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SEPTA gets millions from Washington for project to keep cars off the tracks at Regional Rail crossings

Overreliance on GPS navigation, distracted drivers and impatience contribute to car-train collisions.

A SEPTA bus stopped at a grade crossing for an inbound Norristown Line Regional Rail train last week at School House Lane in East Falls. SEPTA has won a $15 million federal grant for new safety measures intended to prevent collisions between trains and motor vehicles at 22 highway and road crossings on five of its Regional Rail lines.
A SEPTA bus stopped at a grade crossing for an inbound Norristown Line Regional Rail train last week at School House Lane in East Falls. SEPTA has won a $15 million federal grant for new safety measures intended to prevent collisions between trains and motor vehicles at 22 highway and road crossings on five of its Regional Rail lines.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer
    by Thomas Fitzgerald
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