SEPTA, playing off its experiences with the pope's visit in 2015 and the fiascos during the Phillies' 2008 World Series celebration, is reducing Regional Rail service to just 37 of its 154 stops, most of them well away from the city limits. That will help the system run more efficiently, said SEPTA's general manager, Jeff Knueppel, but it also means tens of thousands of riders who rely on stations close to the city for their commute to work will have to make other plans Thursday.