To get to UPenn hospital, should I take SEPTA or LUCY?

[Mystic River Dragon]

I will be visiting a patient at the University of Pennsylvania hospital on Thursday. It looks like I could get off SEPTA regional rail at University City, then do a short walk to the hospital. But it looks like the Lucy loop bus stops right at the hospital.

Although I visit Philly a lot, I have never been west of 30th Street station. I don't mind walking, and I know the area has been spruced up a bit from years past, but I am still concerned about how safe it would be to walk from the University City station. I also have never taken the Lucy loop bus and don't know where to board it.

Also, I have a SEPTA one-day independence pass that I have never used--can I use it on those routes, or is there an extra charge?

Any advice would be appreciated....thanks very much.

 

[Acela150]

Check your PM's...

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Check your PM's...

Don't be telling a woman to check her PMS...oh, you said PMs. :giggle:

 

[neroden]

Both options are safe enough, this decade. I don't remember where the LUCY stops. The SEPTA pass should be good for all of those options, including the LUCY.

The only restriction is in the morning: "*Not valid on Regional Rail trains arriving Center City Philadelphia weekdays before 9:30 a.m." or going to New Jersey.

 

[Mystic River Dragon]

Thanks to all of you--Acela150 for the PM, neroden for the advice here, and AmtrakBlue for the humor .

 

[Acela150]

Check your PM's...

Don't be telling a woman to check her PMS...oh, you said PMs. :giggle:

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