SEPTA: Somerset Station may close temporarily over safety
WHYY By People congregate at Somerset Street and Kensington Avenue on April 1, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) SEPTA will temporarily close the Market-Frankford Line’s Somerset station on Sunday to repair two elevators. “Urine and needles destroyed the mechanics,” SEPTA General Manager Leslie Richards said. The Kensington station has long been a gathering spot for unhoused people and drug use and it has worsened in recent months, she said. “We’ve been meeting with employees to discuss t...
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