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Bus Route Review #1: 150 (SEPTA)

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150 Bus at PARX Casino The 150 is a bus that goes from Plymouth Meeting Mall to PARX Casino. This bus is basically a casino bus, going directly from a mall to a casino via I-276, aka the PA Turnpike.  Information The 150 runs Mondays through Saturdays, 12 trips per day on weekdays, and 10 on Saturdays, making for a horrendous 70 trips per week. Compare this with a much more frequent bus, like say the 52 and you see why 70 is such a sad number (as of 2020, the 52 runs 742 trips per week, almost 11 times the amount of trips the 150 runs.) Considering that the 150 runs 70 buses per week, you'd expect it to have similarly horrendous frequency, and you would be correct.  Below is a picture of a timetable I took for the 150 (the bus was stocked with them for once): Extremely frequent, huh?  This bus essentially runs as pullout/pullback service, hence the extreme infrequency.  PARX Casino Bus Terminal I started my journey on the 150 at PARX Casino, a...