Ambler station

40°09′13″N 75°13′30″W / 40.1536°N 75.2251°W / 40.1536; -75.2251Owned bySEPTALine(s)SEPTA Main LinePlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConnectionsSEPTA Suburban Bus: 94ConstructionParking619 spaces (92 with permits)AccessibleYesOther informationFare zone3HistoryOpened1855^[1]Rebuilt1888^[1]ElectrifiedJuly 26, 1931^[2]Previous namesWissahickon (1855–1869)^[1]Passengers20171,138 boardings
881 alightings
(weekday average)^[3]Rank13 of 146 Services

Preceding station	SEPTA			Following station
Fort Washington toward 30th Street 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

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.

Gallery

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ambler Borough Open Space Plan. Montgomery County Planning Commission (Report). 2006. pp. 2, 36. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan." p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. (539 KB)
^ "Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | Serving Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties". www.septa.org. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
^ "SEPTA Capital Improvements In Montgomery County". 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
^ "The Trouble With Angels: The 40th Anniversary of the Ambler, Pennsylvania filming". Archived from the original on 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
^ Filming Locations for "The Trouble with Angels" (Internet Movie Database)