Pottstown station

Pottstown

Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center
Colebrookdale Railroad heritage railroad station
PART bus terminal
Former SEPTA regional rail station

Former Pottstown station and Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center in 2020

General information
Location| High Street between Hanover and York Streets, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Line(s)|

* Colebrookdale branch
* Harrisburg Line

Connections| Schuylkill River Trail
PART bus lines
SEPTA 93 to Norristown
History
Closed| July 26, 1981[1]
Services
| Preceding station  | Colebrookdale Railroad | Following station

|
|

Terminus |  | Secret Valley Line  |  | Boyertown

Terminus

Former services

| Preceding station  |  SEPTA | Following station

|
|

Birdsboro

Closed 1981

toward Pottsville

|  | Pottsville Line |  | Linfield

Closed 1978

toward Reading Terminal

Preceding station  | Reading Railroad | Following station
Stowe

toward Pottsville

|  | Main Line |  | Sanatoga

toward Philadelphia

Terminus |  | Colebrookdale branch |  | Mill Park

toward Barto

Reading Railroad Pottstown Station

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Coordinates| 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 No.| 84003514[2]
Added to NRHP| January 12, 1984

The Pottstown station, now referred to as the Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center,[3] is a bus terminal of the Pottstown Area Rapid Transit system. It is located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.[4]

## History and notable features

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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.[5] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1984, as the Reading Railroad Pottstown Station, and is located in the Old Pottstown Historic District, close to the Schuylkill River Trail.[6][7][8]

Reading Pottstown station from parking lot

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.[6]

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ "Rail Service Marks End of an Era". The News Herald. Perkasie, Pennsylvania. July 29, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2020 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
3. ^ "Dialogue" (terminal clock photo with caption). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 19, 2014, p. A23 (subscription required).
4. ^ "Motor Buses from Reading to Philadelphia." Shenandoah, Pennsylvania: Evening Herald, August 14, 1929, p. 5 (subscription required).
5. ^ Heavens, Alan J. "Borough still awaiting its comeback." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2014, pp. D01-D02 (subscription required).
6. ^ a b Mintz, Elizabeth (1983). "Reading Railroad - Pottstown Station" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
7. ^ "Reading Co. Prepares for Bus Traffic." Shenandoah, Pennsylvania: Evening Herald, April 25, 1928, p. 3 (subscription required).
8. ^ "Motor Buses from Reading to Philadelphia", Evening Herald, August 14, 1929.

## External links

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* Media related to Reading Railroad Pottstown Station at Wikimedia Commons

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