Pottstown Station

Pottstown
Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center Colebrookdale Railroad heritage railroad station PART bus terminal Former SEPTA regional rail station
High St. between Hanover and York Sts., Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Connections	Schuylkill River Trail  PART bus lines  SEPTA 93 to Norristown
Services
Preceding station   Colebrookdale Railroad   Following station Terminus Secret Valley Line Boyertown Terminus   Former services   Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Royersford Closed 1981 toward Reading Terminal Pottsville Line Birdsboro Closed 1981 toward Pottsville Preceding station   Reading Railroad   Following station Linfield toward Norristown Main Line Stowe toward Pottsville Terminus Colebrookdale Railroad Mill Park toward Barto
Reading Railroad Pottstown Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Coordinates	40°14′41″N 75°39′9″W / 40.24472°N 75.65250°W / 40.24472; -75.65250Coordinates: 40°14′41″N 75°39′9″W / 40.24472°N 75.65250°W / 40.24472; -75.65250
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	1928
Architect	Dillenbeck,Clark
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #	84003514[1]
Added to NRHP	January 12, 1984

The Reading Railroad Pottstown Station, now referred to as the Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center, is a bus terminal for the Pottstown Area Rapid Transit located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. The station was built in 1928 as a train station for the Reading Railroad and was active long enough to be served by SEPTA diesel service trains until 1981. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1984, and is located in the Old Pottstown Historic District, close to the Schuylkill River Trail.^[2]

The station was designed in the Classical Revival style by the railroad's engineering staff rather than by an outside architect. Stations built in the nineteenth century by the Reading Railroad had usually been designed by outside architects, including Frank Furness. During the twentieth century, the railroad became less profitable and most stations were designed in simpler styles in-house.^[2]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

References

External links

• Media related to Reading Railroad Pottstown Station at Wikimedia Commons

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