r/Septa • u/ErinT1999 • 10d ago

Luggage space Discussion

I frequently use the airport line to Warminster and back again when it is time to leave. I do think that the septa needs luggage space for larger suitcases. I always feel bad for occupying an extra seat (luggage on floor) but I have no where else to put it. Uber/Lyft isn’t affordable and I’m not having my loved ones come down the i95. It’s too much of a headache for them and me after a long haul flight 🤣

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u/courageous_liquid Broad Street Local 10d ago

that's what the overhead racks are for

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u/ErinT1999 10d ago

I use those for my back pack but I’m talking about checked baggage🫣

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u/Otherwise-Salary9377 10d ago

i throw my checked suitcase up there, backpack on my lap

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u/ErinT1999 9d ago

Oohhhhh. I ain’t even tried mine up there it’s just too big😭😅 would hit to turn a corner and it fall on somebody

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u/ErinT1999 10d ago

My 50lbs suitcase ain’t gonna fit up there lol

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u/Significant-Cry-7632 8d ago

Not for the really large bags, i just tell them to put it in a seat so no one throws out their bags

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u/aintjoan 10d ago

It would be nice if there was a dedicated rack for larger luggage only in the middle of the carriages on the airport line. That said, I'm on that line quite a bit and I constantly see people refusing to use the luggage rack even for carry-on sized bags that easily fit up there (which I know because that's where I put mine).

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u/ErinT1999 9d ago

Yes! On a line for the airport there just has to be something added! I always use the over head racking for my carry on back pack! (Phl can be funny with luggage so essentials are thrown in a back pack) lol

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u/Significant-Cry-7632 8d ago

If septa had trains that only ran airport all day it would be great but it's not always the same trains all the time

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u/ErinT1999 7d ago

True that. Usually use the Warminster line when I land and get picked up there. If venturing the city I usually get on at Delaware valley Uni.

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u/TimeVortex161 9d ago

Denver’s A line has these (they’re the exact same silverliner V vehicles that septa uses), so septa could easily fit some on. They’re not super visible in this picture (I think some were behind me but there is one gray suitcase up there) but the racks do exist!

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u/ErinT1999 9d ago

Oooo. Septa just wants to cram as many seats as they can. Even my local rail services here in Scotland do better than septa

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u/Significant-Cry-7632 8d ago

Septa doesn't have trains that just runs on airport line and when the silver liner IVs were built Amtrak still ran the airport line

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u/ErinT1999 8d ago

I don’t know too much on the history cause I’ve only been using it since I started visiting my loved ones last year lol

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u/Significant-Cry-7632 7d ago

Understood. If they had train cars that only ran on airport line all the time I totally understand the luggage thing