Crime & Safety
Worker Gets Trapped In Ardmore Station Elevator Ahead Of New Station Opening
The newly built station, which opened Monday, added new accessibility features including the elevator.
Update, 3:34 p.m. Monday: Service has been restored on the outbound elevator.
ARDMORE, PA — A worker got trapped inside the elevator at Ardmore Station on Sunday, one day before the newly constructed station opened.
A SEPTA employee was cleaning the elevator when the door got stuck at around 10:20 a.m.
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Firefighters used specialized elevator tools to free her, said Tom Hayden, chief of the Merion Fire Company of Ardmore.
She was unhurt, Hayden said.
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Ardmore Station was under construction for several years as SEPTA added new accessibility features, including the elevator. The new station reopened Monday.
The outbound elevator remains out of service as of late Monday morning, a SEPTA spokesperson told Patch. The inbound elevator is not affected, and riders can still exit the outbound platform using the ramp.
"Crews are working to diagnose the issue and make repairs as soon as possible," said SEPTA spokesperson Kelly Greene.
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