SEPTA SCHEDULE CHANGES Here is a partial listing of schedule changes and service adjustments in the City and Red Arrow divisions, which will take effect this weekend:

MARKET-FRANKFORD LINE Mid-day service reduced to every 8 minutes.

ROUTE C Artics will be deployed on Ogontz Loop/City Hall service, with headways increasing from 10 to 12 minutes; Sheaff Lane trips will be replaced by a shuttle from Broad St/Oregon Av.

ROUTE J Officially designated as a bike route; also designated as a 100 percent wheelchair accessible line.

ROUTE 8 Mid-day service is eliminated; service will not operate eastbound between 9:00am and 2:00pm; westbound service between 8:35am and 1:25pm will also be eliminated; officially designated as a bike route.

ROUTES 9, 11, 33, and 48 Peak service on these lines will be reduced.

ROUTE 12 Officially designated as a bike route.

ROUTE 26 Weekday AM peak eastbound service will be adjusted between Germantown and Olney Terminal.

ROUTE 27 Weekday PM peak service between CAPA (Broad/Washington) and Plymouth Meeting Mall is revised; a new 5:14pm northbound departure from 15 St/JFK Blvd has been added (presumably to Plymouth Meeting, but I'd have to check the timetables).

ROUTE 28 The detour routing along Rhawn St in Fox Chase will be lifted; all 28 buses will be back on it's normal routing.

ROUTE 31 Buses will continue to be detoured off of Market between 46 St and 63 St; a 31 Shuttle will be introduced, operating between 52 and 60 Sts between 11:00am and 7:00pm Monday-Saturday; eastbound service will be reduced between 8:00am and 11:00am to every 30 minutes; evening service will operate hourly starting at 7:20pm.

ROUTE 37 Officially re-designated as a bike route.

ROUTE 44 A new westbound short turn will depart 54 St/City Av at 7:08am to Ardmore; all Ardmore trips will now return to 52 St and Overbrook Av.

ROUTE 52 The new routing to Overbrook will be reflected on the new timetables.

ROUTE 53 Officially designated as a bike route.

ROUTES 63/64 Routes 63 and 64 will be consolidated; the 63 routing along Christian and Catharine Sts will be eliminated; the new 64 will operate mainly along Washington Av through South Philadelphia, with a diversion to the Ellsworth-Federal station; service also extended west from Wyalusing Av/Lancaster Av to Parkside Loop.

ROUTE 65 Buses re-routed to improve connections at 63 St/Malvern Av loop.

ROUTE 66 AM Express service eliminated.

ROUTE 77 Weekday 7:25am departure from Roosevelt Blvd/Cottman Av will run 20 minutes earlier to improve connections to Bishop McDevitt High School in Cheltenham Twp.

ROUTES 101/102 Mid-day service reduced from 20 minutes to every 30 minutes between 8:30am and 12:30pm.

ROUTE 103 Ardmore-bound service to be re-routed via County Line Rd and Ardmore Av; southbound service to operate via Cricket Av.

ROUTE 105 Ardmore short-turns to terminate at Cricket Terrace.

ROUTE 108 New weekday round trip departs 69 St Terminal at 8:12pm to 67 St/Elmwood Av; return trip departs 67/Elmwood at 8:35pm.

ROUTES 111 and 119 Outbound service from 69 St Terminal or Chester will only serve Franklin Mint on request to operator.

ROUTE 112 Sunday service will be discontinued.

ROUTE 113 Owl service eliminated; no service between 1:00am and 5:00am; new 6:45pm departure from 69 St Terminal to Darby Loop, return trip departs Darby at 7:04pm.

ROUTE 114 Sunday service will now operate between 6:00am and 11:00pm.

ROUTE 115 All service after 6:30pm discontinued.

ROUTE 120 Fewer through trips between 69 St and Cheyney; more shuttle trips between Newtown Square and Cheyney connecting (in theory) with 104 buses, much to the delight of those who deal with already overcrowded 104 buses coming in from West Chester.

ROUTE 305 Mid-day time adjustments due to 102 schedule changes; service to Delaware County Emergency Services Training Center (DelCo Community Coorections satellite site) in Darby Twp eliminated (however, the official SEPTA press release indicates that it "will be adjusted to maintain connections with Route 102."

In addition, Red Arrow routes service Chester Terminal will see adjusted times due to new traffic patterns in downtown Chester, which were implemented earlier this summer.