, it was such a tough ride home. Reporter yeah, septa train passengers thought today was bad, with the heat the congestion and the delays, septa Officials Say just wait until tomorrow. Rush hour chaos on the rails. Its just running late and its hot. People are miserable. Reporter it took Robin Weichert more than an hour and ....
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