PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The SEPTA Board is scheduled to vote Thursday on a $725 million contract to buy all new cars for the Market-Frankford Line. “This is really going to be a ...

SEPTA has estimated the total cost of purchasing the vehicles – around 200 cars – at around $800 million. More people ride the MFL, or “el,” than any other SEPTA service, and the line saw ...