Eagle's Super Bowl Parade 2/14/25

[Maverickstation]

If you planning on attending the Eagle's Super Bowl in Philly, the areas transit providers will be on special schedules.

The PATCO line connecting points in South Jersey to Philly will run on a very unique schedule, see below.

https://www.nj.com/news/2025/02/how-to-ride-patco-to-the-eagles-super-bowl-parade-in-philly.html

 

[Maverickstation]

SEPTA, regional rail lines will also operate on very unique schedules, with only limited stations having service.

https://wwww.septa.org/news/super-bowl-parade/

 

[BlackDiamond]

SEPTA, regional rail lines will also operate on very unique schedules, with only limited stations having service.

https://wwww.septa.org/news/super-bowl-parade/

I see that they are making the Broad St subway and the Market Frankford El free for the parade.
Makes sense as the parade will be going up Broad St to the Parkway ending at the Art Museum.

 

[railiner]

I see that they are making the Broad St subway and the Market Frankford El free for the parade.
Makes sense as the parade will be going up Broad St to the Parkway ending at the Art Museum.

Maybe they can pose “Rocky” holding the Lombardi Trophy…

 

[Bob Dylan]

Enjoy it Philly, the Chiefs will be back!
( people forget that the GOAT, Tom Brady,Lost 3 Super Bowls)

 

[Acela150]

Boy oh boy am I glad that I'm not working any trains tomorrow.

With that said, I'm sad that I will miss another "Iggles" Victory Parade.

And as us Birds fans say.... Go BIRDS!

 

[John Bredin]

I don't get how closing stations, especially regional rail stations, expedites travel when larger than usual crowds are expected. Same number of people want to go to the celebration, but you've now concentrated them into fewer stations. And for the suburban stations (not Suburban Station ) you lose the parking capacity of the closed stations, unless you run shuttle buses from closed stations to open ones.

 

[Cal]

I don't get how closing stations, especially regional rail stations, expedites travel when larger than usual crowds are expected. Same number of people want to go to the celebration, but you've now concentrated them into fewer stations. And for the suburban stations (not Suburban Station ) you lose the parking capacity of the closed stations, unless you run shuttle buses from closed stations to open ones.

And the reduction of frequencies means the trains that do run are more crowded. Why??

 

[AmtrakBlue]

And the reduction of frequencies means the trains that do run are more crowded. Why??

Some are guessing that the crews want to attend the parade, too.

 

[Asher]

Some are guessing that the crews want to attend the parade, too.

Or avoid it completely.

 

[Cal]

Some are guessing that the crews want to attend the parade, too.

Understandable, but I feel like they shouldn't have such drastic reductions in service. Transit is meant to serve the people, and that includes for big events like this.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Understandable, but I feel like they shouldn't have such drastic reductions in service. Transit is meant to serve the people, and that includes for big events like this.

I agree. I was concerned for workers who had to find alternative ways to get to work yesterday.

 

[Bob Dylan]

Or avoid it completely.

See Acela 150s( a Philly Native) Post above.

 

[Septa9739]

The problem is that in ‘08, every piece of infrastructure in the city totally meltdown on the Phillies parade, when we tried to run the regular workday and the parade. Usually the system has a mix of 2-6 car trains running, and at any given moment most seats in the system are empty. When the pope came in 2015, they tried this scheme. They took all 300ish available cars, made 50ish 6 car train sets and ran this peak only express schedule. This resulted in on-time improvements, moved more passengers than just trying to make the weekday schedule work, improved the full seat/empty seat ratio, and accounted for labor shortages. It’s not perfect, but it’s what can be reasonably run. Yes some people get put in bad spots, but they also would if they tried to operate as normal and the system melted down and hour’s long delays, expressing due to overcrowding, and rolling cancellations started. There is neither the money, nor the equipment, nor the labor to run any beefed up weekday schedule.

The other dirty little secret is the city doesn’t want to have huge crowds downtown, but that’s a whole conspiracy rabbit hole.