# Ambler station

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Railway station in Ambler, Pennsylvania

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°09′13″N 75°13′30″W / 40.1536°N 75.2251°W / 40.1536; -75.2251 Owned by SEPTA Line 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

**Ambler station** is a [SEPTA Regional Rail](/source/SEPTA_Regional_Rail) station in [Ambler, Pennsylvania](/source/Ambler%2C_Pennsylvania). It was originally built by the [Reading Company](/source/Reading_Railroad) as **Wissahickon**, until being renamed in 1869 after Mary Johnson Ambler, who helped direct the aftermath of the [Great Train Wreck of 1856](/source/Great_Train_Wreck_of_1856). The station serves the [Lansdale/Doylestown Line](/source/Lansdale%2FDoylestown_Line). Its official address is at [Butler Avenue](/source/Butler_Pike) 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](/source/SEPTA_Suburban_Division_bus_routes). In [FY](/source/Fiscal_year) 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](/source/Hayley_Mills) movie *[The Trouble with Angels](/source/The_Trouble_with_Angels_(film))*,[7] although subsequent station scenes were shot at the [Glendale Transportation Center](/source/Glendale_Transportation_Center) in California.[8]

## Station layout

Ambler has two high-level [side platforms](/source/Side_platform).

## 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

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-amblernorthpenn_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-amblernorthpenn_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-amblernorthpenn_1-2) [Ambler Borough Open Space Plan](https://www.montcopa.org/DocumentCenter/View/2078). *Montgomery County Planning Commission* (Report). 2006. pp. 2, 36. Retrieved April 17, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Reading Installs Electric Service"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57809734/reading-electric-july-26-1931/). *The Philadelphia Inquirer*. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update"](https://planning.septa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FY-2021_Service_Plan_Update.docx). [SEPTA](/source/SEPTA). June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["SEPTA (May 2014). *Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan*. p. 61"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140812142611/http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf) (PDF) on August 12, 2014. (539 KB)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | Serving Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties"](https://www.septa.org/). *www.septa.org*. Retrieved May 14, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["SEPTA Capital Improvements In Montgomery County"](https://nebula.wsimg.com/25976077541002e8021a2f353b7d0d40?AccessKeyId=276DA815AEFE8EC25E25&disposition=0&alloworigin=1). December 1, 2008. Retrieved February 22, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["The Trouble With Angels: The 40th Anniversary of the Ambler, Pennsylvania filming"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110209023338/http://www.netreach.net/~sixofone/ttwa.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.netreach.net/~sixofone/ttwa.htm) on February 9, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Filming Locations for "The Trouble with Angels" (Internet Movie Database)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061122/locations)

## External links

Media related to [Ambler (SEPTA station)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ambler_(SEPTA_station)) at Wikimedia Commons

- [SEPTA – Ambler station](https://www.septa.org/stations/ambler-station)

- [Station from Butler Avenue from Google Maps Street View](https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=40.153429,-75.224724&spn=0.003682,0.010986&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.153429,-75.224724&panoid=eLTlYTB0mDELP7LlcjrA5Q&cbp=12,318.35,,0,2.01)

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