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SEPTA strike not to stop Del regional rail service

As Anthony and Phil Ford Frassetta News septa strike heard early Tuesday morning that they quickly other plans. The Delaware men who become friends during the voyage of the S-Bahn line R2 to their jobs Philadelphia, decided Frassetta car to work instead of long-lasting late and overcrowded trains. The trip was not too bad, she said, but they want back on the train, because today it still beats the cost and effort driving.

"The worst delays for us," said Ford, an insurance consultant. "If it keeps going, you will be on OK. "

Sudden Strike by Transport Workers Union Local 234 Philadelphia stalled bus, subway and tram operations and surprised morning commuters. But it did not listen to the regional rail lines that thousands of commuters in Delaware, New Jersey and the suburbs of the city, because his employees work, using a different contract.

Commuter Delaware logged nearly 1.14 million trips on the South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's R2 line in the past year, according to the Delaware Department of Transportation. The line has stops in Claymont, Wilmington and Newark.

The union went on strike around 3:00 am Tuesday, won only a few hours after the Philadelphia Phillies Game 5 of World Series at Citizens Bank Park, the system on average, more than 928,000 rides each weekday, and the union representing more than 5,000 SEPTA drivers, operators and mechanics.

The union had threatened to go on strike during the World Series. But over the weekend, Governor Ed Rendell ordered the Union to the negotiating table and septa or Risk consequences remain. There was no talk of an impending strike until Monday evening.

But Willie Brown, the local president, said the workers decided to could strike after the two sides agreed that they have come this far she was in negotiations over salaries, pensions and health care issues.

"We are very keen to get back to the negotiating table ASAP "spokesman Richard Maloney said SEPTA.

Delaware commuters returning to the station Tuesday evening Claymont said the trains were overcrowded and often late, but it was not enough to keep them from riding.

"I'm from New York, so this is nothing for me, "said Katrina Robinson, of Claymont." The best thing is to stay calm. Since all the rage, it makes it worse. "

Robinson, the train daily to her job is as a case manager for a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, called the scene in the city 30th Street Station "controlled Chaos, "because so many people were crowded on the trains.

Helene Weinberg, who lives in Brandywine Hundred and is working at the University of Pennsylvania, said she hopes not to the SEPTA railroad strike, too. She grimaces at the thought.

"I would have to go to go back," she said. "Ugh."

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