and SEPTA doesn’t have a solution but is looking at options for that train. at which time they will test that train.īusch said one train is not back in the yard until after 1 a.m. A fourth train is in the yard between 10 and 10:30 p.m. Septa has moved the horn for those to that time. Of the five trains that are at Lenni overnight, three come into the yard in the early evening and are available for testing by 9:30 p.m. ![]() On Tuesday, Andrew Busch, director of media relations at SEPTA said the transit authority wants to be a good neighbor and is working with residents, municipalities and the SEPTA maintenance staff to reduce disturbances.Īs of Sunday night, SEPTA maintenance crews put a new schedule into place for testing horns, Busch said. McMullan said SEPTA told him they are working with staff to meet the requirement of testing but including just tapping a horn instead of blowing the horn for a long period of time. ![]() Some members of council asked if the trains could be stored at the Media borough yard, which holds 35 trains, but McMullan said SEPTA told him there is not enough space there.Īsked if Media gets complaints about noise at the Media complex, SEPTA told McMullan no. Crews have been doing the work between 11 p.m. And to prepare for that, a maintenance crew, which has a checklist, works on five to six trains in the yard each night and each train has five to six cars.Īnd, the first and last car horns must be tested daily, per federal regulations.įederally mandated requirements include draining and refilling locomotive airbrakes, testing the lights, HVAC system and sounding the horn on each locomotive. He said daily passenger service on the line begins at approximately 4:45 a.m. The noise comes from two areas, the grade crossing on Lenni Road and the Lenni track yard.Īt the monthly council meeting, Middletown Township manager John McMullan said officials from Chester Heights and Aston Township recently met with SEPTA, at which time they were given an overview of what safety use of horns required by the Federal Railroad Administration. “Many of us aren’t going to survive with our sleep being disrupted.” Federal rules ![]() “To hear at the last Chester Heights meeting that is may take another year or year and a half was devastating to all of us,” the resident said. One resident called the lack of sleep the horns are causing a major health problem and said she had documented 10 children who have been affected by the noise issue.
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