Ambler station explained

Ambler
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Regional Rail
Symbol Location:septa
Symbol:septa
Address:30 South Main Street
(Butler Avenue & Main Street)
Ambler, PA 19002
Coordinates:40.1536°N -75.2251°W
Line:SEPTA Main Line
Other:SEPTA Suburban Bus
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:619 spaces (92 with permits)
Passengers:1,138 boardings
881 alightings
(weekday average)[1]
Pass Year:2017
Opened:1855[2]
Rebuilt:1888
Electrified:July 26, 1931[3]
Accessible:Yes
Owned:SEPTA
Zone:3
Former:Wissahickon (1855 - 1869)
Pass Rank:13 of 146
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Ambler station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Ambler, Pennsylvania. It was originally built by the Reading Company as Wissahickon, until being renamed in 1869 after Mary Johnson Ambler, who helped direct the aftermath of the Great Train Wreck of 1856. The station serves the Lansdale/Doylestown Line. Its official address is at Butler Avenue and Main Street; however, the actual location is a block west on Butler Avenue and Short Race Street. The station provides connections to SEPTA Bus Routes 94 and 95. In FY 2017, Ambler station had a weekday average of 1,138 boardings and 881 alightings.[4] The station includes a 619-space parking lot.[5]

In 2010, the station was moved south across Butler Pike into an entirely new ADA-accessible facility with long elevated platforms adjacent to the parking lots and a brand new ticket office, waiting room, and bathroom on the inbound side.[6]

The station was briefly featured in the 1966 Hayley Mills movie The Trouble with Angels,[7] although subsequent station scenes were shot at the Glendale Transportation Center in California.[8]

Station layout

Ambler has two high-level side platforms.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update. . June 2020 . 24 . March 11, 2022.
  2. Ambler Borough Open Space Plan. April 17, 2018. Montgomery County Planning Commission. 2006. 2, 36.
  3. News: Reading Installs Electric Service . August 22, 2020 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . July 26, 1931 . 8. Newspapers.com.
  4. Web site: SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan." p. 61 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140812142611/http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf . August 12, 2014 .  
  5. Web site: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Serving Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties . 2024-05-14 . www.septa.org . en.
  6. Web site: 2008-12-01 . SEPTA Capital Improvements In Montgomery County . 2024-02-22.
  7. Web site: The Trouble With Angels: The 40th Anniversary of the Ambler, Pennsylvania filming . 2010-10-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110209023338/http://www.netreach.net/~sixofone/ttwa.htm . 2011-02-09 . dead .
  8. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061122/locations Filming Locations for "The Trouble with Angels" (Internet Movie Database)