Lines
Each PRR line was once paired with a RDG branch and numbered from R1 to R8 (except for R4), so that one route number described two lines, one on the PRR side and one on the RDG side. This was ultimately deemed more confusing than helpful, so on July 25, 2010, SEPTA dropped the R-number and color-coded route designators and changed dispatching patterns so fewer trains follow both sides of the same route.
- Former Pennsylvania Railroad lines
- Airport Line: terminates at the Philadelphia International Airport.
- Chestnut Hill West Line: terminates in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia.
- Cynwyd Line: terminates in Bala Cynwyd and operates on weekdays only. Until 1986, trains continued on to Ivy Ridge station in northwestern Philadelphia.
- Media/Elwyn Line: terminates in Elwyn. Until 1986, trains continued on to West Chester. SEPTA is considering restoring service to Wawa, about three miles (5 km) west of Elwyn; however, this project is on hold, pending approval of the Fiscal Year 2011 Capital Budget
- Paoli/Thorndale Line: some trains terminate at Malvern and the others go to Thorndale.
- Trenton Line: terminates in Trenton, New Jersey. This line offers a connection to New York Penn Station via New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor Line.
- Wilmington/Newark Line: terminates in Wilmington, Delaware, with some weekday trains continuing to Newark, Delaware. The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) subsidizes Delaware service.
- Former Reading Company lines
- Chestnut Hill East Line: terminates in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia.
- Fox Chase Line: terminates in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia. Until 1983, connecting diesel trains continued to Newtown, Pennsylvania.
- Lansdale/Doylestown Line: terminates at Doylestown. On weekdays, approximately half of the local trains terminate at Lansdale while the remainder of the local trains, and some expresses, continue on to Doylestown.
- Manayunk/Norristown Line: terminates at Elm Street in Norristown.
- Warminster Line: terminates in Warminster.
- West Trenton Line: terminates at the West Trenton station in Ewing, New Jersey.
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