Eagles fans waited decades to welcome their team home as Super Bowl champions.
The wait to get home after Thursday’s victory parade in Center City felt nearly as interminable for some.
Moments after the celebration’s end, thousands mobbed lines stretching for blocks to board trains back to the suburbs. Riders elbowed their way into teeming subway cars. And others opted to skip public transportation altogether and braved a pedestrian traffic jam along the Ben Franklin Bridge.
And yet, despite the high volume and waits of up to two hours, the region’s public transportation systems appeared to bear the crush of green-garbed revelers well.