PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Eagles fans headed to Lincoln Financial Field for Thursday's home opener were spared major transit headaches thanks to the last-minute return of SEPTA 's Sports Express service.

The service had been previously cut as part of SEPTA's cost-saving measures to address a multimillion-dollar budget deficit. But with funding from FanDue l, the express trains were back in operation just in time for the game.

"Had the trains not been running, what was your plan B to get down here?" Asked Action News reporter Leland Pinder. Shar Smith of Olney said, "No plan. I wouldn't have come."

Fans arriving at the South Philadelphia sports complex said they were prepared to find alternate transportation, but ultimately didn't need to.

"We were gonna park somewhere like Oregon and

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