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Route 150 Parx Casino to Plym. Meeting Mall; How is it?
Topic Started: Aug 1 2012, 03:57 PM (777 Views)
TransitChuckG
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I have questions about the 150. I've seen on the turnpike.
1.What type of equipment is usually on it? (I've seen full buses, but some time ago El Dorados).
2.Is the bus fairly full each trip? Is it sustaining ridership?
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Mostly the time its usually Hybrids (i seen a couple of 8000's a few time most I seen people I seen riding on the 150 is between 20-25 people but other then that I see more hybrids then anything
Edited by victory123, Aug 1 2012, 08:21 PM.
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It's a Frontier route. No more Eldos at Frontier. It gets whatever is running on the 127,128, 129, 130 & 133. The 150 is used to get out to Bucks Co and back.

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In my infrequent observations of the line, both on the Turnpike and at Plymouth Meeting, I've only seen 'comfortable' loads on the buses (maybe 20). As already reported, the line's real purpose is to get some revenue miles out of the long deadheads between Frontier and the Bucks County routes. Although El D's did serve the line at the start, the usual Flyer LF found everywhere else is what serves the line. I haven't seen a restyle on the line but again my observations are limited.
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Thanks, everybody.

Chuck
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Anything which Frontier operates can appear on the route 150. As mentioned above the 150 is nothing more then a glorified revenue deadhead route. All of the trips on the 150 are interlined with the Bucks County routes - Mainly the 127, 129, and 130. For example, a driver pulling out from Frontier would do the 150, then once that trip is complete, deadhead to Oxford Valley mall to do the route 129. For the route 150 coming back, this would be done in reverse.
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Van2006ko
Aug 2 2012, 12:10 PM
Anything which Frontier operates can appear on the route 150. As mentioned above the 150 is nothing more then a glorified revenue deadhead route. All of the trips on the 150 are interlined with the Bucks County routes - Mainly the 127, 129, and 130. For example, a driver pulling out from Frontier would do the 150, then once that trip is complete, deadhead to Oxford Valley mall to do the route 129. For the route 150 coming back, this would be done in reverse.
Good information, thanks!
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Van2006ko
Aug 2 2012, 12:10 PM
Anything which Frontier operates can appear on the route 150. As mentioned above the 150 is nothing more then a glorified revenue deadhead route. All of the trips on the 150 are interlined with the Bucks County routes - Mainly the 127, 129, and 130. For example, a driver pulling out from Frontier would do the 150, then once that trip is complete, deadhead to Oxford Valley mall to do the route 129. For the route 150 coming back, this would be done in reverse.
I thought the common pull-in/pull-out routes were the 129 and 130, especially since the 130 ended at Franklin Mills before it was extended to Morrell Park.
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