A Pennsylvania city wants to use the Pop Up Metro concept to provide commuter rail service to central city Philadelphia.
The West Chester Borough Council said this should be used in lieu of conventional rail service.
The council supports a study to be conducted by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Chester County of the Pop Up concept, which uses battery-powered cars that are owned by Rail Development Corporation.
The cars would use existing rails for 8.5 miles between West Chester and Wawa. At the latter point passengers would connect with SEPTA regional rail trains.
The projected cost of using the Pop Up service would be $16 million compared with $380 million for conventional rail service.
The transit time between West Chester and Wawa would be 12 minutes with a travel time of 64 minutes to center city Philadelphia. Bus service between West Chester and Philadelphia now takes 94 minutes.
The rail line to Wawa needs to be rehabilitated, which has been estimated to cost $7.6 million.
Leasing costs for the Pop Up Metro cars would be $5 million for two years.
Tags: Philadelphia, Pop Up Metro, Public transit, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, West Chester Pennsylvania
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