Compare station accessibility across all 13 SEPTA Regional Rail routes.

What this visualization shows

SEPTA Regional Rail can open up rides beyond Philadelphia, but the experience of moving a bicycle between the street, platform, and train varies from station to station.

The Manayunk/Norristown and Lansdale/Doylestown lines first caught my attention, but comparing them raised the obvious next question: what does accessibility look like across the rest of the system?

Station classifications, locations, and route geometry come from SEPTA’s official Regional Rail GTFS data.

SEPTA’s accessibility classification is not a bicycle rating. It is still a useful practical indicator: a station designed for wheelchair boarding may offer an easier path for a loaded or heavier bicycle than a station with a physical boarding barrier.

SEPTA says bridge plates are available at accessible Regional Rail stations and are not available at non-accessible stations. That makes the classification useful for advance planning, but it does not guarantee a particular experience. Train equipment, platform assignments, construction, elevator outages, and operating conditions can all matter on the day of a trip.

The map keeps SEPTA’s classification intact:

• Accessible: SEPTA reports that wheelchair boarding is possible
• Inaccessible: SEPTA reports that wheelchair boarding is not possible

This view covers all 13 routes in SEPTA’s current Regional Rail feed. It summarizes the official data rather than independently verifying each station.