Ardmore Junction station

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| image_caption=Ardmore Junction station in 2017

| address=Hathaway Lane & Haverford Road
Ardmore, Pennsylvania

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|line1=Liberty Bell|left1=Ardmore Avenue|right1=Wynnewood Road|note-mid1=Until 1951

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Ardmore Junction station is a SEPTA Metro transit station in Havertown, Pennsylvania. It serves the M and SEPTA Route 103 bus. The trolley stop is elevated, with the bus stop below on the Ardmore Busway. Ardmore Junction and Wynnewood stations are key anchors of the Haverford Road Corridor.

The land use around the station is predominately residential with some commercial. The station serves the neighborhoods of Ardmore Park, Merwood, Oakmont and Merion Golf Manor.{{Cite web |date=December 2024 |title=Draft Comprehensive Plan: Haverford 2035 |url=https://www.havtwp.org/Document_Library/Comp_Plan/Draft_Haverford_Comprehensive_Plan.pdf |website=Haverford Township}} The SEPTA private busway, used by the 103 bus, is notable for being the first private busway in the United States.{{Cite web |title=History of Haverford {{!}} The Township of Haverford, PA |url=https://www.havtwp.org/History_of_Haverford.html |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=www.havtwp.org}} The busway is an important pedestrian and active mobility link to the Oakmont neighborhood.

History

The Philadelphia and Western Railroad began stopping at this transit location in 1907 as part of the railroad's plans to connect Philadelphia with Parkesburg.{{cite book |title=American Street Railway Investments |date=1907 |publisher=McGraw Publishing Company |page=355 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KB84AQAAMAAJ}} The 103 bus right of way was once part of the Ardmore branch of the Red Arrow Lines trolleys,{{cite web| url=http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?16733| title=Old Ardmore Junction Photo| website=World-NYCSubways.org}} but it was paved to make way for buses when the trolley line was discontinued in 1966.{{cite book |last1=Springirth |first1=Kenneth C. |title=Suburban Philadelphia Trolleys |date=2007 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=9781439634820}} The Norristown Line bridge was rebuilt around 1992 during system-wide renovations.{{cite news |last1=DeGraw |first1=Roland |title=As Fast as a Speeding Bullet: Rebuilding the Norristown High-Speed Line |url=https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1992/1361/1361-038.pdf |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD 1361 |page=275 |date=1992}}

=In popular culture=

This Philadelphia-area band Ardmore Junction, whose 1990s theme song was "High Speed Line," was named after the Ardmore Junction station—the station traveled to by guitarist Dan Mason to connect with fellow band member Kevin Shober."[https://www.newspapers.com/image/175230862/?terms=%22Ardmore%20Junction%22&match=1 Ardmore Junction—the band—extols commuting by rail]." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 15, 1991, p. 183 (subscription required).

Gallery

File:Ardmore2.jpg|Ardmore Junction station

File:Haverford Historic Society - Two trolleys meet at Ardmore Junction during a railfan excursion in 1949.png|Ardmore Junction Station when Route 103 was a Trolley

References

External links

{{cite web| url=http://www.subwaynut.com/septa/ardmorejct/index.html| title=Ardmore Junction Route 100 Station| website=The Subway Nut}}

Category:SEPTA Metro M stations