Outer Station

Reading Outer Station
Former Reading Railroad station

Location of Reading Outer Station is now part of a shopping center
Location Greenwood Street and 6th Street
Reading, Pennsylvania[1]
Coordinates 40°20′30″N 75°55′35″W / 40.34167°N 75.92639°W / 40.34167; -75.92639
Platforms triangle platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Disabled access No
History
Opened 1874
Closed 1969
Electrified No
Services
  Former services  
Preceding station   Reading Railroad   Following station
Oley
toward Allentown
East Penn BranchTerminus
TerminusLebanon Valley Branch
Wyomissing
toward Harrisburg
toward Norristown
Main Line
Oley
toward Pottsville

The 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 in 1969 and burned to the ground in 1978. According to the Reading Eagle, the station was one of two in Reading, the other being the Franklin Street station. The Outer Station was on the outskirts of the city.[2][3]

Reading Station shopping center is in the location of the former Outer Station

References

  1. ↑ "The Outer Station of the Reading Railroad - WFMZ".
  2. ↑ "What was the significance of the steel tower at Heritage Park".
  3. ↑ "The Reading Company Technical & Historical Society - A Brief History".
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