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SEPTA Train Derailment Causing 'Significant Disruptions' on Regional Rail
The four-car train was traveling less than 15 mph, and 47 passengers and three crew members aboard declined medical treatment, SEPTA said.
- Early Wednesday, a SEPTA Regional Rail train derailed shortly after midnight at the 16th Street interlocking in North Philadelphia, causing significant service disruptions for commuters across multiple lines.
- The four-car train was traveling less than 15 mph when its rear axle skipped off the tracks, an incident SEPTA spokesperson Andrew Busch described as a "low-speed situation" that damaged track infrastructure.
- No injuries were reported among the 47 passengers and three crew members aboard, though the derailment at this critical rail junction forced suspension of multiple Regional Rail lines throughout the city.
- Crews restored full service by 3 p.m. Wednesday after deploying shuttle buses and managing modified schedules to serve the system's more than 80,000 daily passengers during the outage.
- This incident marks the second derailment in the Philadelphia region this week, following a separate freight train derailment on Tuesday afternoon in Bensalem, Bucks County that involved more than a dozen cars.
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