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Nearly 40,000 People Enter SEPTA Papal Pass Lottery

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Tom Sofield
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

Nearly 40,000 people entered the lottery to obtain SEPTA Regional Rail passes required to attend the Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to Philadelphia.

SEPTA officials said they received just over 38,000 entries to the lottery on Monday.

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The passes can be used for SEPTA’s limited Region Rail service during the weekend of September 26 and September 27. The Pope’s upcoming visit is part of the World Meeting of Families.

“SEPTA officials say demand is lower than expected after registration for a lottery, giving commuters the opportunity to buy Regional Rail passes for the pope’s visit to Philadelphia, opened overnight,” 6abc.com reported.

SEPTA officials have previously said each lottery entrant could request up to 10 passes for each day, each costing $10. The transit agency has 175,000 passes available for each day.

The winners of the lottery will be notified on Thursday and must purchase their passes between August 6 and August 9.

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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.