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SEPTA Broad Street Line Service Ready to Roll for 'Monday Night Football' Eagles/Browns Game

Posted on: Thursday, 11 December 2008, 13:35 CST

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With only three regular season games remaining, every game is a playoff game and the SEPTA Broad Street Line is ready to help the Philadelphia Eagles drive towards post-season play by providing the quickest and most convenient route to the action.

Football fans using the Broad Street Line will travel in climate-controlled comfort and avoid the expected traffic jams in the area as well as parking fees. Broad Street Line trains operate directly to Pattison Station and Lincoln Financial Field. Nearly 10,000 fans chose Broad Street Line service to the Eagles home Monday Night Football game last season.

For the 8:30 p.m. game on Monday night (December 15) against the Cleveland Browns, SEPTA will add Broad Street Line "Sports Express" trains to the regular Broad Street Line weekday schedule. The Sports Express trains will leave Fern Rock Transportation Center about every 10 minutes from 6:45 p.m. to 8:35 p.m. Local Broad Street Line trains operating about every 10 to 12 minutes will also be in service for the game.

Sports Express trains stop only at the Olney Transportation Center, Erie, Girard, Spring Garden, RaceVine, City Hall and WalnutLocust Stations en route to Pattison Station. The express trip from City Hall takes only about eight minutes. Local trains take only 11 minutes to travel to the Sports Complex from City Hall.

After the game, riders will find northbound trains standing by to provide express and local service back to Fern Rock. Especially for the Monday Night Game, SEPTA will also extend sales office hours at Fern Rock Transportation Center, C.B. Moore, Spring Garden, Race-Vine, City Hall, Walnut-Locust, and Pattison Stations through game time.

Fans driving into Center City may also park at any one of five city-operated parking lots for only $5.00 and also purchase SEPTA tokens there. It is only a short walk to the Broad Street Line City Hall Station from the parking lots.

The parking lots include:

• AutoPark -- JFK Plaza Garage -- 15th & Arch Sts.
• AutoPark -- Center City Lot -- 15th & Arch Sts.
• Gateway Garage - 15th & Vine Sts.
• AutoPark -- Gallery Mall -- 10th & Filberts Sts.
• AutoPark -- Jefferson -- 10th & Ludlow Sts.

For additional information, call SEPTA Customer Service at (215) 580-7800 or access the SEPTA web site at www.septa.org.

SOURCE SEPTA

Source: PR Newswire

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