Pottsville
Former SEPTA regional rail station
Pottsville station in 2018
General information
Location300 South Center Street, Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°41′00″N 76°11′34″W / 40.6833°N 76.1929°W / 40.6833; -76.1929
Owned byReading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (heritage railway)[1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsLocal Transit Schuylkill Transportation System
Construction
AccessibleNo
History
ClosedJune 30, 1981[2]
ElectrifiedNo
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Terminus Pottsville Line Schuylkill Haven
toward Reading Terminal
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Terminus Main Line Connor
toward Philadelphia
Schuylkill Valley Branch Palo Alto
toward Tamaqua
Passenger Timetable (eff. 1972-02-06) of a predecessor to SEPTA diesel service on Reading Lines between Pottsville, Penn. via Reading, Penn. to Philadelphia

The Pottsville station, also known as Union Station Intermodal Transit Center, is a transit station in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Located next to the original Reading Railroad station, it currently houses bus service, SEDCO, the Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce and occasional train service by the Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad.[3]

The original station was originally built by the Reading Railroad, and later served the SEPTA diesel service line extending from the Norristown section of the Manayunk/Norristown Line. It shut down in 1981, when SEPTA cancelled the diesel service. The city built the building to serve the Schuylkill Transportation System and the visitors bureau, as well as occasional train service.[3] In 2013, the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad began hosting further recreational train trips to the Reading Outer Station in Reading, Pennsylvania.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Haven Heights, August 2015" (PDF). Boro of Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ "Rail Service Marks End of an Era". The News Herald. Perkasie, Pennsylvania. July 29, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. 1 2 Pytak, Stephen J. (7 June 2011). "Years in making, intermodal center dedication Friday". Pottsville, Pennsylvania: RepublicanHerald.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Pytak, Stephen J. (8 September 2014). "Pottsville, railroad to begin rail excursions from city". Pottsville, Pennsylvania: RepublicanHerald.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
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