{"id":234212,"date":"2026-07-02T22:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/234212\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T22:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:47:08","slug":"heat-causing-septa-regional-rail-trains-to-be-delayed-cancelled-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/234212\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat causing SEPTA Regional Rail trains to be delayed, cancelled \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Riders trying to get around by using SEPTA are being faced with delays and cancelations because of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/first-alert-extreme-heat-prompts-changes-to-july-4-events-across-philly-region\/4426858\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/first-alert-extreme-heat-prompts-changes-to-july-4-events-across-philly-region\/4426858\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">extreme heat on Thursday<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for SEPTA explained that they are dealing with switch issues near 30th Street Station on July 2 which is causing 30 minute delays. <\/p>\n<p>Also, Regional Rail trains are being forced to run at slower speeds out of an abundance of caution because of the hot temperatures, SEPTA said. <\/p>\n<p>NJ Transit is also reporting a 60 minute delay for their train services. <\/p>\n<p>Why are Regional Rail trains moving slower on Thursday?<\/p>\n<p>SEPTA said that the Region Rail line trains are moving more slowly on July 2 because of the extreme heat. <\/p>\n<p>This is because extreme heat can cause overhead wires to sag, officials said. <\/p>\n<p>SEPTA reduces train speeds down about five to 10 miles per hour to lower the stress on the system. <\/p>\n<p>These heat rules reportedly get triggered whenever temperatures reach 88 degrees and are forecasted to top 90 degrees. <\/p>\n<p>For riders looking for the latest updates regarding their trip, <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/www.septa.org\/alerts__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!qqGX5kINWdOD3SyznLWpirLOSizZuyz-jAFU3tAFLRWPKNQxd6qfGSxQ8Q-BmiNTOstpgZ0auUf8fh2qcn1E5sczZTfSh_Ru$\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/www.septa.org\/alerts__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!qqGX5kINWdOD3SyznLWpirLOSizZuyz-jAFU3tAFLRWPKNQxd6qfGSxQ8Q-BmiNTOstpgZ0auUf8fh2qcn1E5sczZTfSh_Ru$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Riders trying to get around by using SEPTA are being faced with delays and cancelations because of this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70,2618],"class_list":["post-234212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-septa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}