SEPTA Route 79 is a former trackless trolley and current bus route, operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The line runs between the Point Breeze neighborhood and the vicinity of Pier 70 along the Delaware River. Trackless trolleys replaced buses in 1961 but were suspended in 2003, and the authority later decided against restoring trackless trolley service. Trolley cars had previously served Route 79 from 1912 until 1956.
SEPTA Route 79 in 1978, when it was using a 31-year-old ACF-Brill TC44 trolley bus (No. 215).
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is a regional public transportation authority that operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly four million people in five counties in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It also manages projects that maintain, replace and expand its infrastructure, facilities and vehicles.
The former SEPTA Route 6 trolley in Philadelphia, c. 1980
The entrance to the 15–16th & Locust station on Locust Street in Center City Philadelphia, which serves as both a SEPTA and PATCO station
The concourse at the Walnut–Locust station
The above-ground Market–Frankford Line in the Kensington section of Philadelphia
