96 B-Line planned for a 2010 implementation using resources from the to-be-discontinued 98 B-Line, implementation of a South Of Fraser B-line would not happen until four years later. The line opened for service on September 2, 2013. Starting January 1, 2018, passengers with Compass Card or proof of payments are allowed to board from any of the three doors on the bus. Passengers who are paying cash must board through the front door. Departing from Guildford Exchange, the 96 B-Line travels west along 104 Avenue towards Surrey Central Station and King George Station (both on the SkyTrain Expo Line). It then continues
Reading, Pennsylvania ran between Pottsville, Reading, Pottstown, and Philadelphia along the Pottsville Line until July 27, 1981, when transit operator SEPTA curtailed commuter service to electrified lines. Since then, there have been repeated calls for the resumption of the services. In the late 1990s and up to 2003, SEPTA, in cooperation with Reading-based BARTA, funded a study called the Schuylkill Valley Metro which included plans to extend SEPTA's R6 passenger line to Pottstown, Reading, and Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. The project suffered a major setback when it was rejected by the Federal Transit Administration New Starts program, which cited doubts about the ridership projections