King Coal (train)

For other topics of the same name, see King Coal (disambiguation).

The King Coal was a passenger train operated by the Reading Railroad between Philadelphia and Shamokin, Pennsylvania.^[1] The train was launched in the late 1930s, as part of Reading's introduction of streamlined trains, with equipment rebuilt by the railroad specifically for the service.^[1]

King Coal

Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Pennsylvania
First service	Late 1930s
Last service	June 28, 1963
Former operator(s)	Reading Railroad
Route
Termini	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shamokin, Pennsylvania

In its latter years it was truncated to Pottsville on weekends.^[2] Due to declining demand for passenger rail travel as automobiles became more prevalent, the King Coal was discontinued on June 28, 1963.^[3]