Talk:R5 (SEPTA)

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the train stations are misnamed on the R5 Paoli line. Remember the mnemonic device to get to Bryn Mawr College... Old Overbrook Maids Merion Never Narberth Wed Wynnewood And Ardmore Have Haverford Babies Bryn Mawr

The stations have been updated --Luciuskwok 06:15, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

This section seems to be incorrectly attributing the lack of electrification to the Great Depression:

The line was electrified in the 1920's, but unlike the PRR, which electrified its long-distance passenger and through-freight lines, the Reading had to eliminate future electrification outside of the commuter service area due to economic setbacks as a result of the Great Depression.

However, electrification was done in the 1930s, not the 1920s, in the midst of the Depression. --Luciuskwok 07:30, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Planned Extension to Lancaster?

Is there a verifiable source for the Planned Extension section added on 20:48, 7 February 2006 by 64.93.1.67 ? It seems like just a rumor. -Luciuskwok 04:52, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Here is the text that I've removed since it's not verified:

Planned Extension: Prior to 1992, R5 trains ran as far west as Parkesburg, but with a lack of ridership, along with the lack of turnaround facilities, trains having to "deadhead" out to Lancaster. Originally scaled back to Downingtown, the line was later extended to Thorndale at the THORN flying junction interlocking with the Keystone Corridor and the abandoned Conrail Philadelphia-Thorndale Branch. With the Harrisburg-based Capitol Area Transit (CAT) plans to build the new CorridorOne regional rail network, along with an increased ridership based in the Coatesville area, SEPTA will eventually implement a plan that will allow two-train Philadelphia-Harrisburg trip on the Keystone Corridor similar in nature to the SEPTA/New Jersey Transit two-train trips for Philadelphia-New York commuters. When such a plan is implemented, the following stations will be utilized: