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Philadelphia: SEPTA to restore all-night subway service
SEPTA will restore all-night subway service on Fridays and Saturdays, at least temporarily, beginning in June, officials said Monday.
SEPTA's proposed new operating budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1 includes several hundred thousand dollars to run the Broad Street and Market-Frankford Lines all night on Fridays and Saturdays.
Since 1991, subway service has been halted between midnight and 5 a.m., with Nite Owl buses substituted on those routes. Increasing nightlife and residential activity in Center City prompted SEPTA officials to bring back the subway service.
Chief financial officer Richard Burnfield said the program would be an experiment from mid-June until Labor Day. ............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://articles.philly.com/2014-04-16/news/49159240_1_subway-service-septa-headquarters-capital-budget
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