Ambler station

Ambler
SEPTA Regional Rail station
The new high-level platform station at Ambler, facing the former stationhouse
Location 30 South Main Street
(Butler Avenue & Main Street)
Ambler, PA 19002
Coordinates 40°09′13″N 75°13′30″W / 40.1536°N 75.2251°W / 40.1536; -75.2251Coordinates: 40°09′13″N 75°13′30″W / 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 496 spaces (92 with permits)
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 3
History
Opened 1855[1]
Rebuilt 1888[1]
Previous names Wissahickon (1855–1869)[1]
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Lansdale/​Doylestown Line
toward Doylestown
Former services
Preceding station   Reading Railroad   Following station
toward Fern Rock
Bethlehem Branch
toward Bethlehem

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 2013, Ambler station had a weekday average of 1017 boardings and 816 alightings.[2] The station includes a 496-space parking lot.

The station was briefly featured in the 1966 Hayley Mills movie The Trouble with Angels,[3] although subsequent station scenes were shot at the Glendale Transportation Center in California.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ambler Borough Open Space Plan. Montgomery County Planning Commission (Report). 2006. pp. 2, 36. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  2. ↑ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan." p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014.  (539 KB)
  3. ↑ The Trouble With Angels: The 40th Anniversary of the Ambler, Pennsylvania filming
  4. ↑ Filming Locations for "The Trouble with Angels" (Internet Movie Database)

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