SEPTA Riders Reminded of Safety Around Tracks

Wednesday morning, SEPTA Safety Officers were on scene at the making the public aware to the dangers around the tracks.

Jim Bahn, SEPTA Operational Safety Officer, said they have been getting reports of people running around the gates to cross the road in order to catch the train.

As pedestrians and as motorists, “you should never go around the gates,” said Bahn.

The Lansdale/Doylestown line, which stops in Ambler, is the second busiest regional rail line with nearly 17,000 riders a day between Monday and Friday, and Bahn said that ridership is up.

Bahn told Patch that safety blitzes are held approximately once per month at both light rail and surface locations. Locations are defined by feedback from riders, local police, conductors and more.

Bahn said every train that passes through Ambler triggers the safety signs and gates. However, he reminded riders that trains travel at up to 60 MPH, and not all trains on the track will stop at the Ambler station, some are headed back to the train yard or offline.