SEPTA immediately put a speed restriction on the Silverliner V cars and took them out of service Friday night. The Silverliner V cars were purchased for $274 million from Hyundai-Rotem Corp. in South Korea arrived between 2010 and 2013 after being shipped to South Philadelphia for final assembly. The transit agency serving Philadelphia and its suburbs is warning regional rail riders of possible major disruptions in the days and weeks ahead after the company had to take about one-third of regional rail cars out of service due to a structural problem. No such problems have occurred in 40-plus years on Silverliner IV cars, Knueppel said. Knueppel said service related to the Democratic National Convention at the end of the month is expected to involve the Market-Frankford and Broad Street lines more than regional rail lines.

Source: Fox News July 03, 2016 20:37 UTC