Don't Forget: SEPTA Passes For Pope's Visit Go On Sale Monday

Special one-day passes for Regional Rail travel during the Papal Visit in September will go on sale on July 20, SEPTA announced Monday.

The passes will be required for all travel on September 26 and 27, and will be sold online through a new e-commerce website that will launch when the pass sales begin.

The passes are being sold to “keep crowd numbers consistent with the capacity that will be available on trains,” SEPTA said in a press release.

SEPTA’s capacity will be doubled during the Papal visit, and only 18 Regional Rail stations will be in operation to make travel as smooth and efficient as possible.

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No other fare instruments, such as TrailPasses, will be accepted. Papal Visit Pass purchases are non-refundable.

About 1.5 million people are expected to visit the city that weekend, Philadelphia city officials said.

Mayor Michael Nutter called it the “largest event in this City’s history.”

Below are the Regional Rail lines and outlying stations that will be in operation, listed by their Center City drop-off/boarding station:

Jefferson Station
-Norristown/Manayunk Line - Norristown Transportation Center
-Lansdale/Doylestown Line - Pennbrook and Fort Washington Stations
-Warminster Line - Warminster Station
-West Trenton Line - Woodbourne Station
-Fox Chase Line - Fox Chase Station
-Airport Line - Terminal A/B, Terminal C/D

30th Street Station
-Paoli/Thorndale Line - Paoli and Radnor Stations
-Chesnut Hill West Line - Chestnut Hill West Station
-Trenton Line - Levittown and Croydon/Cornwells Heights Stations
-Wilmington/Newark Line Wilmington and Marcus Hook Stations

University City Station

-Airport Line - Eastwick Station
-Media/Elwyn Line - Media and Primos Stations

Service will operate from the outlying stations to Center City from 5:30 a.m. to noon both days.

Each one day pass will cost $10 and is valid for one day only. Those who need to travel both days will need to purchase passes for both days.

Up to 10 passes can be purchased at a time.

For further details, please visit SEPTA.org.