Reading Outer station

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 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]

Reading Outer
The abandoned station in 1975
LocationWoodward Street and 6th Street
Reading, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°20′30″N 75°55′35″W
Line(s)Pottsville Line
Platformstriangle platform
Construction
Structure typestation platform
History
Opened1874[1]
ClosedMarch 16, 1969[2]
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Oley
toward Allentown
 East Pennsylvania Branch Terminus
Wyomissing
toward Harrisburg
 Lebanon Valley Branch
Reading Franklin Street
toward Norristown
 Main Line Oley
toward Pottsville

The station is one of two in Reading, the other being Franklin Street station.[3]

References
  1. "State Briefs". The Republican and Herald. Pottsville, Pennsylvania. February 21, 1978. p. 11. Retrieved February 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Reading's Outer Station to Close Sunday Night". The Lebanon Daily News. March 13, 1969. p. 4. Retrieved February 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "The Reading Company Technical & Historical Society - A Brief History".
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