SEPTA to Shutter Ticket-sales Windows at Regional Rail Stations
As fewer passengers are choosing to buy their tickets in person, SEPTA has decided to shutter the ticket-sales windows at ten additional of its Regional Rail stations that have low demand this Friday, writes Thomas Fitzgerald for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Regional Rail riders are mostly using Key cards, which hold cash value and can be used for pay-as-you-go travel, as well as weekly and monthly passes.
Customers who board a train at unstaffed stations also have the option of purchasing Quick Trip tickets while on board from conductors. They can use cash, credit and debit cards, and Apple Pay and Google Pay as payment methods.
“They’re processing so few of these transactions anymore,” said SEPTA spokesperson Kelly Greene.
She added that some stations only sell around 20 tickets per week in person.
The Regional Rail stations to lose their ticket-sales windows include Elkins Park, Fort Washington, Hatboro, Langhorne, Lansdowne, Manayunk, Queen Lane, Secane, Swarthmore, and Wyndmoor.
SEPTA already closed in-person sales at 14 stations in February. After Friday, the transportation authority will have 46 station sales offices open.
Read more about SEPTA ticket sales ending in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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