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Location | Woodward Street and 6th Street Reading, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°20′34″N 75°55′33″W / 40.3427134°N 75.9257000°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | triangle platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | station platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1874 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | March 16, 1969 [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
The station was one of two in Reading, the other being Franklin Street station. [6]