Reading Railroad Pottstown Station - Pottstown PA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie
N 40° 14.710 W 075° 39.122
18T E 444542 N 4455173
The station was built in 1928 as a train station for the Reading Railroad and was active long enough to be served by SEPTA diesel service trains until 1981.
Waymark Code: WM17NNW
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/15/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
Views: 1

Pottstown, now referred to as the Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center, is a bus terminal for the Pottstown Area Rapid Transit located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. The station was built in 1928 as a train station for the Reading Railroad and was active long enough to be served by SEPTA diesel service trains until 1981. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1984, as the Reading Railroad Pottstown Station, and is located in the Old Pottstown Historic District, close to the Schuylkill River Trail.

The station was designed in the Classical Revival style by the railroad's engineering staff rather than by an outside architect. Stations built in the nineteenth century by the Reading Railroad had usually been designed by outside architects, including Frank Furness. During the twentieth century, the railroad became less profitable and most stations were designed in simpler styles in-house.

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Is the station/depot currently used for railroad purposes?: No

Is the station/depot open to the public?: Yes

If the station/depot is not being used for railroad purposes, what is it currently used for?:
Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center, is a bus terminal


What rail lines does/did the station/depot serve?: Reading Railroad

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