Reading Depot

Reading Depot,^[3][4][5] commonly referred to as Reading outer station, was a train station in Reading, Pennsylvania, that served as a major hub between Philadelphia and Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Built in 1874, the station closed on March 16, 1969;^[2] this was following the discontinuance of the last medium distance route to pass through the city, the Reading Railway's Queen of the Valley (Harrisburg–Jersey City). It was destroyed by fire on February 20, 1978.^[1]

Reading
The abandoned station in 1975
General information
Location	Woodward Street and 6th Street Reading, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40.3427134°N 75.9257000°W / 40.3427134; -75.9257000
Platforms	triangle platform
Construction
Structure type	station platform
History
Opened	1874[1]
Closed	March 16, 1969[2]
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Tuckerton toward Pottsville Main Line Franklin Street toward Philadelphia Terminus Wilmington and Northern Branch Franklin Street toward Wilmington through to Harrisburg East Pennsylvania Railroad Temple toward Allentown Wyomissing toward Harrisburg Lebanon Valley Branch through to Allentown Sinking Spring toward Columbia or Lancaster Reading and Columbia Railroad Terminus Terminus Schyulkill and Lehigh Railroad Muhlenberg toward Slatington

The station was one of two in Reading on the Reading, the other being Franklin Street station.^[6]