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MARKET EAST STATION, CENTER CITY: I got a text from my friend saying that she was stuck at Suburban Station because there was a bomb threat at Market East. From above, you could see the entire station was barren, something that I had already marked as unusual.
Strangely, it was a pretty siren-free night.
ALL LINES: Due to a police investigation at Market East Station, ALL lines are being delayed up-to 60 minutes or more. Inbound passengers from Fern Rock may transfer over to the Orange Line into CC.
Bomb squads were called in after a suspicious package was spotted on the platform area of the Market East Station. Regional trains were halted from 7:20p.m. to 8:15p.m. says Inquirer. After investigation, the package was found to simply be some one’s belongings.
In 2005 a similar situation happened in the morning just before rush hour. According to KYW, a suspicious-looking parcel was spotted by an R6 conductor. The package was dressed in camouflage. A propane tank nozzle was, apparently, the problem. That was
