Does anyone know how fast Septa's high speed line is?

Question

And whether it can reach speeds greater than thier trains?

(For those of you who do not know, Septa stands for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority)

Answer 1

Do you mean the Lindenwold High Speed Line?  I ride it regularly from Woodcrest Station and it hits 80 MPH in some places.

(For those of you who do not know, the Lindenwold High Speed Line stands for the Lindenwold High Speed Line) :)

Answer 2

The light rail route 100 you are talking about probably go no faster than 60 mph. Septa regional rail trains speeds vary according to the line they are on. The speed on the Airport line in 79 mph. West Trenton branch 70 mph. Doylestown branch 40 mph. When SEPTA runs on Amtrak territory they can follow Amtrak speeds. I have only seen our (SEPTA) trains run at 90-95 mph with the throttle down. Some of the SEPTA rail cars now have a speed limiter on them so they top out at 85 mph.

Answer 3

the trains with a single locomotive they;re called the mighty mouse can at lease go fast as 90 ore maybe 110 they used to be used in metro liner applications mostly all setpa rail vehicles can go at laest 55or 65

Answer 4

I couldn't say for sure, but I'll bet in reality they don't go quicker than about 60 mph. There are too many stops, so there's not enough time for the train to pick up speed. I would assume, given enough space, they could probably do about 100 mph, give or take a little.

Answer 5

SEPTA runs a lot of different kinds of trains.  The subways, the subway-surface streetcars that come downtown, the Norristown Line, 2 other lines out there, and the commuter rail.  Then there's the PATCO into New Jersey.

I rode an old Brill Bullet on the Norristown line at 77 mph... whee!