Little bit of anx the lies a head for those riders got news that this first day back on septas normal weekday Regional Rail schedule went off largely without a hitch. The bad news, as you say, a fair hike lies on the horizon and theres no guarantee it wont be bigger than normal to make up for this summers lost business. The predawn commuter crowd at the ardmore Regional Rail station was happy to be back on normal septa schedule monday. But they couldnt row sift griping about a just concluded summer of chaos. Nothing was like it was supposed to be. It was just if you catch a train, good. If not, too bad. Reporter defects in the authority that is silver liner five cars led to reduced schedules through, august and september. Not all the cars are bad in service. Cars leased had this days commutes back on the tracks. It was really great. It was on schedule and seemed like there were lots of trains from jenkintown. Reporter silver liner crisis led to a 15 drop in Regional Rail ridership. Its
While the projected tax rate may drop, the budget is up slightly. The roughly 2 percent increase, or $340,000, was laid at the feet of contractual salary raises, benefits and capital projects. Final budget numbers will be set by June 20, when the council will vote on whether to approve it.