between Wilmington and Newark opened in 2000. SEPTA activated positive train control on the Wilmington/Newark Line on May 1, 2017. On April 9, 2020, service on the line was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though Penn Medicine station was still being served by other rail services. Service between 30th Street Station and Wilmington resumed May 10, 2020 on a modified schedule as part of the Southwest Connection Improvement Program. Service to Newark resumed on January 25, 2021, in order to offer public transit options during a construction project along Interstate 95 in Wilmington. Previously, Amtrak announced the completion of the Delaware Third Rail Project in December 2020. The project installed the third track between Wilmington and Newark that would increase the capacity. Name change On July 25, 2010, SEPTA renamed the service from the R2 Newark to the Wilmington/Newark Line as part of system-wide service change that drops the R-number naming and makes the Center City stations the terminus for all lines. This also ended the combined R2 Newark/R2 Warminster service. Station list The Wilmington/Newark Line trains make the following station stops, after leaving the Center City Commuter Connection: Ridership Between FY 2008-FY 2018 annual ridership on the Wilmington/Newark Line ranged between 2.5 and 2.8 million. See also Bell Tower (PRR) Lamokin Tower Notes References External links The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society SEPTA Regional Rail lines Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad lines