Ardmore station (Pennsylvania)

Ardmore, PA
Amtrak and SEPTA station
The low-level platform at the renovated Ardmore station in April 2022.
General information
Location39 Station Avenue
Ardmore, Pennsylvania
United States
Coordinates40°00′30″N 75°17′25″W / 40.0083°N 75.2903°W / 40.0083; -75.2903
Owned byAmtrak[1]
Line(s)Amtrak Keystone Corridor
(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Connections
Construction
Parking196 spaces (109 permit, 87 public daily)
Bicycle facilities3 racks (12 spaces)
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: ARD
Fare zone2 (SEPTA)
History
Opened1870[2]
Rebuilt1957
ElectrifiedSeptember 11, 1915[3]
Passengers
FY 202357,449 annually[4] (Amtrak)
2017821 boardings, 749 alightings (weekday average)[5] (SEPTA)
Rank22 of 146 (SEPTA)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Paoli
toward Harrisburg
Keystone Service Philadelphia
toward New York
     Pennsylvanian does not stop here
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Haverford
toward Thorndale
Paoli/​Thorndale Line Wynnewood
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Bryn Mawr
toward Harrisburg
Keystone Service
Before 1988
Narberth
Paoli
toward Pittsburgh
Pennsylvanian Philadelphia
toward New York
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Haverford
toward Chicago
Main Line Narberth
Haverford
toward Paoli
Paoli Line Wynnewood
Location
Map

Ardmore station is a train station in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, located on the Pennsylvania Main Line. The station serves several Amtrak Keystone Service trains daily, as well as all SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line local regional rail trains. The station is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) from Suburban Station in Center City Philadelphia, and travel time to Suburban Station is 22 minutes on SEPTA local trains.

The station is situated in the Suburban Square shopping area amidst a large residential population and sees its fair share of reverse commuters.

In 2017, the average total weekday SEPTA boardings at this station was 821, and the average total weekday SEPTA alightings was 749.[6]

  1. ^ "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  2. ^ Existing Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
  3. ^ "Electric Service Begins on the P.R.R." The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 12, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  5. ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  6. ^ "Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. pp. 43–46.

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