Reading Railroad Franklin Street Station
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Reading Franklin Street Terminal
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BARTA bus terminal Former SEPTA regional rail station |
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Reading Franklin Street Terminal from Cherry Street entrance
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Location | Franklin Street and 7th Street Reading, Pennsylvania[1] |
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Owned by | BARTA | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Connections | BARTA buses: All | |||||||||||||||
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Disabled access | No | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
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No services
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The Reading Franklin Street Terminal was a former train station that was converted into the BARTA Transportation Center. It reopened to bus service on September 9, 2013. The station was one of two in the city with the other being the Outer Station. The station formerly served as a stop on the SEPTA diesel service line extending from the Norristown section of the Manayunk/Norristown Line in Pennsylvania. According to some sources, the transit agency BARTA plans to use the station as a bus terminal.[2] The station was originally built by the Reading Railroad, and was taken out of service in 1981, when SEPTA cancelled diesel service to Pottsville. The train services used to extend to the Reading Terminal in Philadelphia.
History
The Franklin Street Station served the railroad from 1930 until 1981 when SEPTA diesel services ceased operations. From 1981 until 2013, the building sat vacant until BARTA acquired and refurbished the building for bus services. The plan was to alleviate overcrowded services at the BARTA Transportation Center located about a block away. [3]
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