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SEPTA
ROUTE 113
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Tri State Mall and Darby Transportation Center to 69 Street
Transportation Center
KEY SERVICE CHARACTERISTICS, ISSUES, AND OPPORTUNITIES
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• Route 113 operates between 69 Street Transportation Center and Darby Transportation
Center or Tri State Mall via Chester. The route operates nearly 24 hours a day and 7
days a week. It offers 15 Max service on weekdays and is on of SEPTA’s highest
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ridership suburban routes. It has the 27 highest weekday ridership in SEPTA’s system
and strong productivity.
• The route is complicated by 11 service patterns and gapped service is an issue.
• The major opportunity to strengthen Route 113 is to simplify service by reducing the
number of service patterns.
ROUTE OVERVIEW
Figure 1 | Route Map
Route 113 generally operates
between 69th
Street
Transportation Center, and
Darby Transportation Center,
Chester Transportation Center or
near the Tri State Mall. As of Fall
2021, the end-of-line location for
Route 113 is at a nearby
shopping center on the other
side of I-95. It serves Lansdowne
Station and Chester (as shown
in Figure 1). The route is
somewhat direct but is
complicated by multiple service
patterns.
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SERVICE OVERVIEW
Schedule
Route 113 operates 24 hours a day on weekdays, between 5:00 AM and 3:34 AM Saturdays,
and between 5:00 AM and 3:15 AM Sundays (see during all times.
Table 1). On weekdays, frequencies vary during all time periods:
• There is frequent service from the AM Peak until the end of the evening period.
Weekday daytime frequencies average every twelve to fifteen minutes
• Early AM, Late night, and Owl services are less frequent and average 16 to 27 minutes.
On weekends, service frequencies average about 20 minutes during all times.
Table 1 | Schedule Statistics
Frequency Frequency
Service Day Span Of Service (Range) (Average)
Weekdays 3:43 AM to 3:30 AM
Early AM 4:00 AM to 5:59 AM 3-28 16
AM Peak 6:00 AM to 8:59 AM 3-29 12
Midday 9:00 AM to 2:59 PM 3-31 15
PM Peak 3:00 PM to 5:59 PM 3-29 13
Evening 6:00 PM to 9:59 PM 3-42 14
Late Night After 10:00 PM 3-31 19
Owl Before 4:00 AM 3-65 27
Saturdays 5:00 AM to 3:34 AM
Day 8:00 AM to 5:59 AM 3-34 20
Night Before 8:00 AM & After 5:59 PM 3-77 21
Sundays 5:00 AM to 3:15 AM
Day 8:00 AM to 5:59 AM 3-36 17
Night Before 8:00 AM & After 5:59 PM 1-63 20
Note: Span of service reflects the time the first bus begins service until the time the last bus finishes service.
Service Patterns
Route 113 operates with eleven service patterns that generally operate on the same alignment
(see Table 2). The major differences consist of extensions.
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Table 2 | Service Patterns
Unique Trips Per Day
Pattern Origin Destination Unique Feature Stops Wkd Sat Sun
Inbound/Westbound
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69 St Darby Transportation Center - Primary Pattern 0 32 11 1
229021 Transportation bus
Center South
Terminal
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69 St Tri State Mall - 2 Extension to Tri- 103 31 0 0
229019 Transportation State Mall, serves
Center South Seaport Drive
Terminal
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69 St Chester Transportation Center Extension to 56 11 22 0
229022 Transportation Chester
Center South Transportation
Terminal Center
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69 St Tri State Mall - 2 Extension to Tri- 107 4 22 20
229024 Transportation State Mall
Center South
Terminal
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69 St Highland Av & 7 St Extension to 84 3 0 21
229018 Transportation Chester, PA
Center South
Terminal
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69 St Highland Av & 7 St Extension to 80 3 0 0
229023 Transportation Chester, PA,
Center South serves Seaport
Terminal Drive
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69 St MacDade Blvd & Dalmas Av Extension to 20 2 0 0
229020 Transportation Holmes/Glenolden,
Center South PA
Terminal
Outbound/Eastbound
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Darby 69 St Transportation Center Primary Pattern 0 36 10 1
229027 Transportation South Terminal
Center - bus
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Tri State Mall 69 St Transportation Center Extension from Tri- 100 31 0 0
229026 - 2 South Terminal State Mall, serves
Seaport Drive
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Chester 69 St Transportation Center Extension from 56 18 21 20
229028 Transportation South Terminal Chester
Center Transportation
Center
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229029 Tri State Mall 69 St Transportation Center Extension from Tri- 106 4 22 20
- 2 South Terminal State Mall
Note: Unique stops are those not served by the primary pattern
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The five westbound terminals are:
• Darby Transportation Center
• Tri State Mall (moved to Society Drive at Naamans in Fall 2021)
• Chester Transportation Center
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• Highland Avenue & 7 Street
• MacDade Boulevard & Dalmas Avenue
The three eastbound origins are:
• Darby Transportation Center
• Tri State Mall
• Chester Transportation Center
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All trips either originate or terminate at 69 Street Transportation Center.
RIDERSHIP
In Fall 2019, Route 113 carried 7,089 passengers on weekdays, 4,790 on Saturdays, and 3,390
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on Sundays (see Table 3). Based on weekday ridership, it had the 27 highest ridership in the
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system. It also had an average of 45.2 boardings per revenue hour on weekdays, the 49
highest in the SEPTA system (see Table 3).
Table 3 | Fall 2019 Ridership and Productivity
Weekdays Saturdays Sundays
Daily Ridership 7,089 4,790 3,390
Rank 27 12 14
Passengers per Revenue Vehicle Hour 45.2 46.2 39.4
Rank 49 29 35
Transfer Patterns
The highest transfer rates are to and from the Market Frankford Line:
• The Market-Frankford Line (20% of all trips)
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• Route 11 13 -Market to Darby Transportation Center (Trolley) (7.3%)
• Norristown High Speed Line (4.1%)
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• Route 109 Chester Transportation Center to 69 Street Transportation Center (3.5%)
Weekend transfer patterns are similar but at a lower rate.
Ridership by Stop
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Most ridership and service on Route 113 is between 69 Street Transportation Center and
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Darby Transportation Center. There is much higher ridership activity between the 69 Street
and Darby Transportation Centers than at the stops between the Darby Transportation Center
to Tri State Mall.
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