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CACrafter88bk2504	Jul 15 2008, 03:34 PM
Transit Historian Posts: 1,324 Group: Members Member #51 Joined: November 10, 2005	Southern_8100 Jul 14 2008, 11:52 PM However, if there was any Allegheny route that should be sent over to Midvale, it should definitely be the 27. The ridership on the 27 is so low that you could assign Eldorados on it. Same thing goes with the 9, which may be one of the reasons it was sent to midvale in exchange for the 54 (back in 2004 i believe). I guess the 54 supposedly had high ridership and the artics were needed throughout the day. In the 1970s, when the 27 was classified as a branch of the Route A(Upper Henry Avenue), the A(Upper Henry Avenue) branch shut down by 11:00pm on weekdays & Saturdays. There wasn't ANY service on Upper Henry Avenue(the current 27 routing from Wissahickon to Barren Hill) on Sundays & holidays. I think that the Plymouth Meeting area is the reason as to why the 27 receives artics. I used to work out there. In 2000/2001, the 27 was re routed through Plymouth Meeting for reasons concerning traffic. The ridership was out there when the Metroplex first opened. The issue that discourages most 27 riders(especially in Upper Roxborough) concerns traffic, the Schuykill Expressway, congestion, & even Broad Street. An hour plus trip over nothing. Sometimes, the running time from Plymouth Meeting Mall to 15th & Market would be well over an hour.


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