Last month, SEPTA officials had announced that the transit agency would be borrowing rail cars from the Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC) system to help ease some the issues that have popped up with the ongoing Silverliner IV inspections and maintenance.

Now, a spokesperson with SEPTA told NBC10 that those borrowed MARC cars are expected to make their way to Philadelphia later this week.

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In total, SEPTA is leasing 10 train cars from Maryland, at a cost of about $2.6 million and those cars should be in Philadelphia by Friday morning.

After the cars make it to the city, SEPTA will take some time to train crews and mechanics on them, so officials explained that the borrowed trains won't be on the tracks

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