A 2017 photograph from track-side of the SEPTA-Amtrak Railroad Station at Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Ardmore is a station stop on the railroad’s “Mail Line,” a route from Philadelphia to Harrisburg and west, formerly serviced by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Public transportation travelers from the Lykens Valley to Philadelphia presently have to travel by buses operated by Capital Area Transit between Elizabethville, Millersburg, Halifax and Harrisburg and board a train at the Harrisburg Amtrak station for Philadelphia. While there is frequent Amtrak service between Philadelphia and Harrisburg seven days a week, there is only one bus each way servicing the Lykens Valley area, and only on weekdays that are not holidays.
The previous station at Ardmore was featured in several blog posts.
The station pictured here was demolished in 2021 as part of the upgrades to the route and a new, multi-modal transportation center is presently being constructed [2022].
Some other photos of this SEPTA-Amtrak Station are presented below:
The station was located on the south side of the tracks and provided services to eastbound points. Trains on this route also continued to New York City. Connections could be made at Philadelphia to SEPTA trains servicing the greater Philadelphia region (including Philadelphia International Airport), and to the entire Amtrak rail system.
The small building at the end of the station (green soffit roof), was the access to the other side of the tracks, through a tunnel. Passengers boarded on the other side for trains to Harrisburg and Pittsburgh and points between. Connections to Chicago, via Amtrak, are made at Pittsburgh.
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