Reading Depot

Reading Depot, 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; 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.

Reading
The abandoned station in 1975
General information
LocationWoodward Street and 6th Street
Reading, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40.3427134°N 75.9257000°W / 40.3427134; -75.9257000
Platformstriangle platform
Construction
Structure typestation platform
History
Opened1874
ClosedMarch 16, 1969
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, the other being Franklin Street station.

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