Franklin Street station (Pennsylvania)

Franklin Street station is a former railroad and bus station in Reading, Pennsylvania. It currently is owned by Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority (BARTA) and hosts a brewpub restaurant operated by Saucony Creek Brewing Company.

For the abandoned subway station in Philadelphia, see Franklin Square station.
Franklin Street
BARTA bus terminal
Former SEPTA regional rail station
Reading Franklin Street Terminal from Chestnut Street entrance
General information
LocationFranklin Street and 7th Street
Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates40.3328802°N 75.9242991°W / 40.3328802; -75.9242991
Owned byBARTA
Platforms2 side platform
Tracks2
Connections BARTA buses: All at the BARTA Transportation Center
Construction
Structure typeStone
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
History
ClosedJune 30, 1981
RebuiltFebruary 8, 1929–February 25, 1930
2013
ElectrifiedNo
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Leesport
toward Pottsville
 Pottsville Line Birdsboro
toward Reading Terminal
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Reading
toward Pottsville
 Main Line Neversink
toward Philadelphia
Reading
Terminus
 Wilmington and Northern Branch Lorane
toward Wilmington

Built by the Reading Railroad and dedicated on February 25, 1930, Franklin Street Station later served the SEPTA diesel service extending the Manayunk/Norristown Line to Pottsville. It closed when SEPTA cancelled the diesel service in 1981. BARTA acquired the building on December 14, 2005, and converted it into a bus depot in May 2013.

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