![]() ![]() That also makes it the oldest system in the Western Hemisphere. Of more than 300 trolley bus systems in operation worldwide (as of 2011), Philadelphia's is the second-oldest, exceeded in longevity only by that of Shanghai, China (in operation since 1914). The PTC was transferred from private to public ownership on September 30, 1968, when SEPTA (formed in 1964) took it over. Through a reorganization, the company became the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) on January 1, 1940. The first trackless trolley (trolley bus) service in Philadelphia was operated by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, which had been established in 1902 by the merger of several then-independent transit companies operating within the city and its environs. The three surviving routes serve North and Northeast Philadelphia and connect with SEPTA's Market–Frankford rapid transit line. One of only five such systems currently operating in the U.S., it presently comprises three lines, and is operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), with a fleet of 38 trolleybuses, or trackless trolleys as SEPTA calls them. It opened on October 14, 1923, and is now the second-longest-lived trolleybus system in the world. The Philadelphia trolleybus system forms part of the public transportation network serving Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, United States. 1923–40: Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company ġ940–68: Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) ġ968–present: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). ![]()
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