Ambler station is a

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station in

Ambler, Pennsylvania Ambler is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is located approximately 16 miles (26 km) north of the Center City Philadelphia. History Lenape The historical territory of the Lenni Lenape was in the Delaware River Valley, in a ...

. 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 Great Train Wreck of 1856 occurred in Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, between Camp Hill station and Fort Washington station, on July 17, 1856. Two trains, traveling on the same track in converging directions, collided, killing between 5 ...

. The station serves the

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. 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. The station includes a 496-space parking lot. 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. The station was briefly featured in the 1966 Hayley Mills movie '' The Trouble with Angels'', although subsequent station scenes were shot at the Glendale Transportation Center in California.Filming Locations for "The Trouble with Angels" (Internet Movie Database)
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Station layout

Ambler has two high-level

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...

Gallery

File:Ambler Station.JPG, Original Ambler Station in 2007 File:Ambler Railroad Station, North side of Butler Avenue, east and west of Reading Railroad tracks, Ambler, Montgomery County, PA HABS PA,46-AMB,6-1.tif, Original Ambler Station File:Butler Pike NB at Ambler Station.jpg, Butler Pike with old station to the left and new station to the right File:Ambler station at night, January 2017.jpg, Ambler new station with elevated platforms

References

External links

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Station from Butler Avenue from Google Maps Street View
{{SEPTA Regional Rail stations SEPTA Regional Rail stations Former Reading Company stations Railway stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Stations on the SEPTA Main Line Railway stations in the United States opened in 1855 1855 establishments in Pennsylvania