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PATCO Schedule for Independence Day Holiday

06/29/09

  PATCO announces its schedule for Friday, July 3 and Independence Day, Saturday, July 4.
The schedule is as follows:
Friday, July 3
  •    Day Service from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. – Trains will run every 12 minutes.
  •    Evening Service from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. – Trains will run every 15 minutes.
  •    Late Evening Service from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. – Trains will run every 20 minutes.
Saturday, July 4
  •    PATCO will operate a normal Saturday schedule with trains running every 15 minutes.
  For travel information, call (856) 772-6900 or (215) 922-4600 or visit our website at www.ridepatco.org.
  The Delaware River Port Authority is a regional transportation agency. In addition to PATCO, DRPA owns and operates the Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry and Betsy Ross bridges, the Philadelphia Cruise Terminal and the RiverLink Ferry.

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