Pottsville station explained

Pottsville
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Former
Type:Former SEPTA regional rail station
Address:300 South Center Street, Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.6833°N -76.1929°W
Owned:Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (heritage railway)[1]
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:2
Connections: Schuylkill Transportation System
Accessible:No
Closed:June 30, 1981[2]
Electrified:No
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Haven Heights, August 2015 . Boro of Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania . 4 November 2022 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20170810052737/http://www.schuylkillhaven.org/residents/uploads/HavenAUG2015.pdf . 10 August 2017.
  2. News: Rail Service Marks End of an Era . February 4, 2020 . The News Herald . July 29, 1981 . . 1. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Pytak . Stephen J. . Years in making, intermodal center dedication Friday . 5 November 2022 . RepublicanHerald.com . 7 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819092227/http://republicanherald.com/news/years-in-making-intermodal-center-dedication-friday-1.1158431 . 19 August 2016 . Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
  4. News: Pytak . Stephen J. . Pottsville, railroad to begin rail excursions from city . 5 November 2022 . RepublicanHerald.com . 8 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170826071911/http://m.republicanherald.com/news/pottsville-railroad-to-begin-rail-excursions-from-city-1.1749592 . 26 August 2017 . Pottsville, Pennsylvania.