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7/5/2018
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) next week will kick off its fifth consecutive trolley tunnel "blitz" repairs.SEPTA will shut down trolley service in the Center City tunnel from July 13 to 23 to allow crews to perform repair work. This year's slate of projects includes replacing a track switch inside the 40th Street Portal, reconstructing the eastbound and westbound tangent tracks on Woodland Avenue, renewing guarded curves entering and exiting the 36th Street Portal, and replacing curve rails east of the 15th Street West Plaza Station.In addition, SEPTA's power department workers will remove about 15,000 feet of abandoned conduit and communication cables in the tunnel and perform maintenance work at a substation. Other work during the blitz will include energy-efficient light installation, electrical-switch testing, Ludlow Interlocking switch maintenance and graffiti removal."The blitzes have allowed our crews to replace switches and thousands of feet of rail and overhead contact wire, and undertake an aggressive improvement and cleaning program at the trolley stations," said SEPTA General Manager Jeffrey Knueppel.