More Than 20K Regional Rail Passes For Pope Visit Available: Report

By Justin Heinze:

The remaining passes for regional rail travel on SEPTA during Pope Francis’ visit will be sold at stations outside of center city next weekend, according to a report by Philly.com.

Of the 350,000 tickets available, 328,045 were sold during the initial online lottery last week, the report states.

The remainder of the passes not sold online by 11:59 p.m. Thursday night will be made available at SEPTA stations leading to center city stations, the report states.

The passes are required for travel on SEPTA for the weekend of September 26 and September 27 when Pope Francis is in the Philadelphia area.

The successful lottery last week came after struggles that shut down the SEPTA websiteduring the first attempted sale.

About 54,000 customers visited the site within the first minute that it opened. The traffic was too much for the site to handle, SEPTA said.

SEPTA has made massive changes to their schedule and operations during the World Meeting of Families and the weekend of the Pope’s visit. For more information about rail schedules, please see their website.