Good news for SEPTA customers: A few months after introducing the SEPTA Key Early Adopters program, which allows customers to purchase cards that work as monthly or weekly TransPasses, SEPTA has announced the roll-out of “Quick Trip” – single trip tickets for Market-Frankford and Broad Street lines.
A Quick Trip is a disposable magnetic strip ticket that customers can swipe at new Key turnstiles. A Quick Trip is valid for one-way travel from the station where it is purchased, and must be used on the day it is purchased. Station and date-of-purchase details are printed on the ticket.
The addition of the Quick Trip feature gives riders the option to purchase their fare in the station without worrying about having a token or exact change beforehand.
There is no discount for a Quick Trip – the regular one-way transit cash fare of $2.25 applies. Also, a Quick Trip cannot be used in combination with a transfer. However, SEPTA customers can use their debit and credit cards for single-trip purchases at station kiosks, and riders who use cash will receive change if they don’t have exact fare.
There are currently 18 stations at which Quick Trips can be purchased:
• Market-Frankford Line: Erie-Torresdale; Dilworth Park; 15th Street (at Express 16th Street Entrances); 34th Street; 40th Street; Allegheny; Berks; Tioga; 63rd Street.
• Broad Street Line: AT&T Station; Walnut-Locust; Cecil B. Moore; Spring Garden; Tasker-Morris; Ellsworth-Federal; Erie; Girard; City Hall.
The rollout will continue through Monday, Oct. 17, at which point all stations are expected to offer Quick Trip purchases. SEPTA Ambassadors will be at stations throughout the Quick Trip rollout to assist customers.
Tokens are still being accepted and sold. “We don’t have a date yet for phasing them out – we’ll continue to gauge how customers are adapting to the new system as we get further into the rollout and add features, and we’ll determine a timeframe based on that,” said Andrew Busch, SEPTA’s Chief Press Officer.
“When we do eventually get to a point where tokens will stop being sold, we’ll make announcements to customers well in advance. Also, while eventually we will stop selling tokens, they will still be accepted with the new payment system – riders will be able to insert them into fare vending kiosks at stations and get that single-trip value added to a Key card.”
For more information and updates, visit septa.org.
September 27th, 2016 at 12:46 pm
I say cheers to SEPTA for rolling out a quick, sleek, user-friendly single ride purchase kiosk. Usually I’m just on the go-go-go heading uptown to drop off some floor plans, then it’s downtown for a meeting with investors then after the work day it’s karate, yoga, soccer and various dinner engagements.
September 27th, 2016 at 11:34 pm
Sounds like it is time to stock up on tokens at $1.80 each and use them to buy these single-trip cards that would otherwise cost $2.25.
September 28th, 2016 at 8:23 am
I had the same idea, but tokens are to be phased out. That said, it looks like no date has been set at this time, so go for it.
September 28th, 2016 at 9:30 am
I was recently on a NJ Transit train and I realized that they have terlets on some of their suburban commuter trains. Yes I know that this single ride idea is just a start but for some with longer commutes, it’s definitely a good idea for SEPTA to consider. A lot of people live in the suburbs of Del/Mont/Bucks and commute into the city.
September 29th, 2016 at 10:49 am
Good step forward for SEPTA!