Philly man completes two-day mission to ride every SEPTA Regional Rail line
Nov 11, 2026
Rich Temple spent two days riding every SEPTA Regional Rail line with the hopes of raising awareness and fueling future funding. https://6abc.com/post/philly-man-completes-day-mission-ride-every-septa-regional-rail-line/20033999/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube
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I call myself a public transit nerd, and I really am.
I did the entire New York City subway
with two of my friends a number of years ago.
I did the LA subway.
So I thought, wouldn't it be nice to be able
to do a train adventure here in the Philly area?
How are you?
Hi, my name is Rich Temple.
I am embarking on a journey to go through all
of the stops on the Scepter Regional Rail Line
over the course of two different days.
Sam, it's no use your station.
We started right here Tuesday the 10th at 4.05
in the morning from Center City going up to Trenton
and then I doubled back and went down to the airport.
I went out to Thorndale, then I went
home and got some sleep.
I picked back up at 5.10 in the morning going from 30th Street down to
Newark, Delaware. I have to do the Newark Town Line
and I gotta do West Trenton. That's gonna be the
last one that we do. It's gone remarkably smoothly.
I'm impressed with how SEPTA is able to do more with less
It's not a secret that there are substantial funding challenges
and that's what I'm hoping to get past.
I'm hoping to drive the point home.
Look what we've got now and look how much more we can get
if you fund it properly. It says transit for all PA.
It's not something that's going to happen automatically.
We still have to make the pitch, articulate the vision,
and the Accelerate proposal is something that really does do that.
So if I could help in some small way
to help push it across the finish line,
I would be beyond thrilled.
Absolutely, that's awesome. Thank you.
It's been fun so far and I'm still here.
SEPTA is the oil that holds the region together
in terms of people traveling for work, for play, for everything.
Hi, how are you?
Sure. Everyone I've interacted with has been professional
and friendly and clearly loves their job.
A fun little adventure.
I'm not sure.
They've got me everywhere I wanted to be with one small exception,
and that was construction-related.
So we can even grow it beyond where it is now.