Franklin Street station (Pennsylvania)

Franklin Street
BARTA bus terminal Former SEPTA regional rail station
Reading Franklin Street Terminal from Cherry Street entrance
Location	Franklin Street and 7th Street Reading, Pennsylvania[1]
Coordinates	40°20′02″N 75°55′23″W / 40.333942°N 75.923163°W / 40.333942; -75.923163
Owned by	BARTA
Platforms	2 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	BARTA buses: All at the BARTA Transportation Center
Construction
Disabled access	No
Electrified	No
Former services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Birdsboro Closed 1981 toward Reading Terminal Norristown Line Schuylkill Haven toward Pottsville Leesport Closed toward Pottsville Reading Railroad Lorane toward Norristown Main Line Reading toward Pottsville Laureldale toward Slatington Schyulkill and Lehigh Branch Terminus

Franklin Street station is a bus station and former railroad station in Reading, Pennsylvania. It currently serves Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority (BARTA) buses and hosts a transportation museum.

Built by the Reading Railroad, Franklin Street Station later served the SEPTA diesel service extending the Manayunk/Norristown Line to Pottsville. It closed when SEPTA cancelled the diesel service in 1981. BARTA acquired the building and converted it into a bus depot in 2013.^[2]

History

The Franklin Street Station served the railroad from 1930 until 1981 when SEPTA diesel service ceased operations. From 1981 until 2013, the building sat vacant until BARTA acquired and refurbished the building for bus services. The plan was to alleviate overcrowded services at the BARTA Transportation Center located about a block away.^[3]

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