| Route 103 | ||||
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| Ardmore to 69th Street Transportation Center | ||||
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| Overview | ||||
| System | Victory District[1] | |||
| Operator | SEPTA Suburban Transit Division | |||
| Began service | 1902 (streetcar) 1966 (bus) | |||
| Route | ||||
| Locale | Delaware Valley | |||
| Communities served | Brookline, Overbrook Park | |||
| Start | Ardmore (Suburban Square) | |||
| End | 69th Street Transportation Center | |||
| Daily ridership | 1,362 (FY 2019)[2] | |||
| Annual patronage | 428,432 (FY2019) | |||
| Timetable | Route 103 schedule | |||
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Route 103 is a bus route operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Route 103 runs between Ardmore and the 69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby.
It began as a streetcar line in 1902, operated by the Ardmore and Llanerch Street Railway, then the Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company (PSTC, doing business as Red Arrow Lines) until converted bus operation to December 1966. SEPTA acquired PSTC and assumed operations of the Red Arrow Lines in January 1970. The now extinct trolley line led to the development of the first planned communities in Haverford Township, namely the streetcar suburbs of Llanerch, Brookline, and Oakmont.[3]
- ^ "SEPTA Route Statistics 2018" (PDF). SEPTA. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ Kerr, Richard (2022). "Railways in Haverford Township" (PDF). Haverford Township Historical Society.