Binaural Philly: Riding Septa Subway and Trolley

[@GamerRobYT]

3:18 Never saw the El accelerate that fast

[@MMendelG]

Thanks, John Chu. I haven't lived in Philly in 50 years. I remember the stations as dark, dingy, dangerous and smelly. I remember the old rolling stock of the 50's and 60's, and how exciting it was to be able to catch a brand new Budd train. These stations and trains are quite attractive. It is sad to see them so empty. One of the Philly transit nostalgia items I have yet to see/hear, is the old Broad Street Line cars, with that lumbering, vibrating low pitching groan as they started...It's still in my ears. I'd love to be able to hear that sound again.

[@smug8567]

I mean could you send me to a more dangerous neighborhood? I'm dreading walking back to the subway, someone shouldn't crack me over the head and steal my bag, 'becuse I'll be lying there on the street in this neighborhood and people will spit on me and empty my pockets. I'll lie in the gutter like a bum, like a dog, like a mutt, like an animal! God forbid someone should help me or call an ambulance. No, that's too much trouble to pick up a phone and press a few buttons. Ahh! What's the point.

[@jsmaverick21]

11th Street. For SEPTA Jefferson Station and Regional Rail Lines, Pennsylvania Convention Center, and Reading Terminal Market.

[@3zaldossari234]

I really love philly I used to live on 43st Baltimore ave I take this train everyday to to my school in downtown now I am living now in boring Salt Lake City but I vist philly at least once a year since 2014 I feel like I am in my country 🇸🇦 when I land there

[@leatherman88ch]

I'll tell you what the Philadelphia SEPTA system is awesome hang it anywhere you want to and then some places I lived off Cottman and Route 1 for a year-and-a-half and I only use my car one time

[@sithapav9236]

It is looking nice. Great to see this

[@trainrover]

those dainty-looking subways sure seem unusually powerful...you'd think they be like ours upon rubber tyres

[@youtuber_rakesh]

can we visit the entire philly or the main areas of philly through subway does philly has the same subway system as new york city is having do guide me as i am interested in seeing philly as well as rocky movie locations through subway

[@JohnChu]

Sorry for late reply. Most things are within walking distance. Philly is a very walkable city. The subway system is pretty good in Philly.. lots of options from what I saw.

[@JohnChu]

Italian Market is what I think of from Rocky.. and the Philadelphia Art Museum.

[@youtuber_rakesh]

@@JohnChu nice to know as i am interested in seeing the entire philly through subway .... in nyc the minimum ride is 2.5 $ for a single hop ...do tell about philly subway

[@TheLocalLt]

youtuber rakesh NO Philly does not have a system like New York Boston chicago DC LA Cleveland Seattle etc. there is a streetcar network, three metro lines, and a separate metro line to NJ.

[@youtuber_rakesh]

@@TheLocalLt thanks i am interested in knowing more about this

[@Henry-pe4rn]

Does the subway itself gets packed like here in NYC?

[@JohnChu]

Don’t know. I only saw a small portion of the whole system. But NYC is definitely more crowded.

[@brenden9606]

It does. I’m not sure at what time this is filmed, but on every week day there are massive crowds on the platforms and the trains. The crowds are definitely as big as NYC’s during rush hour.

[@JohnChu]

Oh yeah.. this after Christmas right before New Year’s.. that explains how light it was.

[@jmm1233]

new yorkers looking at this station thinking how clean and not full of cops it is

[@maltitiabubakar830]

Nice

[@GamerRobYT]

Next stop 11th st, for Sep- JEFFERSON station

[@TCORV]

That trolley looks similar to the NFTA Metro Rail trains

[@andrewoswald7184]

Can I use this in a song?

[@Joshtv267]

My fav line

[@Joshtv267]

Next stop 15th street a wheel chair accesable staition for SEPTA surburban staition and Regional Rail Lines City Hall Dilworth Park and a free interchange for the Broad Street Line 15th St staition 👍🏿😊😊😀😃😏😀😄😊😎😉😃

[@penguinmaster7]

i question the usefulness of a subway when you can see the previous AND next stations by looking down the tunnels, often close enough to see individual people. on my last visit, i made a bet with someone for $50; that i could walk to the next station before the train got there. i won.

[@JohnChu]

In NYC, I would never ride the train for one stop, (unless of course, that one stop crosses the east river) as It would be financial suicide unless I had an unlimited pass. If one calculates the time waiting for train + walking in and out of the station---it is much faster to walk one stop.

[@penguinmaster7]

indeed. my time in NYC over christmas 2015, i would ride the subway one stop simply because i memorized the subway routes faster than i could the streets. had a one-week unlimited ride pass, so that definitely helped in learning. i also got very confused about the whole "rush hour on the NYC subways" thing. i didn't think it was that bad.

[@billie44]

In philly these line were built in early 1900 like 1909. There was a need back then.

[@MMendelG]

Well, of course, if you are getting on at 11th and off at 8th, or on at 5th and off at 2nd St. but if you are getting on at 11th and going to 60th? I don't see the issue! Of course, it would be nice to have double tracking and express services, but Philly never got that far.

[@michaelmorgan8203]

MMendelG Broad street has express trains and 8th and market trains. The El expressed from 15/30 the trolley run in the same tunnel and stop at 22nd and 19th

[@setpafan5055]

cool

[@miraclecarroll9728]

I miss philly

[@OldMovieRob]

So empty

[@JohnChu]

It was after Christmas and around New Years. People might just be relaxing after the holidays?

[@transitdude3352]

5th street...the aluminum foil station.

[@robynyoung8637]

The gevner