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
Construction
Disabled access No
Electrified No
Services

No services

  Former services  
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Closed 1981
Pottsville Line
Closed
toward Pottsville
Preceding station   Reading Railroad   Following station
Lorane
toward Norristown
Main Line
toward Pottsville
Laureldale
toward Slatington
Schyulkill and Lehigh BranchTerminus

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]

References

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