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The founding of SEPTA and Suburban-Harrisburg service

Discussion relating to Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Philadelphia Metro Area). Official web site can be found here: www.septa.com. Also including discussion related to the PATCO Speedline rapid transit operated by Delaware River Port Authority. Official web site can be found here: http://www.ridepatco.org/.

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  by pennengineer
 
Matthew Mitchell wrote:
CComMack wrote:But QuikTrak machines are cheap and ubiquitous (isn't there one on the UPenn campus somewhere?), so it's surprising that one wasn't issued to Suburban.
I recall seeing one in the basement of Houston Hall (student union building, 3400 block of Spruce), and I don't know if it's still there after the latest renovations. But yeah, you would expect they'd put one in Suburban, if not Market East too. The machines do need to be serviced now and then, so they're not entirely free of operating costs.
It's still there; saw it yesterday in fact. I use it once or twice a year.

  by Launcher
 
Penn still has Quick trak. Adding machines in Suburban and Market East sounds like a good idea. There are too MANY machines at 30th anyway in that I can say I've never seen a line actually develop behind them the way you can expect a line behind just about any NJT ticket machine on the system especially as the schedule departure approaches.
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