SEPTA is still working to complete its federally mandated inspections of old Regional Rail cars, passing its original Halloween deadline.

The Federal Railroad Administration granted the transit authority an extension to finish its safety review of the Silverliner IV trains , introduced in the 1970s. SEPTA now has until Nov. 14 to wrap its point-by-point inspections and repairs of the 223 cars, which make up over half of the Regional Rail fleet. MORE: Disparaging email sent to Penn students, alumni is fake, university says

The FRA had ordered an emergency audit of the vehicles on Oct. 1 after five electrical fires this year. The earliest incident occurred in February when a Wilmington/Newark line car departing Crum Lynne Station caught fire and 325 passengers were forced to

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