Amtrak service from Philadelphia to Harrisburg could be cut amid SEPTA crisis

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Impending SEPTA cuts could also impact Amtrak.

It's because Amtrak would lose $71 million in annual payments from SEPTA, which leases the lines.

That would end if SEPTA cuts five regional rail lines, which are set to happen in January.

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The cuts would impact services between Philadelphia and Harrisburg.

This comes with less than a week to find alternate transportation as SEPTA riders prepare for what is set to become a commuter crisis.

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SEPTA will unleash its first phase of major service reductions on Sunday.

While ambassadors in yellow vests are out answering questions for riders, many are frustrated.

Dozens of people staged a sit-in at Republican state senator Joe Picozzi's office on Monday over the lack of work by Harrisburg lawmakers to find a solution.