Today it is owned by SEPTA and hosts the Chestnut Hill West Line commuter rail service.

[1][2] As the west side of Chestnut Hill attracted investment, developers sought to promote growth through a new railway line.

[11] Between June 26 and December 17, 1989, service terminated at Allen Lane with shuttle buses serving St. Martin's, Highland and Chestnut Hill West because of unsafe conditions on the Cresheim Valley bridge.

The original iron bridge dated to 1884 and was replaced with a $7.6 million steel structure financed by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration.

[12] SEPTA activated positive train control on the Chestnut Hill West Line on August 22, 2016.