Reading Outer station

Reading Outer
The abandoned station in 1975
Location Woodward Street and 6th Street
Reading, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°20′30″N 75°55′35″W / 40.34167°N 75.92639°W / 40.34167; -75.92639
Line(s) Pottsville Line
Platforms triangle platform
Construction
Structure type station platform
History
Opened 1874
Closed 1969
Services
  Former services  
Preceding station   Reading Railroad   Following station
Oley
toward Allentown
East Pennsylvania BranchTerminus
TerminusLebanon Valley Branch
Wyomissing
toward Harrisburg
toward Norristown
Main Line
Oley
toward Pottsville

Reading Outer station, sometimes simply Reading, is a defunct train station in Reading, Pennsylvania, that served as a major hub between Philadelphia and Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Built in 1874, the station closed in 1969 and was destroyed by fire in February 1978.

The station is one of two in Reading, the other being Franklin Street station.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "The Reading Company Technical & Historical Society - A Brief History".
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