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SEPTA Philadelphia - AM Rush
   
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SEPTA Philadelphia - AM Rush

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Prototypical USA Timetable Maps
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Description
This SEPTA map covers the ex-Reading Railroad territory from downtown Philadelphia to the suburbs north of the city. This simulation is strictly based on the December 2019 SEPTA timetable with very small changes made to adapt it to Rail Route.

From 30th St Station, the 4 track mainline begins to split off into various lines: Manayunk/Norristown (Allegheny), Chestnut Hill East (Wister), Fox Chase (Olney), West Trenton (Noble), Warminster (Roslyn) and Lansdale/Doylestown (Fort Washington). Heading to the left out of 30th St Station, the ex-Pennsylvania Railroad lines head off map at either ZOO interlocking or University City.

Starting at 5:15 AM, the traffic is light but begins to ramp up to it's peak between 7:30 to 9:00 AM. Every Septa train on the system travels some part of this map during the time period. Many trains originate and terminate at Powelton and Roberts Yards at the beginning and end of this simulation. You should expect trains with just one car (LPL) to reverse back at either Suburban Station or Glenside. Some parts of the territory are fairly straight forward but managing the major junctions is critical. Most of the schedule is very tight and will not allow for any major dispatching mistakes if you want a perfect score. Make sure you don't block those inbound express trains to Temple with locals!

Good luck and have fun!

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6 Comments
Harmonia 29 Mar @ 8:00pm 
Good, long, fun map. I had a great time with it. Thanks!
iamlspdfr 28 Nov, 2022 @ 9:31am 
Great map, would you do the PATH train system?
Wolfie_ 9 Aug, 2022 @ 2:12am 
Cool, think I managed to either wrangle mine into the siding before any through traffic, or had it doing a dance around in the junction to the east, it weren't pretty but did the job :steammocking:
romanamor  [author] 8 Aug, 2022 @ 9:45pm 
5412X6419 routing at Glenside was not an error, the schedule for Philly bound trains prevents the use of Glenside (2) on the inbound. This is typical for Glenside, do not worry :)
Wolfie_ 5 Aug, 2022 @ 6:00pm 
Am wondering if train 5412X6419 has an error, scheduled to arrive Glenside (1) @ 8:11-8:12 then returns to Glenside (2) @ 8:31-8:32 -- there was an earlier train (408x4517, around 7:30-ish from memory) which did a similar route, however it arrived at Glenside (2) for both stops. So was this second one also meant to arive at Platform 2 for both stops?

Happily didn't prevent 100% completion, but did involve some seemingly unrealistic manoeuvring (ie, was left asking myself if a real-world dispatcher be doing this?)
eggszy1 5 Aug, 2022 @ 8:26am 
You make the best territories in the game! Looking forward to more.