Reading Depot

Preceding station		Following station
Tuckerton toward Pottsville	Main Line	Franklin Street toward Philadelphia
Terminus	Wilmington and Northern Branch	Franklin Street toward Wilmington
through to Harrisburg	East Pennsylvania Railroad	Temple toward Allentown
Wyomissing toward Harrisburg	Lebanon Valley Branch	through to Allentown
Sinking Spring toward Columbia or Lancaster	Reading and Columbia Railroad	Terminus
Terminus	Schyulkill and Lehigh Railroad	Muhlenberg toward Slatington

Reading Depot,^[3]^[4]^[5] commonly referred to as Reading outer station, was a train station in Reading, Pennsylvania, that served as a major hub between Philadelphia and Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Built in 1874, the station closed on March 16, 1969;^[2] this was following the discontinuance of the last medium distance route to pass through the city, the Reading Railway's Queen of the Valley (Harrisburg–Jersey City). It was destroyed by fire on February 20, 1978.^[1]

The station was one of two in Reading, the other being Franklin Street station.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "State Briefs". The Republican and Herald. Pottsville, Pennsylvania. February 21, 1978. p. 11. Retrieved February 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Reading's Outer Station to Close Sunday Night". The Lebanon Daily News. March 13, 1969. p. 4. Retrieved February 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Barrett, William E. "Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Reading Depot, North Sixth Street at Woodward Street, Reading, Berks County, PA". Library of Congress. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ "Reading Co. - Passenger Schedules". Reading Company Technical & Historical Society. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ Reading Railway System (timetable) (PDF). May 29, 1943. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ "The Reading Company Technical & Historical Society - A Brief History".