Pottsville station

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]

Pottsville
Former SEPTA regional rail station
Pottsville station in 2018
General information
Location	300 South Center Street, Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40.6833°N 76.1929°W / 40.6833; -76.1929
Owned by	Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (heritage railway)[1]
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Schuylkill Transportation System
Construction
Accessible	No
History
Closed	June 30, 1981[2]
Electrified	No
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
Location

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 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 August 10, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 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.
3. Pytak, Stephen J. (June 7, 2011). "Years in making, intermodal center dedication Friday". Pottsville, Pennsylvania: RepublicanHerald.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
4. Pytak, Stephen J. (September 8, 2014). "Pottsville, railroad to begin rail excursions from city". Pottsville, Pennsylvania: RepublicanHerald.com. Archived from the original on August 26, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2022.