Credit: Middletown Township
At local train stations there appeared to be more riders taking SEPTA trains to Center City, Philadelphia to see Pope Francis on Sunday morning than there were the day before.
While the crowds weren’t overwhelming, several emergency management officials noted there were more pilgrims Sunday morning. They said their suspicions from the beginning were that Sunday would be busier to the pope’s large public mass scheduled for Sunday afternoon.
@SEPTA_SOCIAL great job at Woodbourne Station @MiddletownTwp proud of my local officials for taking care of us all. #WMF2015 #PopeInPhilly ?
— Jim Lynch (@Jimlynchinpa) September 27, 2015
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At points Sunday morning, there were lines at the Croydon, Levittown and Woodbourne train stations while passengers waited to board the next express train to the city.
Officials said they believed train travel would heavy during the evening as pilgrims tried leave the papal events to get back to Bucks County.
And they’re off!!! @SEPTA regional rails started running outbound at 5:30PM #CBSPhillyPope pic.twitter.com/uTTgYT36kA
— John McDevitt (@JohnMcDevittKYW) September 27, 2015
“For return service, passengers should get on at the same stations they were dropped off at during in the morning,” SEPTA spokesman Manny Smith said.
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Travel on area roads appeared to be normal throughout the area, except in the area of the train stations.
Despite the early attention of the visit, not enough people bought tickets to sell out of the 164,000 system-wide rail passes SEPTA expected to get rid of.
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Express trains carrying pilgrims from the city are expected to make trips through Sunday night.
