Pottstown station

The Pottstown station, now referred to as the Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center,^[3] is a bus terminal of the Pottstown Area Rapid Transit system. It is located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.^[4]

Pottstown Station
Former Pottstown station and Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center in 2020
General information
Location	High Street between Hanover and York Streets, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Line(s)	Colebrookdale branch Harrisburg Line
Connections	Schuylkill River Trail  PART bus lines  SEPTA 93 to Norristown
History
Closed	July 26, 1981[1]
Services
Preceding station Colebrookdale Railroad Following station Terminus Secret Valley Line Boyertown Terminus
Former services Preceding station SEPTA Following station Birdsboro Closed 1981 toward Pottsville Pottsville Line Linfield Closed 1978 toward Reading Terminal Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Stowe toward Pottsville Main Line Sanatoga toward Philadelphia Terminus Colebrookdale branch Mill Park toward Barto
Reading Railroad Pottstown Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates	40°14′41″N 75°39′9″W
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	1928
Architect	Dillenbeck, Clark
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	84003514[2]
Added to NRHP	January 12, 1984

History and notable features

The station was built in 1928 as a train station for the Reading Railroad and was active long enough to be served by SEPTA diesel service trains until 1981.^[5] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1984, as the Reading Railroad Pottstown Station, and is located in the Old Pottstown Historic District, close to the Schuylkill River Trail.^[6][7][8]

Reading Pottstown station from parking lot

The station was designed in the Classical Revival style by the railroad's engineering staff, rather than by an outside architect. Stations built in the nineteenth century by the Reading Railroad had usually been designed by outside architects, including Frank Furness.

During the twentieth century, the railroad became less profitable and most stations were designed in simpler styles in-house.^[6]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania