Paoli/Thorndale Line SEPTA train evacuated at Ardmore Station due to smell of smoke

Trains are bypassing the Ardmore Station for the time being.
Monday, August 4, 2025
ARDMORE, Pa. (WPVI) -- SEPTA train service is delayed on the Paoli/Thorndale Line Monday morning after a train had to be evacuated.

The train was evacuated around 8:30 a.m. at the Ardmore Station after there was a burning smell on the inbound train to Philadelphia, according to officials.



Trains are bypassing the Ardmore Station for the time being.

This comes just two weeks after SEPTA employee and a firefighter were injured after a train on the same line caught fire in July.
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