{"id":9461,"date":"2025-08-18T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=9461"},"modified":"2025-08-04T20:02:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T00:02:42","slug":"ardmore-junction-norristown-hsl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/18\/ardmore-junction-norristown-hsl\/","title":{"rendered":"Ardmore Junction (Norristown HSL)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Norristown High-Speed Line? What even is this supposed to be? Ya know, whatever. Duty calls, even for what’s essentially a bus on rails, powered by a third rail. Welcome to Ardmore Junction on the Norristown HSL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An Asea N5 railcar – and station signage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The station isn’t much to brag about, it’s literally a high-level platform that’s, at most, 2 cars long, with a shelter. Inside the shelter, there really isn’t a lot to talk about, as it’s just a bench. Because no ramp exists to get to street level, the station isn’t accessible. However, there IS a busway (that used to be the route 103 streetcar, which is now a normal bus), and that is technically accessible. There’s some bike racks and a bus shelter down there! There’s also some parking, which technically makes this a park and ride station?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shelter!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This station is very much not accessible!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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11ft8’s sibling?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bike racks!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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WARNING: ACTIVE BUSWAY!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ranya looking at the bus shelter and seating for the 103<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I guess it’s a park & ride???????<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Shelter from beneath!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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BUS! (in the busway)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It exists! It also serves the local neighborhood. There’s also parking for those wanting to park and ride.

The bad: Inaccessible and there’s no amenities, not even a countdown clock (LMFAO).

Nearby points of interest: A park. This area is otherwise rich suburbia.

Transit connections:
Norristown HSL
SEPTA bus (103)

Overall, yeah, nothing to remark. This station kinda sucks.

Rating: 4\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Norristown High-Speed Line? What even is this supposed to be? Ya know, whatever. Duty calls, even for what’s essentially a bus on rails, powered by a third rail. Welcome to Ardmore Junction on the Norristown HSL. The station isn’t much to brag about, it’s literally a high-level platform that’s, at most, 2 cars long, … Continue reading “Ardmore Junction (Norristown HSL)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irl","category-othertransit","category-public-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9472,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9461\/revisions\/9472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}