The schedule changes, which impact five of SEPTA's Regional Rail Lines, are due to the addition of newly leased rail cars, according to a post on the company's website.
A faulty weld that attaches a plate to a weight-bearing beam is at the foundation of the problem that has put more than 100 SEPTA rail cars out of service.
Philadelphia's main transit agency doesn't see a quick fix for its regional rail issues, projecting that a majority of the fleet it has sidelined because of structural issues will remain down until at least Labor Day.
SEPTA began "enhanced Saturday service" for West Trenton and Trenton regional rail riders as one-third of its fleet is taken out of service because of cracks in the cars.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The transit police officers who helped deliver a Christmas baby on a subway train reunited with the newborn boy and his parents Friday morning, trading the chaos of the dingy rail car where they first met for the comfort of a hospital room.