Ambler station

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]

Ambler
The new high-level platform station at Ambler, facing the former stationhouse
General information
Location	30 South Main Street (Butler Avenue & Main Street) Ambler, Pennsylvania 19002
Coordinates	40.1536°N 75.2251°W / 40.1536; -75.2251
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	SEPTA Main Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA Suburban Bus: 94, 95
Construction
Parking	619 spaces (92 with permits)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1855[1]
Rebuilt	1888[1]
Electrified	July 26, 1931[2]
Previous names	Wissahickon (1855–1869)[1]
Passengers
2017	1,138 boardings 881 alightings (weekday average)[3]
Rank	13 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Fort Washington toward Penn Medicine Station Lansdale/​Doylestown Line Penllyn toward Doylestown
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Fort Washington toward Philadelphia Bethlehem Branch Penllyn toward Bethlehem
Location

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.

Gallery

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  Original Ambler Station in 2007
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  Original Ambler Station
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  Butler Pike with old station to the left and new station to the right
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  Ambler new station with elevated platforms