Pottsville station

Pottsville
Former SEPTA regional rail station
Pottsville station in 2018
Location 300 South Center Street, Pottsville
Coordinates 40°41′00″N 76°11′34″W / 40.6833°N 76.1929°W / 40.6833; -76.1929
Owned by Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (heritage railway) [1]
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Connections  Schuylkill Transportation System
Construction
Disabled access No
Electrified No
Former services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Closed 1981
Norristown LineTerminus
Reading Railroad
Cressona
toward Norristown
Main LineTerminus

The Pottsville station, also known as Union Station Intermodal Transit Center, is a transit station in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Originally a Reading Railroad station, it currently houses bus service, the Schuylkill County Visitors Bureau, and occasional train service.[2]

The station was originally built by the Reading Railroad, and later served the SEPTA diesel service line extending from the Norristown section of the Manayunk/Norristown Line. It shut down in 1981, when SEPTA cancelled the diesel service. After several years of effort, the county refurbished the building to serve the Schuylkill Transportation System and the visitors bureau, as well as occasional train service.[2] In 2013, the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad began hosting further recreational train trips to the Reading Outer Station in Reading, Pennsylvania.[3]

References

  1. "Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad" (PDF).
  2. 1 2 Pytak, Stephen J. (June 7, 2011). "Years in making, intermodal center dedication Friday". Republican & Herald. Accessed June 20, 2016.
  3. "Pottsville, railroad to begin rail excursions from city".
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